German B - Copenhagen International School

Student Life
Advisory Programme
The Advisory Programme runs through MYP years 1 – 5 and is designed to meet the personal,
emotional and social challenges a teenager encounters throughout this time of change. The
philosophy of the programme is to equip students with knowledge and skills to enable them to make
informed decisions that are in the best interests of themselves and of others. The Advisory
programme at CIS aims:
To provide each individual student with an understanding advocate
To support through the school and curriculum the personal, social, physical,
emotional and cognitive development of each individual child in an appropriate
context
To respond to the needs of groups or individual students as and when they arise
To foster a sense of belonging and community where relationships are based upon
respect, tolerance and trust
Many of the affective issues of self­management are
approached through the Advisor Programme as
stated. Academically, students are required to
maintain a homework diary/ student agenda in which
they are required at the end of each class to write in
any homework that has been set. Accompanying this
is both a set of guidelines on the amount of
homework that can be set, and guidelines on applying
for extensions if necessary. Additionally students are
provided with a folder which they are expected to use
to organize and maintain the work, books and papers
that they need on a day­to­day basis. The use of
lockers and files at home are encouraged for longerterm
organization of work, books and papers.
Objectives of the Grade 6 Advisory Programme
1. To provide an adult supervisor for each student who is a mentor to, and an advocate for, the
student. This insures that every student is known well by at least one adult in the middle
school. This adult is able to support the student in times of difficulty, to recognize the warning
signs of pre­teen problems, as well as to celebrate the students’ successes.
2. To meet students’ needs to belong to a group, and to help students feel accepted and valued
by teachers and peers.
3. To foster a positive school climate as students develop positive relationships with teachers and
with one and another through organised team­building activities.
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