Island School THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13) SCHOOL PROFILE 2018-2019 ACADEMIC PROGRAMME CURRENT GRADUATING CLASS STATISTICS

(143) in the 2019 graduating class

(127) IB Pathway (16) Applied Learning Pathway

IB Diploma Candidates Grade Distribution - Year 12 60 Class of 2019 - Year 12 grades/42 50 Students o en reflect 40 significant development in 30 Year 13 grades. These are 20 not assessed until midway through term 1 and grades 10 0 are represented on transcripts as IB predicted grades. IB point 30-34 IB point 35-39 IB point 40+

IB PATHWAY INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA ABOUT ESF ISLAND SCHOOL IB Diploma students must take the required parts of the Diploma with six subjects (First Language, Additional Language, Humanities, Science, Island School is an international co-educational Years 7 to 13 high Mathematics, and Creative Arts) and a ‘core’ of a Theory of Knowledge school that is part of the English Schools Foundation (ESF). The paper, an extended piece of self-directed academic research in the school is an IB World School and accredited by CIS. Extended Essay and the co-curricular ‘CAS’ or Creativity, Activity and Island School has a roll of approximately 1200 students, with over Service programme. 40 nationalities in the student body. As a result, our culture stresses humanitarian and environmental ideals as well as academic excellence. While many of our teaching and support staff Mean number of IB points for IB Diploma students 37 are from the UK, others are from Australia, China, , 35.6 35.8 36.4 36.5 Japan, Europe, New Zealand and North America. 35.4 35 34.7 As a comprehensive entry school, there are no academic barriers to *May 2017 Statistics 33 entry apart from the ability to benefit from an education in the Mean Points 31 medium of English. The school also has a learning support centre 30.0 (LSC) for students with moderate learning difficulties. 29

27 IS 2013 IS 2014 IS 2015 IS 2016 IS 2017 IS 2018 Worldwide * ABOUT ESF The ESF makes a vital contribution to Hong Kong by 100% 91% % of Diploma students achieving more than providing high quality education in the medium of English or equal to 30, 35 and 40 IB points 80% through its 22 schools. Island School is the founding 59.6% IS 2018 results school of the Foundation and one of 7 secondary schools within the 60% 54% Worldwide * group. To find out more about the Foundation and other ESF *May 2017 Statistics 40% 32.5% schools visit www.esf.edu.hk 26% 20% 7% ISLAND SCHOOL VALUES 0% ≥ 30 IB points ≥ 35 IB points ≥ 40 IB points The school’s values are central to our structures and operations. At Island School we: The Diploma is scored out of 45, each subject is worth up to 7 points and • Pursue excellence the combined mark for Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay is 3 • Embrace responsibility points. Students must pass CAS requirements but this is not awarded • Celebrate individuality points. A score of 24 points is considered a pass. The school has a high rate of accuracy in predicting IB results. Island School does not predict the core points for students in Year 12. These are predicted in Year 13 as part of a full evaluation of a student’s progress across all subjects following assessments and work submi ed in the la er part of Year 12 and CEEB: 670122 in Year 13. ISLAND SCHOOL 1 THE SENIOR YEARS (Years 12 & 13) COURSE LIST Subjects offered in the Senior Years Academic Programme: Humanities and Social Sciences • IB HL Business and Management • IB HL and SL Economics Design Technology • BTEC Business (12 credit Diploma and 6 credit Subsidiary Diploma), BTEC Hospitality (Subsidiary Diploma) • IB HL and SL History, Geography, Philosophy, Psychology Science, Mathematics, and Sports Science • IB HL and SL Biology, IB HL and SL Physics, IB HL and SL Chemistry IB HL and SL Design Technology, IB HL and SL Food Science and Technology • IB SL Sports Science, BTEC Sports and Exercise Science Athletics Day Music • IB HL and SL Mathematics, IB HL Further Mathematics, IB SL Mathematical Studies IB Certificate Pathway • IB SL Computer Science Students can elect to take individual subjects rather than the full IB Diploma. Students will typically elect to take four or five Language Arts Modern foreign languages: certificates. This is a college preparatory pathway. Students also • IB HL and SL in Chinese A, Chinese B, French B, Japanese B, Spanish B, and complete the CAS requirements. IB SL Ab Initio Spanish and Japanese, IB SL Self Taught Literature (any language), IB SL Hebrew A and SL• Hebrew B English: • IB HL and SL English Literature, IB HL and SL English Language and Literature, IB SL English Literature and Performance, HL English Language B • Creative Technologies, Visual Arts, Theatre & Musical Arts Visual Arts: • IB HL and SL Visual Arts, BTEC Art and Design (Subsidiary Diploma), BTEC Interactive Media (Subsidiary Diploma) Theatre & Musical Arts: • IB HL and SL Theatre, IB HL and SL Film, IB HL and SL Music, BTEC Performing Arts

