Chatsworth Year 11 MYP 5 Overview 2018-19
Year 11 Team Year level Coordinator and Personal Project coordinator: Dan Smyth dmsyth@chatsworth.com.sg MYP Coordinator Phavana Silva phsilva@chatsworth.com.sg Homeroom teachers Mr. Tim Shelly Mr. Kamlesh Ballgoblin Ms. Laura Staple INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
What is the Personal Project? ● Required piece of coursework 1500-3500 words, plus 10 page appendices ● Unique to the personal interest of the student ● Develop student ATL skills ● DP bridge ● Inspire them to connect their passions to the real world with a clear outcome ● Must challenge the students ● Work towards exhibiting the product and process to the public ● Write the report ● Whole process is an independent undertaking self-managed. No timetabled lessons. Examples: ● Personal history and genealogy exploration ● Photography exhibition ● Cycle Singapore - physical challenge ● Design and Engineer
Personal Project Report - The breakdown The Personal Project Report is split into distinct sections. Students will work through these and be assessed for each criteria. Criterion A - Identify goal, global context, prior Investigating knowledge, research Criterion B - Develop success criteria, action plan steps Planning to achieve goal, demonstrate self-management Criterion C - Taking Construct product/service, design and Action resource your exhibition, run exhibition Criterion D - Reflection on new knowledge and Reflecting experiences gained, evaluation of how this project has developed you as an IB learner
What will my son/daughter need to do be successful in this project? ● Self-managed ● Organised ● Communicate - with supervisors and public ● Work consistently in their own time ● Have a clear action plan to manage their work flow ● Attend catch up sessions at lunch, or work on this in Academic Support ● ATL skills emphasises - organisation, communication, time management and research
What can I do to support my son/daughter through this process? ● Communicate - progress checks, overview of goal ● Be aware of deadlines ● Independent project - so give them space in the process
Deadlines 29th-30th October - Interim project exhibition at PTSCs 7th January - Personal Project Exhibition 11th January - Personal Project Criterion C and D Write-up Day 1st February - Deadline for report submission on Managebac All resources and deadlines will be shared through the Personal Project Google Classroom and Personal Project Google Site.
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MYP 5 eAssessment INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
MYP Results May 2018 Summary
5 On-screen exams INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Language and literature exam can be taken in the following languages: English Spanish Mandarin Dutch French Korean German Arabic The IB plans to add more languages over time. INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
3 portfolios moderated by the IB Language Acquisition Personal Project Arts - music, drama, or visual art INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
How are we preparing for eAssessments? 1. Semester exams mimick the style of questions and testing conditions of the eAssessment. 2. The eportfolio subject teachers use the specimen unit planners to prepare the curriculum. 3. The skills and command terms in the the exam are taught and reinforced in classes. 4. MYP 5 students take mock on-screen exams in November. 5. Interdisciplinary Units are taught in every MYP year. Students will read the ID texts prior to the exam. INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Blue prints for eAssessments INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Language and Literature Three key components in eAssessment: ● Analysis ● Producing literary text - response to an image ● Producing non-literary text - related to global context INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Language and Literature Language and Literature eAssessment demo video INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Individuals and Societies Integrated Humanities Topics: ● Demographics and human ● Trade, aid and exchange movements ● Economic agents, their ● Settlement and urban interests and role in the morphology economy: consumers, ● Superpowers, empires and producers, governments, supra-national alliances banks and organizations ● Measurements and trends ● Significant individuals ● Ecological relationships ● Warfare and ● Industrialization and peacekeeping technological developments ● Rights and social protest ● Resource management INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
IS eAssessment demo video INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Mathematics Each assessment will be split into three tasks, each of which have a suggested time around 33 minutes. Total time allocated to the test is 100 minutes. Students enrolled in extended and standard will sit for the standard e-assessment May exams. Sources of information could include: Data tables Animations Static images Simulations Videos Graphs INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Math eAssessment demo video INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Science MYP sciences on-screen examinations are aligned with understanding and skills that prepare students for high levels of achievement in IB Diploma Programme courses in sciences. On-screen examinations are formal external examinations, and are available in biology, chemistry, physics and integrated sciences. Topics explored in MYP sciences on-screen examinations include: atomic structure and bonding, cells, cycles, electromagnetism, evolution, interactions between organisms, forces, states and properties of matter, metabolism, organisms, and waves. INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Science eAssessment demo video INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Interdisciplinary The interdisciplinary learning on-screen examination is based around an exploration of the global context chosen for each assessment session through disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses of two of the following subject groups: language and literature, individuals and societies, science, mathematics . SOURCES Static images Photomations Videos Animations Charts Graphs Primary/secondary Fiction/non-fiction Articles Journals Blogs Data tables INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Interdisciplinary eAssessment demo Video INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Language Acquisition ❖ e-Portfolio Unit to begin in January 2019 ❖ Comprised of 4 tasks: Task 1 - Listening Comprehension - Criterion A: comprehending spoken and visual text Task 2 - Written Comprehension - Criterion B: comprehending written and visual text INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Language Acquisition Task 3 - Interactive Oral Task - Criteria C & D - Communicating in response to spoken, written and/or visual text; using language in spoken and/or written form Task 4 - Writing task - Criteria C & D - Communicating in response to spoken, written and/or visual text; using language in spoken and/or written form INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
ARTS-ePortfolio ● November 1st-a partially completed unit planner is released. In 2017 the Unit name was “Art for a purpose (and not for its own sake.)” ● A list of stimuli is given also: Music structured the unit around the theme of the social and cultural impact of Rap music; Drama took the theme of war creating a show called “Voices of Violence”; and Art students engaged in projects around Art through the ages engaging in projects as diverse as Da Vinci, Bio Art and Drones! INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
ARTS-ePortfolio tasks ● Task 1 Presentation: research into a theorist and piece of art (5 mins or 10 pages) ● Task 2 Proposal: Arts Process Journal entries exploring the topic (3 mins or 6 pages) ● Task 3 Process/Product: three recorded examples (audio, video, prints) of work at beginning, middle, end of unit showing progress (3 mins or 6 pages) ● Task 4 Commentary: 4 mins or 8 pages/6 images INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Important MYP results Internal: Semester grades (year 10-13) are used for School transcript, Chatsworth high school diploma and university applications. External: MYP eAssessment results are used for DP Placement at the start of Year 12. INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Advice to Parents ● Breathe ● Help your child stay balanced ● Help them manage their time and organization ● Be positive and encouraging INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Key Deadlines October 29-30 Interim project exhibition at PTSCs November 12-16 Mock eAssessment on-screen exams January 7 Personal Project Exhibition January 11 Personal Project Write-up Day February 1 Report submission on Managebac February-March ePortfolio submissions May 8-18 eAssessment on-screen exams INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
Resources eAssessment The Why eAssessment The How MYP General Regulations (article 10 Specifics of grade award) MYP Certificate requirements 10 tips for successful personal projects INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
MYP Fees INSPIRE • EDUCATE • ENLIGHTEN
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