Schools with IB Curriculum
Harvest International School is a Candidate School for International Curriculum offering the Middle Years Programme.
Our Middle Years Program challenges our students to think for themselves and take responsibility for their learning as they explore local and global issues and opportunities in a real-life context through its inquiry-led, transdisciplinary framework.
Approximately 1300 schools in 108 countries have implemented the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Harvest is one of the candidate schools with IB Curriculum that is also offering MYP. The programme was first introduced by the International Baccalaureate® (IB), in 1994. The Middle Years Programme, offered by Harvest to students aged between 11 and 16, is essentially the programme which builds on the learnings of the Primary Years Programme and prepares the students for the critical years of the IB Diploma.
The MYP is a challenging framework that encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world. The MYP is a five-year programme, and students who complete the MYP are well-prepared to undertake the IB Diploma Programme (DP) or Career-related Programme (CP).
We at Harvest International School take up Service as action projects as fundamentals in developing caring members of the community who act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and their environment. Our students engage in understanding global issues and connect them with personal to local global. The students are given opportunities for community or personal projects so that they can explore, design, implement, and reflect on their efforts to positively impact their local environment. One such experience is through contributing toward sustainable development goals.
Through service as action experiences, students learn the value of community participation and gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing their immediate surroundings. This is truly aligned with our school’s mission to create a community of caring, independent, open-minded global citizens who are lifelong learners, value ethics and act responsibly towards a peaceful, sustainable future.
One of the other key features of the MYP – Schools with IB curriculum is its emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Learners are often found making connections naturally between knowledge domains in order to understand the world around them. As knowledge and information multiply, they think critically while integrating disciplinary perspectives to understand complex issues and ideas.
Since conceptual understanding is developed through exploration into 8 subject groups and 6 global contexts as part of the MYP framework, we at Harvest focus on MYP learners getting hands-on experience through structured and sustained inquiry. MYP at Harvest Schools with IB curriculum aims at inclusiveness and provides access to every student, regardless of individual aptitudes and abilities within the programme model.
WHY HARVEST INTERNATIONAL
Experiential Learning
Specially Designed activities to enhance learning
Smart Classrooms
Technological advanced classrooms to aid the children in learning
Collaborative Learning
Team Building and group based learning is encouraged
Variety of Co-Scholastics
Wide range of School Life Activities including Performing Arts, Sports, Clubs and Workshops
High-End Lab Facilities
Harvest Schools with IB curriculum host independent labs for the sciences as well as the government funded Atal Tinkering Lab
College Counselling
Guidance for students in their college choices and applications
Custom made Life Skills Curriculum
A product of our In-House research team. Aims to educate students of the various life skills we can employ in our daily life
Inquiry Based Instruction
Our teaching methodologies are constantly developed and modified by extensive research into new trends of teaching
Provides a Safe Space for Learning
Strictly against bullying and discouraging students. We wish to create a healthy atmosphere for our students
WHO WE ARE
Harvest International Schools with IB curriculum exists as a point of launch for parents and students who are seeking to explore beyond the classrooms, an unfettered and holistic learning that has greater impact on the whole individual and more relevance to the realities of the world.
The ultimate goal of education is to create lifelong learners. At Harvest International Schools with IB curriculum We believe that our students should be motivated to find their passions and talents, and continue the quest for personal growth in all aspects of their lives
Harvest International Schools with IB curriculum aims to provide international quality of holistic education coupled with human values in a technologically supported, joyful learning environment, creating global
citizens.
Harvest International Schools with IB curriculum aims to create a community of caring, independent, open-minded global citizens who are lifelong learners, value ethics and act responsibly toward a peaceful, sustainable future.
WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME
We are located in Kodathi, Off.Sarjapur Road, Bangalore. Convenient road, rail, and air routes make the city easily accessible to the international and domestic community.
HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES
The MYP at Harvest Schools with IB curriculum is an example of a future-facing model with IB standards and practices.