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Sustainable Fashion BTEC trip in Thailand APPLIED LEARNING PATHWAY (ALP)* Students electing an ALP programme have a key programme based on UK Edexcel (BTEC) Qualifications at Level 3 level. Students’ programmes must have 18 credits, which can be made up of: • A 12 credit Level 3 Nationals (QCF) Diploma in Business and a 6 credit Subsidiary Diploma; or • Three separate 6 credit Subsidiary Diplomas. Tech Day Theatre & Musical Arts The school offers Subsidiary Diplomas in Hospitality, Sport, Performing Arts, Interactive Media (Television and Film), and Art Assessment at Island School and Design (Fashion and Textiles). Assessment at Island School is about evidence, reflection and discussion. Students provide the evidence to justify a grade or to demonstrate their Diploma Subsidiary Diplomas 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 Business Hospitality Sport Performing Interactive Art and Arts Media Design (US grade 10) all students give a viva voce, and a defense of learning. Courses at Island School are either developed by outside bodies, such as the International Baccalaureate Organisation, or designed by our 6 Students achieved Distinction* teachers. Every course is assessed but not all courses are graded. Graded 15% in all BTEC subjects in 2017 courses have a 1-7 grading scale (where 7 is the highest grade). IGCSE BTEC Results grades achieved are included on the Year 12 and 13 transcripts. Predicted 15% Distinction * Distinction * (52%) 52% grades for senior pathway externally assessed courses are included in Distinction (19%) transcripts as well as the school’s grades for term 1 and subsequent terms 19% Merit (15%) in Year 13. The final transcript for graduating students reflects the Pass (15%) externally achieved grades. These are issued post-results in mid-July. BTEC courses are graded Distinction*, Distinction, Merit and Pass. These courses have equivalency to UK A Levels and are college Policy on Disclosing Disciplinary Action preparatory courses. In addition to their BTEC courses, students Island School has a policy which provides that events relating to can elect to take up to two IB subjects and/or an AS Level Extended students in Years 12 and 13 being barred from school temporarily or Project (Artifact) to extend their skills and interests. permanently will be reported at the discretion of the Principal aer having ALP students are also required to complete CAS requirements. informed the student and parents that we will do so. *From 2020, students will be completing the International Baccalaureate Career programme. 2 THE MIDDLE YEARS (Years 9 to 11) ACADEMIC PROGRAMME Island School students in Years 9 to 11 (US grades 8 to 10) complete a middle years Da Vinci Einstein Fleming Nansen Rutherford Wilberforce programme called the ‘Island Futures Curriculum’. This comprises: HOUSE SYSTEM • Externally examined IGCSEs (Entrance) • School developed courses (Elements) designed to allow students to learn in a Island School has six Houses. The House System allows continuity transdisciplinary, collaborative and self-directed way. Courses stress the mastery of pastoral care and guidance from entry in Year 7 to leaving in Year across five branches of a skills framework based on communication, collaboration, 13. The result is a deep understanding of each student’s strengths creativity, conscience and capacity and needs, and close relationships with students and their parents. • Courses aimed at expanding students’ understanding of world issues, digital House spirit is strong at Island School, with an encouraging literacy, capacity to think critically and to take responsibility for fitness, personal health and well-being (Explorations and Escape) atmosphere so students engage in activities such as House charity events and inter-House competitions. Students develop leadership IGCSEs and Diploma in Applied ICT through the House system by taking on roles and responsibilities Students in Years 10 and 11 of the Island Futures programme work towards eight (8) such as sport captain, prefect and mentor. IGCSEs and an IEA Diploma in Applied ICT. Of these, four are compulsory subjects:

