ISLAND SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE 2020-2021 THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13) ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

IB PATHWAY We have 2 equal pathways that cater for different specific learning styles and career outcomes of our students.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA IB Diploma students must take the required parts of the Diploma with six subjects (First Language, Additional Language, Humanities, Science, Mathematics, and Creative Arts) and a ‘core’ of a Theory of Knowledge paper, an extended piece of self-directed academic research in the Extended Essay and the co-curricular ‘CAS’ or Creativity, Activity and Service programme. To find out more about IBDP, visit h ps://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/

Mean number of IB points for IB Diploma students 37

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ABOUT ESF ISLAND SCHOOL 29 Island School is an international co-educational Years 7 to 13 high school that is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF). The 27 IS 2015 IS 2016 IS 2017 IS 2018 IS 2019 IS 2020 Worldwide school is an IB World School.

100 % of Diploma students achieving more than Island School has a roll of approximately 1200 students, with over or equal to 30, 35 and 40 IB points 40 nationalities in the student body. Our outlook stresses 80 humanitarian and environmental ideals as well as academic IS 2020 excellence. While many of our teaching staff are from the UK, others 60 Worldwide are from Australia, China, , Japan, Europe, New Zealand and North America. 40

As a comprehensive entry school, there are no academic barriers to 20 entry apart from the ability to benefit from an education in the 0 medium of English. The school also has a learning support centre ≥ 30 IB Points ≥ 35 IB Points ≥ 40 IB Points (LSC) for students with moderate learning difficulties. The Diploma is scored out of 45, each subject is worth up to 7 points and the combined mark for Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay is 3 ABOUT ESF points. Students must pass CAS requirements but this is not awarded The ESF provides us high quality education in the points. A score of 24 points is considered a pass. The school has a high rate medium of English through its 22 schools. Island School of accuracy in predicting IB results. Island School does not predict the core is the founding school and one of 7 secondary schools points for students in Year 12. These are predicted in Year 13 as part of a full within the group. To find out more about the Foundation and other evaluation of a student’s progress across all subjects following ESF schools visit www.esf.edu.hk assessments and work submied in the laer part of Year 12 and in Year 13.

COVID-19 Update Island School site was closed from 27th January to 21st May 2020. It was ISLAND SCHOOL VALUES also closed for a new wave of COVID-19 at the start of the 2020/21 The school values are central to our structures and operation. At academic year until 16th September. During these times of campus closure Island School we: Island School students and staff switched to online learning. The school • Pursue excellence used online platforms to deliver live, interactive and innovative lessons to • Embrace responsibility all students during these periods. • Celebrate individuality Over the course of 2020, Island School has not changed its academic calendar dates, IB courses available, IB grading scale of 1-7 or graduation requirements. Online learning and grading has continued throughout 2020, as have College and University guidance counselling and other student CEEB: 670122 support services. The areas of student life most affected has been accessed extra curricular activities such as sports, school and Hong Kong wide clubs ISLAND SCHOOL and events, internships and applied learning. 1 THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13) COURSE LIST

Subjects offered in the Senior Years Academic Programme: Humanities and Social Sciences • IB HL & SL Business and Management • IB HL & SL Economics • BTEC Business (12 credit Diploma and 6 credit Subsidiary Diploma), BTEC Hospitality (Subsidiary Diploma) • IB HL & SL History, IB HL & SL Geography, IB HL & SL Philosophy, IB HL & SL Psychology, IB HL & SL Global Politics, IB SL Environmental Systems and Societies Hospitality Science, Mathematics, and Sports Science • IB HL & SL Biology, IB HL & SL Physics, IB HL & SL Chemistry • IB HL Design Technology, IB SL Food Science and Technology • IB HL & SL Sports Science, BTEC Sports and Exercise Science • IB HL & SL Maths Analysis and Approaches, IB HL & SL Maths Applications and Interpretations • IB HL & SL Computer Science Art and Design Performance Arts Language Arts Modern foreign languages: • IB HL & SL Chinese A Language & Literature, IB HL & SL Chinese B, IB SL Ab Initio French, IB HL & SL French B, IB HL & SL Japanese B, IB HL & SL Spanish B, IB SL Ab Initio Spanish, IB SL Self Taught Literature (any language) English: • IB HL & SL English A Literature, IB HL & SL English A Language and Literature, Sport IB HL & SL English Language B Creative technologies, Visual Arts, Theatre & Musical IB Career-related Programme (IBCP) Arts The IBCP offers students a career focused specialist pathway. Visual Arts: Students on the globally expanding IBCP choose a mixture of IB • IB HL & SL Visual Arts, BTEC Art and Design (Subsidiary Diploma), BTEC Creative Media Production (Subsidiary Diploma) Diploma Courses and BTEC Subjects. The 3 BTEC Level 3 Courses Theatre & Musical Arts: they choose are as ‘applied’ as possible. They are vocational and are • IB HL & SL Theatre, BTEC Performing Arts recognized globally as university entrance but Island School has an exceptional record of placing students from this pathway. To find out more about IBCP, visit hps://www.ibo.org/programmes/career-related-programme/

