The CP Core
The CP core contextualizes the DP courses and the career-related study and draws all aspects of the framework together.
The core is designed to develop many of the characteristics and attributes described in the IB learner profile: the more links that can be made between the different components of the core, the better!
Reflective Project
An in-depth body of work produced in 2 years of IB.
Students identify, analyse, critically discuss and evaluate an ethical issue arising from their career-related studies.
Intends to promote high-level research, writing and extended communication skills, intellectual discovery and creativity.
The culmination of a multitude of skills the students have developed throughout their CRS, DP subjects and the other elements of the core.
Service learning
Service learning is the practical application of knowledge and skills towards meeting an identified community need. It is a great opportunity to make a positive difference to the community. Through service, students develop and apply personal and social skills in real-life situations involving:
- decision-making
- problem-solving
- initiative
- responsibility
- accountability for their actions.
Personal and Professional Skills
Aims to develop responsibility, practical problem-solving, good intellectual habits, ethical understandings, perseverance, resilience, an appreciation of identity and perspective, and an understanding of the complexity of the modern world.
Emphasis is on the development of skills needed to successfully navigate higher education, the workplace and society.
The PPS is a timetabled course of a minimum 90 hours, and includes five central themes:
- Personal development
- Intercultural understanding
- Effective communication
- Thinking processes
- Applied ethics.
Language Development
Language Development ensures that all students have access to and are exposed to a language programme that will assist and further their understanding of the wider world.
The ability to communicate in more than one language is essential to the IB’s concept of an international education.
Students are encouraged to begin or extend the study of a language other than their best language to suit their needs, background and context.
This develops students' abilities in the areas of oral communication, visual interpretation, reading comprehension and writing.