MYP 3 (Grade 8)
Mid-programme year focusing on connecting ideas across subjects and developing independent research skills.
Ages 13–14 · 0 courses available · 1 planned
Courses
Mathematics (Standard)
PlannedFour strands stay constant across years — Numerical & Abstract Reasoning, Spatial Reasoning, Thinking with Models, Reasoning with Data — with difficulty rising year-over-year.
Mathematics (Extended)
Not offeredSame four strands as Standard with deeper unit content. MYP 5 Extended adds a fifth strand on Networks.
Extended track begins at MYP 4.
English Language & Literature
Not offeredFour unit themes rotate per year. Recurring lenses: identity, persuasion, poetry, narrative.
Language Acquisition
Not offeredAnchored on real-world contexts (family, home, school, holidays at entry; migration, service, sustainability by MYP 5).
Individuals & Societies
Not offeredIntegrated humanities — history, geography, civics and economics taught as one strand.
Design (Product + Digital)
Not offeredTwo strands per year — Product Design + Digital Design. Often split into Track 1 and Track 2 across teacher groups from MYP 2.
Two parallel tracks; units 3–5 TBD on Track 1.
Physical & Health Education
Not offeredMix of skill-based units (team games, racket sports, swimming, yoga) and health units (media, relationships, body changes).
Visual Arts
Not offeredSkill-building and thematic units. Often split into Track 1 and Track 2 across teacher groups from MYP 2.
Two parallel tracks; units 3–5 TBD on Track 1.
Theatre
Not offeredPerformance-based. Storytelling and monologue work at entry; devising original theatre by MYP 2.
Unit 2 not run at MYP 3.
Music (Integrated Performing Arts)
Not offeredShares cross-subject units with Theatre at entry; specialises by MYP 3.