The Middle School Programme for students aged 11-16 is based on the integration of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme for this level of education with the Kazakhstani educational standards.
The Programme encourages students to develop their own creative skills, critical thinking, and ability to understand connections between learning subjects and the real world.
A special attention is paid to communication skills, intercultural understanding, and global interaction – qualities, which form a successful person within the conditions of the rapidly changing modern world.
In accordance with the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme requirements, there are eight educational areas in the current curricula for each grade: Language and Literature (English, Kazakh, Russian), Foreign Languages Acquisition (as second languages) (Kazakh, English, Russian and French), Mathematics, Science (Natural studies, Chemistry, Physics, Biology), Individuals and Societies (History of Kazakhstan; World History; Human Rights and Society; Geography; Economy and Business), Design (Computer technologies and Digital Design), Arts (Visual and Performing Arts), Physical Education.
Specific features of the Middle School Curriculum:
The culmination of the study by the Middle School Programme is the compulsory work of 10-graders on the Personal Project. The culminating project of the Middle Years Programme in Grade 10 is the Personal project. The topic and types of the project are optional for a student. (He/she) Students can choose the topic based on own interests and needs. The project is not a final work on a certain subject but reflection of students’s understanding of global contexts and their ability for independent learning-and-cognitive activity. When assessing the project, primary attention is paid to the level of skills used by the student in their work the process.
The Grade 10 curriculum completes the international school level integrated educational programme with optional external final examination in one of the subjects from each subject group of the International Baccalaureate Organization, which is a requirement for obtaining the certificate on completion of general international middle school standard, and the beginning of