• English Language • English: World Literature

• Mathematics • Global Perspectives

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 • IGCSE History, History, Social History • GCSE Geography, Sustainable Environments and Urban Planning, Human and QUEST WEEK 2016 Physical Geography • GCSE Religious Studies, Philosophy and Cinema QUEST WEEK • IGCSE Global Perspectives, Societies and Social Thinking, Society and Popular Quest week is a valued part of the school curriculum. For a week Culture, Social Psychology, Psychology and Media, Critical Thinking, Law, each year, school is suspended so that all students have the Plausibility in fiction, Community Studies opportunity to take part in an activity either in Hong Kong or Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Computing and overseas to further their social, emotional or intellectual learning. Sports Science Examples of quest week activities are film & video in Hong Kong, • IGCSE Biology, Biology 1, Biology 2 (advanced), Biology 3 (extension), Marine trekking in Nepal and assisting in a Chinese orphanage. Our Biology and Ecology, IGCSE Chemistry, Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2 (advanced), younger students a end camps that emphasize physical challenge 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 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: World Literature, Literature studies, Linguistics, Creative Writing, Debating, Years 9-11 at Sai Kung 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 Technology: Cake Design, Food Technology: Food and Other Cultures, IGCSE (ECAs) that offer students leadership opportunities and encourages Graphic Design, Graphic Design: Adobe Specialism, GCSE Textiles Technology, them to engage in the school community. The school has a wide Textiles Technology: Fashion, Textiles Technology: Sustainable Fashion, range of sporting, creative and intellectual activities and student Hospitality and Catering Studies involvement is very high. Many students extend their engagement • Art and Politics, GCSE Art and Design, Visual Art, Visual Communications, into the wider Hong Kong community through representation at Photography • Dance and Choreography, Contemporary Music, IGCSE Drama, Drama, interschool representative or national level. Where an ECA is Film-making, IGCSE Music, Music, Musical Theater, Production Design: Theatre, meeting a CAS objective, senior students are expected to record Production Design: Sound and Light, Production Design: Music, Theatre Studies, and reflect on their involvement in these activities. Drama and Community Engagement

3 STUDENT MATRICULATION Each graduating cohort applies to between 10 and 15 countries Final Destinations - Class of 2018 (destinations). This is reflective of both the students’ passports as well as their global outlook. USA (16%) Canada Canada (8%) USA 8% Students have an application limit of eight (8) applications worldwide. 16% France (1%) This means that our students research and apply aer careful Grenada (1%) consideration of each application. HK Hong Kong (16%) 16% All university entrance testing, such as SAT and ACT is completed in Japan (1%) Netherlands (5%) students’ own time with no school curriculum support and in addition to Switzerland (1%) the curriculum pathway chosen. Students are sometimes challenged in UK 46% United Kingdom (46%) completing these requirements due to international testing restrictions UAE (1%) and voiding of test dates. Australia (4%)

Approximately 98% of each graduating class go on Intended majors/ course of study - Class of 2018 to university Architecture (3%) Final destinations for the 136 students who graduated in the 2018 cohort Art and Design (7%) included universities in the top 100 in the world (according to various Business (20%) Engineering (9%) rankings), as well as many institutions known for their excellence in Art and Desgin 7% Veterinary (1%) programmes offered. For all our students, we celebrate student admissions Art 7% Performing Arts (5%) and their majors or degree programmes as a progression that will support Poilitical Science (2%) them in their future career endeavors beyond Island School and in which Economics (2%) Science their particular talents will be recognized and developed. 9% Science (9%) Media/ Marketing (3%) Social Sciences (3%) Business 20% Law (6%) Mathematics (1%) Engineering Arts (7%) 9% Performaing Arts (2%) Sports Science (3%) ISLAND SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT

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 set for university visitors can be downloaded from the school website. h p://island.edu.hk/ higher-education-and-careers/ Sha Tin Wai Campus