Stars in Their Eyes Sciences Visual Arts Diploma Subsidiary Diplomas Assessment at Island School Business Hospitality Sport Assessment at Island School is about evidence, reflection and discussion. Students provide the evidence to justify a grade or to demonstrate their Business progress. All assessment is designed to support students knowing where they currently are and where they need to go next. At the end of Year 11 Art and Performing TV and (US grade 10) all students complete a viva voce (oral examination) and Design Arts Film defense of learning.

Courses at Island School are either developed by outside bodies, such as the International Baccalaureate Organisation, or designed by our 6.7% teachers. Every course is assessed but not all courses are graded. Graded 2 Students achieved Distinction* courses have a 1-7 grading scale (7 is high). Final achieved IGCSE grades in 3 BTEC subjects in 2020 are included on Year 12 and 13 transcripts. Predicted grades for senior BTEC Results - Individual Subject Grades 31.1% 44.4% pathway externally assessed courses are included in transcripts as the Distinction * (44.4%) Distinction (17.8%) school’s grades for term 1 and subsequent terms in Year 13. The final Merit (31.1%) transcript for graduating students reflects the externally achieved grades. 17.8% Pass (6.7%) These are issued post-results in mid-July.

BTEC courses are graded Distinction*, Distinction, Merit and Pass. Policy on disclosing Disciplinary Action These courses have equivalency to UK A Levels and are college Our policy states that events relating to a Year 12 or 13 student being preparatory courses. In addition to their BTEC courses, students barred from school temporarily or permanently will be reported at the can elect to take up to two IB subjects and/or an AS Level Extended discretion of the Principal, aer teling the student and theur parents that Project (Artifact) to extend their skills and interests. we will do so. 2 THE MIDDLE YEARS (Years 9 to 11) ACADEMIC PROGRAMME Da Vinci Einstein Fleming Nansen Rutherford Wilberforce Island School students in Years 9 to 11 (US grades 8 to 10) complete a middle years programme called the ‘Island Futures Curriculum’. HOUSE SYSTEM This comprises: Island School has six Houses. The House system allows continuity • Externally examined IGCSEs (Entrance) of pastoral care and guidance from Year 7 to Year 13. The result is a • School developed courses (Elements) designed to allow students to learn in a deep understanding of each student’s strengths and needs, and transdisciplinary, collaborative and self-directed way. Courses stress the mastery close relationships with students and their parents. The House of a skills framework based on communication, collaboration, creativity, spirit is strong at Island School, with an encouraging atmosphere so conscience and capacity to learn • Courses aimed at expanding students’ understanding of world issues, digital students engage in activities such as House charity events and literacy, capacity to think critically and to take responsibility. (Explorations) inter-House competitions. Students develop leadership through the • ‘Escape’ courses focus students on their personal health and well-being House System by taking on roles and responsibilities such as sport captain, prefect and mentor. IGCSEs and Diploma in Applied ICT Students in Years 10 and 11 of the Island Futures programme work towards eight IGCSEs and an IEA Diploma in Applied ICT. Of these, four are compulsory subjects:

• English Language • English: World Literature

• Mathematics • Global Perspectives Mongolia Hong Kong Students choose up to four additional IGCSE subjects. They also develop their knowledge and skills through Elements courses, of which they will complete the equivalent of up to eight in a semester-based timetable (45 hours of instruction per semester). Several courses are available as both IGCSE and Elements options. All students complete a compulsory programme in physical education each year throughout high school. Humanities and Social Sciences • IGCSE Business, Business Studies, IGCSE Economics, Behavioural Economics The Philippines Spain • IGCSE History, History, Social History • GCSE Geography, Sustainable Environments and Urban Planning, Human and Physical Geography QUEST WEEK • GCSE Religious Studies, Philosophy and Cinema Quest week is a valued part of the school curriculum. For a week • IGCSE Global Perspectives, Societies and Social Thinking, Society and Popular each year, classroom lessons are suspended so that all students Culture, Social Psychology, Psychology and Media, Critical Thinking, Law, Plausibility in fiction, Community Studies have the opportunity to take part in an activity either in Hong Kong or overseas to further their social, emotional or intellectual learning. Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Computing and Examples of quest week activities are film & video in Hong Kong, Sports Science trekking in Nepal and assisting in a Chinese orphanage. Our • IGCSE Biology, Biology 1, Biology 2 (advanced), Biology 3 (extension), Marine younger students aend camps that emphasize physical challenges Biology and Ecology, IGCSE Chemistry, Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2 (advanced), Chemistry 3 (extension), IGCSE Physics, Physics 1, Physics 2 (advanced), Physics 3 and social development. (extension), Science History and Methods • IGCSE Mathematics, IGCSE Further Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics with Coding and Number Theory, Practical Mathematics • IGCSE Engineering • Computer Science: App Design, Computer Science: Web Technology, Computer Science: Python Programming, Engineering, IEA ICT Diploma, Robotics, 3D Product Design, Adobe Web Publishing • Sports Science: Outdoor Education, IGCSE Physical Education, Physical Education Baiwan Teaching Practicum Head Student Announcement and Personal Engagement Language Arts Modern foreign languages: • GCSE Japanese, IGCSE French, IGCSE Spanish, IGCSE Chinese (Foreign Language, Second Language & First Language), Independent Language Learning, English: • IGCSE English Language, IGCSE English as an Additional Language, IGCSE English: Swimming Gala Trade Fair World Literature, Literature studies, Linguistics, Creative Writing, Debating, Literature and Performance, Learning the English Language in Different Contexts EXTRA-CURRICULAR Creative technologies, Visual Arts, Theatre & Musical Arts Island School has a strong programme of extracurricular activities • Creative technology: Architectural Design, GCSE Food Technology, Food (ECAs) that offer students leadership opportunities while Technology: Cake Design: Food and Other Cultures, IGCSE Graphic Design, encouraging them to engage in the school community. The school has Graphic Design: Adobe Specialism, GCSE Textiles Technology, Textiles Technology: a wide range of sporting, creative and intellectual activities and Fashion, Textiles Technology: Sustainable Fashion, Hospitality and Catering Studies student involvement is very high. Many students extend their • Art and Politics, GCSE Art and Design, Visual Art, Visual Communications, engagement into the wider Hong Kong community through Photography representation at interschool or national level commitments. • Dance and Choreography, Contemporary Music, IGCSE Drama, Drama, Where an ECA is meeting a CAS objective, senior students are Film-making, IGCSE Music, Music, Musical Theater, Production Design: Theatre, expected to record and reflect on their involvement in these Production Design: Sound and Light, Production Design: Music, Theatre Studies, Drama and Community Engagement activities. 3 Final Destinations - Class of 2020 STUDENT MATRICULATION Each graduating cohort applies to between 10 and 15 countries Gap Year, 11% United States, 12% (destinations). This is reflective of both the students’ passports as well as Gap Year their global outlook. Australia Australia, 7% Canada Students have an application limit of eleven applications worldwide. This Hong Kong Canada, 6% means that our students research and apply aer careful consideration of Ireland Japan each application. United Kingdom, 42% The Netherlands Hong Kong, 18% United Kingdom All university entrance testing, such as SAT and ACT is completed in United tates students’ own time with no school curriculum support and in addition to the curriculum pathway chosen. Students are sometimes challenged in Ireland, 1% Japan, 1% completing these requirements due to international testing restrictions and voiding of test dates. The Netherlands, 2%