The MYP at Harvest Schools with IB curriculum offers a transformative experience for students, teachers and the whole school
community by providing a curriculum that is engaging, relevant, challenging and significant.
IDENTITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
ORIENTATION IN SPACE & TIME
An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
PERSONAL & CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
GLOBALIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INNOVATION
An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
FAIRNESS & DEVELOPMENT
An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution
These themes provide opportunities to incorporate local and global issues into the learning and
effectively allow students to “step up” beyond the confines of learning within subject areas. KNOW MORE
MYP Framework
The Middle Years Programme provides a curriculum which allows students to develop the knowledge, attitudes and
skills they need to participate effectively in life in the twenty-first century. The concept of balance is fundamental to
the programme in a number of ways.
Middle Year Programme model at Harvest Schools with IB curriculum highlights the important shared features of an IB education.
- The attributes of the learner profile
- Approaches to teaching and approaches to learning
- Age-appropriate culminating experiences
- An organized and aligned structure of subject groups or disciplines
- Development of international-mindedness as a primary aim and context for learning
Teachers are provided with a list of global contexts to use when developing unit plans, with the goal of selecting an
idea that can help students frame content and grasp its relevance through perspective-taking and a sense of
international mindedness
The programme has been developed with developmentally appropriate attention to:
- Conceptual understanding
- Teaching and learning in context
- Approaches to learning (ATL)
- Service as Action (Community Service)
- Language and Identity
- Learning Diversity and Inclusion
As Schools with IB curriculum, we are a part of a global network and our focus is on international perspectives of teaching and learning thereby helping students understand human commonalities. Our School’s details are available on the IB website.
Our School’s details are available on the IB website. Know more!
We express ourselves through the IB Learner Profile: A singular capacity for invigorating experiences. In the pursuit of developing active, compassionate and lifelong learners, IB fosters a distinctive set of attributes. We strive to become inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective.
- Academic years starts from June and run through March
- Academic year is divided into two terms
- Every learning day begins at 8:30 AM and runs till 3:00 PM
Communication systems are in place to record and report the learning continuum of students - Guest Speakers and field trips add value to the learning experiences
- Students are encouraged to participate in scholastic and co-scholastic activities
- Differentiated instructional practices are in place
- Activities are extended to the learning community
- Events are celebrated to transcend personal to local and global boundaries to develop internationally minded people.
CURRICULUM FOR OUR MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM
Schools with IB curriculum
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FAQ's
Harvest is a K12 school. We have classes from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Harvest is affiliated to the CBSE board and has the IB- PYP accreditation.
We have CCTV cameras fitted across the school and a team for surveillance. The perimeters of the school are guarded by well-trained guards. As for the wellbeing of our students and staff, we have a fully equipped infirmary with qualified nurses.
We pride ourselves in having a low student teacher ratio. The current ratio is 10:1.
We believe in students having a comfortable uniform which doesn’t required too much maintenance. It is the same uniform for both girls and boys.
Our Montessori to Grade 3 classes will not have more than 28 students per class and classes upwards will not have more than 30 students per class.
Extracurricular activities are given equal importance. We offer a variety of Sports, Music, Dance, Cubs & Bubuls and after school club activities.
We offer Hindi and Kannada only.
We have 2 PTMs in a year. However, parents can take an appointment to meet with the respective teacher during the course of the year.
We have our own inhouse transport team. The bus fleet is fully owned and run by us. The service is optional and offered to all students within 15km radius of the school.
The buses are fitted with a CCTV camera, GPS tracker and speed governor. We also have a lady attendant who accompanies the students in the bus. Some of our teachers also commute by the school bus.
Harvest Farmscape is a farmland attached to our Attibele campus. It is developed by us to help students understand the process of growing crops, interacting with domestic animals and finally to get their hands dirty in the process of learning farming.
We use Google Classrooms and Microsoft teams to conduct our online classes.