IBDP Programme

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is two years pre-university course offered to students aged 16 to 19. The Diploma Programme encourages students to think critically and develop into responsible citizens having a global perspective.

The curriculum is comprehensive and balanced coupled with assessments that enhance intellectual rigour and help students relate classroom learning with the outside world and real-life experiences. Diploma Programme graduates develop into lifelong learners and are trained to approach unfamiliar situations with confidence.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is two years pre-university course offered to students aged 16 to 19. The Diploma Programme encourages students to think critically and develop into responsible citizens having a global perspective. The curriculum is comprehensive and balanced coupled with assessments that enhance intellectual rigour and help students relate classroom learning with the outside world and real-life experiences. Diploma Programme graduates develop into lifelong learners and are trained to approach unfamiliar situations with confidence.

The IB Diploma Programme with its demanding academic standards has high acceptance in Universities and Colleges worldwide.

The subjects offered at BIS are:

The uniqueness of the Diploma Programme lies in the core subjects, Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE) and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS).

Learners

Creating a Lifelong Love for Learning

Developing the skills and a positive attitude towards learning that will prepare them for higher education.

Building Responsible Citizens – Who Care & Share

Helping students grow physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically and enhancing their personal and interpersonal development through creativity, activity and service.

Equipping Students with Critical 21st Century Skills

Making connections across traditional academic disciplines and exploring the nature of knowledge through the programme’s unique theory of knowledge [TOK] course. TOK provides an opportunity to the learners to explore their knowledge with experiences of daily life and reflect on how they know what they claim to know. Learners are assessed on the TOK course through a presentation and a 1600-word essay.

Instilling Global Cultural Perspectives

Inculcating an understanding of cultures including their own, through the study of at least two languages.

Learning and Teaching

Experiential Learning

Expanding students’ minds using hands-on, collaborative and reflective learning experiences which help them to imbibe knowledge in ways that are inventive and memorable.

Interdisciplinary Projects

Engaging students and helping them to develop knowledge, insights, problem solving skills, self-confidence, self-efficacy, and a passion for learning through interdisciplinary instruction.

Integrated Skill Building Programme

Equipping students with skills in academic research and writing including critical reading, note taking, argumentation and reasoning. One of the core subjects, the Extended Essay, is a structured essay comprising 4000 words that gives an opportunity to the learners to communicate their reasoning in a coherent and logical manner appropriate to the chosen subject or issue.
We emphasise the development of non-academic skills as well to prepare the students for life. The Internship program and the career counselling leads students to doors they thought never existed to pursue their passion.

Technology Integration

Classrooms come alive with discussions, debates, explorations and experiments, often woven together with technology. The use of teacher-developed as well as recommended subject websites and online tools have become commonplace in the Bloomingdale’ IBDP.

Inclusion and Pastoral Care

Emphasizing its commitment to student welfare, BIS recognizes the need for pastoral care for DP students. A specialized team, in charge of the Student Support Programme, is available in-house to address these needs. Peer Support Groups and teacher mentors are trained to help students with time management, learning support and strategies, life skills and emotional counselling.

Creativity, Activity, Service

A wide range of co-curricular activities are provided to the students, along with opportunities for service, to help foster holistic, all-round development. It provides opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, accomplishment and enjoyment. Completion of CAS is a requirement for the award of Diploma. It is not formally assessed but students reflect on CAS experiences and through the CAS Journal provide evidence of having achieved the eight learning outcomes of CAS.