Approximately 98% of each graduating class go on Intended majors/ course of study - Class of 2020 to university Social Sciences, Final destinations for the 135 students who graduated in the 2020 cohort 5% Architecture Science, Arts included universities in the top 100 in the world (according to various Architecture, 16% rankings), as well as many institutions known for their excellence in 5% Business / programmes offered. For all our students, we celebrate student International Business / Arts, 6% Management / Marketing admissions and their majors or degree programmes as a progression that Communications will support them in their future career endeavors beyond Island School Medicine, Dental Surgery, Business / Illustration and in which their particular talents will be recognized and developed. Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, International Business / Law 32% Management / Medicine, Dental Surgery, Marketing, 6% Nursing, Veterinary Law, Medicine 5% Communication, Science 5% Social Sciences Illustration, ISLAND SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT 5%

Island School is now on temporary sites in Sha Tin during its redevelopment phase. The senior students (Years 12 and 13) are on our Sha Tin Wai Campus. An information pack for university visitors can be downloaded from the school website.

Sha Tin Wai Campus h p://island.edu.hk/ higher-education-and-careers/

CONTACT US Principal HIGHER EDUCATION TEAM CONTACT ADDRESS Mr Stephen Loggie Head of Higher Education & Careers Guidance, IBCP Coordinator [email protected] Mr Roger Wilkinson Island School – Sha Tin Wai Campus Vice Principal, IB Coordinator [email protected] Area 5A, , Sha Tin Wai, Mr Mahew Rappel Higher Education Guidance Counsellor Hong Kong ma[email protected] Mr Orteg Dakaj Tel.: (852) 2524 7135 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Higher Education Guidance Counsellor Website: www.island.edu.hk Mr Chris Whitehead [email protected] 4 University Application Acceptances - Class of 2020

AUSTRALIA UNITED KINGDOM Monash University Arts University Bournemouth University of Chester University of Melbourne Bangor University University of East Anglia University of Queensland Bournemouth University University of Exeter University of Sydney Brunel University University of Glasgow Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts University of Leeds CANADA Canterbury Christ Church University University of Leicester McGill University Cardiff University University of Lincoln Ryerson University CASS Business School University of Plymouth Simon Fraser University City University University of Portsmouth University of British Columbia Durham University University of Southampton University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus Falmouth University University of St Andrews University of Toronto Glasgow Caledonian University University of Surrey University of Toronto, Mississauga Imperial College London (University of London) University of Sussex University of Toronto, Scarborough Istituto Marangoni London University of the Arts London University of Toronto, St. George King's College London (University of London) University of the West of England, Bristol University of Waterloo Kingston University York St John University College University of Western Ontario Lancaster University Vancouver Island University Leeds Arts University UNITED STATES York University Leeds Becke University Boston University Leeds College of Art & Design Brooklyn College, City University of New York HONG KONG London School of Economics and Political Science California College of the Arts City University of Hong Kong Loughborough University Columbia College Chicago Hong Kong Design Institute Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) Depaul University HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education Noingham Trent University Digipen Institute of Technology International Culinary Institute Queen Mary, University of London Emory University The Chinese University of Hong Kong Ravensbourne University London Fordham University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Royal Holloway, University of London George Washington University The University of Hong Kong SOAS University of London Georgetown University The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Sheffield Hallam University New York University The Arts Institute at Bournemouth Northeastern University IRELAND The Glasgow School of Art Parsons School for Design - New York Royal College of Surgeons Ireland The Manchester Metropolitan University Purdue University The University of Birmingham Rochester Institute of Technology JAPAN The University of Edinburgh Saint Lawrence University Keio University The University of Essex Santa Clara University The University of Kent Savannah College of Art & Design NETHERLANDS The University of Liverpool Syracuse University New York Eindhoven University of Technology The University of Manchester University of California - Davis Erasmus University College The University of Noingham University of California - Irvine Hanze University of Applied Science The University of Reading University of California, Merced Leiden University The University of Sheffield University of California - Riverside University of Amsterdam The University of Warwick University of California - San Diego University of Twente The University of York University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) University Campus of Football Business University of Colorado - Boulder NEW ZEALAND University College London (University of London) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Auckland University for Creative Arts University of Rochester University of Bath University of Washington Island School | School Profile 2020-2021 University of Brighton Wellesley College Published: October 2020 University of Bristol Wheaton College 5