CURRICULUM
INTERNATIONAL LEARNING AT AOBA
A comprehensive breakdown of how we approach learning and our curriculum can be found in our Aoba International learning document.
CURRICULUM CONTINUUM
Aoba-Japan International School provides a continuum of international education for our learners aged 3 to 18.
At Aoba, we implement the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum with an emphasis on developing the characteristics of global leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators in our learners. We focus on building effective communication, problem solving and wise risk-taking skills.
We have chosen the IB because it helps us develop well rounded learners who:
- respond to challenges with optimism and an open mind;
- are confident in their own identities;
- make ethical decisions;
- join with others in celebrating our common humanity;
- are prepared to apply what they learn in real world, complex and unpredictable situations (adapted from the IB)
These attributes of internationally minded people represent a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that go beyond intellectual development and academic success.
MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME
G6-G10
MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME
In our Middle Years Programme, we emphasize the core values of global leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation. We also emphasize the teaching of effective communication skills, problem solving, and wise risk-taking.
Adopting an interdisciplinary, inquiry approach, we teach within the contexts of the following areas of inquiry:
- English Language and Literature
- Japanese Language and Literature
- English Language Acquisition
- Japanese Language Acquisition
- Individuals and Societies
- Mathematics
- Design
- Arts
- Sciences
- Physical Health Education
- Service in Action
- Personal Project
We structure our Middle Years Programme to emphasize our core values of global leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation, problem solving, communication, and risk taking. Our programme includes eight subject groups—Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, Arts, Design, and Physical and Health Education—rooted in the IB Learner Profile and framed by six global contexts that connect learning to real-world issues. Students develop critical skills through Approaches to Learning, while criterion-based assessments evaluate their understanding across specific objectives. Key elements include interdisciplinary units, the Grade 9 Community Project, the Grade 10 Personal Project, and Service as Action, which encourage meaningful community engagement.
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