Guides for Parents & Students
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The Difference Between Knowing a Concept and Applying It in an MYP Task
In a Year 9 science lesson, a student can often tell you that a catalyst lowers activation energy and is not used up. Give them a task asking which catalyst a school should buy for a lab with a limited budget, and the…
Read article →How to Build a Revision Plan Around MYP Assessment Criteria
A pattern shows up again and again in MYP classrooms. A student spends a whole weekend rereading notes, sits a test, and loses marks on something they never practised, such as explaining a method in their own words or…
Read article →MYP Mathematics Investigations: Where Students Lose Marks Without Realising
After years of reading investigation reports, one pattern stands out to me: students rarely lose marks on the mathematics they can actually do. They lose them in the sentences around the mathematics, where a pattern is…
Read article →Why MYP Science Requires More Than Learning Definitions
Most families expect MYP science to be a memory test. Learn the definitions of cells, acids, forces and energy transfer, repeat them in the test, and the marks should follow. Plenty of students do exactly that and still…
Read article →From Following Examples to Thinking Independently: A Guide for MYP Students
The most useful change an MYP student can make is to stop asking "what does the model answer say?" and start asking "what is this task actually asking me to do?" Independent thinking is a habit you build, not a talent…
Read article →What MYP Students Should Do When They Struggle with an Investigation
On a Tuesday evening, Ravi, a Grade 9 student, sits at the kitchen table with his science investigation open. He has settled on testing whether the height of a ramp changes how far a toy car rolls. Two hours later he…
Read article →Why Your Child Understands the Lesson but Struggles with MYP Assessments
A student who can explain photosynthesis or solve a quadratic in conversation can still lose a large share of the marks on an MYP assessment. The gap usually has little to do with what the child knows. Each task is…
Read article →Screen Time and Study: Setting Rules Teens Will Actually Follow
Screen time doesn't hurt study on its own. What hurts it is screens arriving in the middle of work, with no agreed end point. Teens who know exactly when the phone goes away, and why, usually cope far better than those…
Read article →Switching Tutors Mid-Year: When It's the Right Call
Switching tutors mid-year is the right call when the current arrangement has stopped building understanding, not when one test went badly. If the same gaps keep appearing over several months, despite steady effort at…
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