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The International Baccalaureate: Year 11 - 12
| IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate (IB)
Diploma is a two year program for students aged between 16 and 19 years.
It is a comprehensive and demanding course for students seeking tertiary
entrance.
The IB is considered to be uniquely compatible with a
Montessori education. It is a broad but balanced course, global in
outlook, which emphasises the same 'learning how to learn' approach as
Montessori, and focuses on the development of the whole person.
The focus on the shared nature of humanity, embedded in
the Montessori approach from 3 years of age, reaches full consciousness as
the students dedicate both thought and work to realising their own part in
the "web" of humanity. Contribution through service to others gives
expression to this realisation.
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| The IB program, with its three subjects
at a higher level and three at standard level, requires all participants to
engage in the study of Languages, Sciences, Mathematics and Humanities until
the completion of their secondary schooling.
Three further requirements contribute to the unique nature of the Diploma:
 | the compulsory participation in artistic and
sporting activities
and community service (CAS - Creativity, Activity, Service) |
| an extended essay of some 4000 words in one of the
subjects of the IB curriculum |
| and a course on Theory of Knowledge
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| The International Baccalaureate is
accepted by most universities worldwide, all universities in Australia and
all universities in Western Australia. Hundreds of schools in the
world are IB schools. The Montessori School was the first school in
Western Australia to offer the IB. It was also the first Montessori
school worldwide to be a member school. More information
on the IB is available in the IB Handbook, obtainable on request from the
school office, or directly through the International Baccalaureate
Organisation's official web site:
www.ibo.org |
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