Language

Your child has a secure command of everyday language, both written and spoken

Your child uses subject terminology and distinguishes between subject terminology and everyday language

Your child can contribute quality input into conversations/discussions

Your child acquires subject terminology independently

Your child has a language level of C1 (English B2)

Text work

Your child can comprehend texts independently

Your child can excerpt texts and summarize it in key words

Your child can understand and analyze technical texts

Your child can understand scientific texts in the foreign language and knows how to help himself with linguistic ambiguities

Your child is confident in using dictionaries and encyclopedias and in dealing with current everyday texts (daily politics)

Working techniques

Your child knows citation rules and applies them consistently

Your child is confident in using a collection of formulas

Your child identifies steps her-/himself to implement them according to their timing

Your child works according to a plan for the entire school year

Your child reflects on their own work process

Your child takes notes in class

Your child can place facts in a timeline and connect their knowledge

Your child grasps concepts independently

Your child can create experimental logs and assesses and evaluate fundamental data

Effective learning

Your child learns consistently, continuously, and not sporadically before mock exams and tests

Your child appears regularly and punctually at school

Your child always prepares and reviews lesson content and comes to class prepared

Your child can reflect on long tests and exams, is willing to acknowledge mistakes and learn from them

Your child does not learn off by heart, but tries to understand and relate content

Your child meets deadlines and is always on time

Your child knows his or her own learning type and can apply strategies for acquiring knowledge

Your child shows perseverance and is willing to overcome problems

Changes

For the most part, students work independently and autonomously. Not all content is discussed in class

Contents of homework are expected

The independent use of the library as a source of information is assumed

In addition, new ways of measuring performance (e.g., extended essay) are added

The teacher is in the role of a learning advisor, providing learning options

TOK and CAS are added as new subjects, in total there are fewer subjects (6+2), but these are more intensive and time-consuming

We expect students to become critical young adults who take responsibility for their environment. Therefore, IB students are role models for the younger members of our school community

There is a dress code in the IB

Critical thinking

Your child can carry out and interpret experiments, draw conclusions and thereby infer from the observation and the result to other facts (transfer)

Your child can work systematically with cross references to other subjects

Your child can make estimates (plausibility check)

Your child can work creatively, solution-oriented ("thinking out of the box")

IT

Spreadsheet, Dynamic Geometry Software, Word Processing, Presentation Software, Publisher

Students should be able to recognize dangers and fake news on the Internet and deal critically with sources

Me and the others

Your child recognizes his or her own role model function within the school community

Your child treats other people with respect and kindness

Your child is a team player and demonstrates intercultural competence

Your child is "up to date" on world politics

Your child actively participates in class and collaborates with others

Your child sees him/herself as part of the school community and is an active advocate for it ("community thinker")

Your child tries to solve problems within the school community first by him/herself and directly

Your child adopts environmentally friendly behaviour

Recommendations

Develop a healthy daily rhythm and pay attention to nutrition

Find a media-free balance to school

Identify your own learning curve and develop mindfulness

Develop curiosity for the contents of the subjects and develop a spirit for research