Pre IB (first year)
Pre IB Parents’ evening will take place on Wednesday 13th August.
The following courses are compulsory for all pre-year students.
Finnish language ÄI1e, ÄI3e, ÄI5e
Swedish language RUB1e, RUB2e, RUB3e
English language ENA1e,ENA2e, ENA3e
Mathematics Higher Level Mathematics: MAA16e, MAA1e, MAA2e, MAA3e, MAA9e
Lower Level Mathematics: MAB1, MAB2, MAB3
Biology BI1e, BI12e
Geography GE1e
Physics FY1e, FY2e
Chemistry: KE1e, KE2e
Practical work and Internal Assessment in Science
BFK1e (1/3 bio, 1/3 phy and 1/3 che)
Philosophy FI1e
Psychology PS1e
History HI1e, HI3e, HI4e
Introduction to Economics YH2e
Physical education LI1e
Study counselling OP4e
Voluntary work OP7
Requirements for promotion of pre-year students to the IB programme
1. The student has completed all the compulsory pre-year courses (see the list above).
2. The grade on each compulsory course is 5 or above.
If the student gets grade 4 on a compulsory course, he or she has to complete the course with an acceptable grade during the following period. A failed course (grade 4) in period 5 has to be completed before 16th June. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the teacher of the course, who will provide the instructions for the student.
The final decision on which students will be promoted to the IB is made in the IB teachers’ assessment meeting at the end of the school year. In an exceptional case the student may continue his/her studies in the IB programme with the permission of the head of the school.
IB1 and IB2 Diploma Programme Internal Assessment Calendar 2014-2015
IB exams mainly take place during the exam weeks of the national programme. Group IB2 take MOCK exams from 9th to 18th March. IB final exams take place from 4th to 21st May 2014.
IB1 (May 2016 Diploma Candidates) Calendar
Assignment/Exam Deadline/Timetable
Individual consultation with CAS coordinator August - September
May 2011 Diploma Ceremony Friday 29th Aug. at 19
Mid-Term Verbal Assessment Thursday 23rd Oct.
Extended Essay Seminar 1 Exam week/Period 2
CAS oral report and group consultation Exam week/Period 2
Group 4 project (Bio, Che, Phy) Autumn term
CAS documentation on autumn term to CAS coordinator Tuesday 2nd Dec.
Extended Essay Seminar 2 Exam week/Period 3
IB1 Parents’ Evening Wednesday 14th Jan.
Autumn term reports to students Thursday 15th Jan.
CAS oral report and group consultation Exam week/Period 3
Economics Commentary 1 February
Extended Essay form, deadline 1 Tuesday 24th Feb.
Mid-Term Verbal Assessment Tuesday 26th Feb.
Extended Essay form, deadline 2 Tuesday 24th March
CAS oral report and group consultation Exam week/Period 4
Finnish A individual oral presentation April
IB1 CAS documentation submitted to CAS coordinator Monday 27th April
Finnish A Written assignment (first draft) Tuesday 5th May
Extended Essay timetable submitted Monday 11th May
History IA 1st draft Friday 22nd May
Conditions for promotion of IB1 students to IB2
1. Student has completed acceptably all IB1 courses
with no SL subject grade lower than 3
with no HL subject grade lower than 3
Active attendance in lessons required.
2. Student has completed the following assignments given during the year within the given
deadlines
Finnish A written assignment (first draft)
Finnish A Individual oral presentation
Economics commentaries
History Internal Assessment assignments
Sciences (Bio, Che, Phy) Internal Assessment assignments
Mathematical Studies SL Project outline
Mathematics HL or SL IA outline
Preliminary TOK presentation submitted
CAS documentation with at least 75 hours of CAS activities properly recorded in it.
3. Student has submitted a well-thought and realistic plan and timetable for his/her EE research
work.
Student who, for an acceptable reason, fails to fulfil the above requirements by the end of the school year may still win access to IB2 by doing extra work. Permission for this must be obtained from the subject teacher and the coordinator. Details of extra work must be agreed with the respective subject teacher. The quality of the work will be examined and the result will be informed to the student by the subject teacher preferably before the summer break but no later than the beginning of the following school year. In an exceptional case the student may continue his/her studies in the IB2 with the permission of the head.
IB2 (May 2015 Diploma Candidates) Calendar
Assignment/Exam Deadline/Timetable
Historical investigation Friday 22nd August
Economics Commentary 2 August
Group consultation with CAS coordinator each exam week
Diploma Ceremony for May 2014 candidates Friday 29th Aug. at 19
EE (First draft) before exam registration
Parents’ Evening Wednesday 8th Oct.
Mid-Term Verbal Assessment Thursday 23rd Oct.
Mathematics HL, SL and Math Studies Project (first draft) October
Finnish A Written assignment (Final version) Friday 26th Oct.
Registration for May 2015 Examinations, examination fee
approximately 600 euros End of Oct.
TOK Essay (First draft) Friday 7th Nov.
Economics Commentary 3 November
Mathematics HL, SL and Math Studies Project (Final version) December
CAS documentation on autumn term to CAS coordinator Tuesday 2nd Dec.
TOK essay (final version) Friday 9th Jan.
Autumn term reports to students Thursday 15th Jan.
Extended Essay (Final version) Thursday 29th January
Extended Essay seminar with IB1 Exam week/Period 3
Finnish A individual oral commentary January - February
English B individual oral commentary and written assignment February
Economics commentary 4 February
MOCK EXAMINATIONS 9th to 18th March
Lab books (Bio, Che, Phy) Monday 16th March
IB CAS documentation submitted to CAS coordinator Tuesday 17th March
Predicted Grade reports to the candidates Tuesday 24th March
End of regular schoolwork Thursday 2nd April
Self-guided review and preparation for the examinations 7th April – 4th May
MAY 2014 IB Diploma Examinations 4th - 21st May 2014
Feedback meeting with IB teachers Thursday 21st May
White Cap Ceremony (final school reports) Saturday 30th May at 11
May 2015 examination results available Monday 6th July
Diploma Ceremony for May 2015 candidates Friday 28th Aug. at 7 pm
The candidate must complete all assessment components for each of the six subjects and the additional IB diploma requirements to qualify for the award of the IB diploma. The minimum requirement for the award of the diploma is 24 points provided all requirements specified in the General Regulations document have been met.
If the candidate is awarded a grade E for TOK or the extended essay, the candidate will not qualify for the diploma. See more detailed information in the General Regulations (2014).