The Five Areas of Interaction

The MYP encourages subject teaching in lessons to be delivered through at least one of the five areas of interaction that underpin the philosophy of the course. These are:

• Approaches to Learning - Represents general and subject-specific learning skills that the student will develop and apply during the programme and beyond. The focus of this area is on teaching students how to learn and on helping students find out about themselves as learners so that they can develop learning skills.
  Coordinator: Mr J.Fairfax
• Community & Service - How do we live in relation to each other? How can I contribute to the community? How can I help others?
  Coordinators: Mr J.Fairfax & Mr D.Wood
• Human Ingenuity - Deals with the way in which humans have influenced the world, for example, the way we are, think, interact with each other, create, find solutions to and cause problems, transform ideas and rationalize thought. It also considers the consequences of human thought and action.
  Coordinator: Mr J.Reay
• Health & Social Education - Delves into the range of human issues that exists in human societies, such as social structures, relationships and health.
  Coordinator-Ms M.Cullimore
• Environments - Considers how humans interact with the world at large and the parts we play in our environments.
  Coordinator Mr R.Morgan.