CONTACT US Principal HIGHER EDUCATION TEAM CONTACT ADDRESS Mr Stephen Loggie Head of Higher Education & Careers Guidance, ALP Coordinator [email protected] Mr Roger Wilkinson Island School – Sha Tin Wai Campus Vice Principal, IB Coordinator [email protected] Area 5A, , Sha Tin Wai, Ms Justine Oliver Higher Education Guidance Counsellor Hong Kong justine.oliver @online.island.edu.hk Mrs Rebecca Lucas-Timpany Tel.: (852) 2524 7135 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Higher Education Guidance Counsellor Website: www.island.edu.hk Ms Awing Lui [email protected] 4 University Application Acceptances - Class of 2018

AUSTRALIA NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM USA International College of University of Amsterdam The University of Aberdeen The University of Manchester University of Arizona Management, Sydney Breda University of Anglia Ruskin University The Manchester Bennington College Monash University Applied Sciences Arts University Bournemouth Metropolitan University Brown University UNSW Erasmus University University of the Arts London Middlesex University Bryn Mawr College University of Sydney Hanze Groningen University Aston University New College of the Humanities California College of Arts of Applied Science * As available at time of print Bangor University University of Newcastle Chapman University of Leiden University of Bath University of Northampton Cornell Others in application process: Maastricht University Bath Spa University The Norwich School of Babson College Griffith University Radboud University (formerly Bath Spa University Art and Design Bentley University Macleay College University College Roosevelt The University of Birmingham The University of No ingham Boston University University of Western Sydney Saxion University of Bournemouth University No ingham Trent University Berkelee College of Music University of Western Australia Applied Sciences The University of Bradford Oxford Brookes University University of California – Curtin University of Technology Tilburg University University of Brighton University of Plymouth Berkeley Murdoch University University of Bristol University of Portsmouth University of California – University of New South Wales UNITED ARAD EMIRATES Brunel University Queen Mary University of London Irvine University of Melbourne NYU Abu Dhabi Canterbury Christ Church University The University of Reading University of California - University of Newcastle OTHER NONCOURSE Cardiff University Richmond, The American Los Angeles University of Queensland RELATED PROGRESSION University of Chester International University University of California, CANADA Gap years (11 students, City, University of London Royal Holloway Santa Cruz University of British Columbia 6 have deferred entry places) University College London, (University of London) University of California – University of London University of Toronto Military Service in Singapore Royal Veterinary College San Diego Coventry University Wilfrid Laurier University and Israel (University of London) Drexel University for Creative Arts University of Manitoba Saint Mary's University, Franklin and Marshall De Montfort University – International College Twickenham Georgia Tech Durham University CZECH REPUBLIC School of Oriental and George Washington University University of East Anglia Palacky University African Studies University of Houston University of East London (University of London) La Verne University GRENADA The University of Edinburgh Sheffield Hallam University Lehigh University St. Georges University The University of Essex Staffordshire University Lesley College FRANCE University of Exeter The University of Salford Loyola Marymount University IESEG School of Management Falmouth University The University of Sheffield University of Maine Goldsmiths, University of London HONG KONG University of St Andrews University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of Glasgow University of Hong Kong The University of Strathclyde Northeastern University Hartpury University College The Hong Kong University of Surrey Pace University Polytechnic University Heriot-Wa University, Edinburgh University of Sussex Parsons School for Design - New York The Chinese University of The University of Hull Hong Kong The University of Wales, Pomona College in Claremont The University of Kent Hong Kong University of Aberystwyth Purdue King's College London Science and Technology The University of Warwick Quinnipiac College (University of London) City University of Hong Kong University of the West of England, University of Southern California Kingston University for Bristol Reed College Performing Arts Lancaster University University of Wales Swansea University of Rochester Open University University of Leeds University of West London Fordham University City University of Leeds Becke University University of Westminster University of San Diego Hong Kong Community College Leeds Art University The University of York University of San Francisco JAPAN The University of Liverpool State of New York - Albany International Christian Liverpool Hope University University Suffolk University, Boston University of Leicester SWITZERLAND Temple University University of Lincoln Cesar Ritz Colleges Trinity University London School of Economics Les Roches International University of Washington Sea le and Political Science School of Hotel Management Wheaton College Swiss Hotel Management Loughborough University School

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