Balmoral Hall School has officially been AUTHORIZED as a five-year programme (levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) to offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP).

In today’s demanding world, our girls need an internationally relevant education in order to become true global citizens. MYP deepens and extends our emphasis on Global Education and service that is already central to the goals and philosophy of Balmoral Hall School.

IBO Mission Statement
The MYP aims to “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.”  

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP), for students in Grades 6-10, continues to build on the foundation laid in the Junior School Primary Years Programme (PYP).

The fundamental concepts that organize and shape the MYP are:

• holistic learning, which connects subject knowledge and grade levels
• effective communication, including second language acquisition
• intercultural and global awareness

The IB Learner Profile
Balmoral Hall School has embedded the IB Learner Profile into our Portrait of a Graduate as part of our MERIT Portfolio. These attributes infuse the curriculum and enhance the development of an internationally-minded, critical and creative thinker and lifelong learner. 

IB learners strive to be:

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-Minded
• Caring
• Risk Takers
• Balanced
• Reflective

The MYP Programme Model

The student, represented in the center of the diagram, is the center of all MYP instruction.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2007

• Eight content areas:
   Language Arts
   Mathematics
   Humanities
   Science
   Language B (French)
   Technology
   Arts (visual art, dance and music)
   Physical Education and Healthy Lifestyles
   
• Rather than providing a specific written curriculum, the IB provides an educational framework which complements and supports our provincial outcomes, allowing us to offer an enriched learning experience. The eight areas are all equally important to the well-roundedness of the student.
   
• The MYP curriculum is organized through Five Areas of Interaction serving as “lenses” through which students explore ideas, make connections across subjects, investigate, inquire and apply their knowledge to real world issues, problems, and concerns.