Personal Project Introduction

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August 2025

Learning at GJS

“At Global Jaya School, learning is the lasting growth, change, and development of knowledge, skills, understanding, and behaviour.”

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Agenda & Objectives

Agenda

1. What is Personal Project
2. Objectives in Personal Project
3. First steps to Personal Project

Objective(s)

1. Students are familiar with Personal Project

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Personal Project Journey

Think, pair, share

Turn and tell partner what you know about Personal Project.

Share what you did last year with mini Personal Project with your partner.

CONTENTS

1. What exactly is the personal project?�
2. What is the process journal?�
3. What does my supervisor do?�
4. What about the report?�
5. What is the exhibition?�
6. Where can I get more information?

Grading Scale - From M25 - no change from M24

New for May 2026 at GJS:

1. All year 10 students need to earn a 4 on Personal Project and complete all SA requirements to enter full DP Programme!
2. And…

Students need to earn a 4 or higher on Math eAssessment to take HL Math.

Progression Guidelines

How many earned 3s in 2025?

So What do you notice?

Folder M25 results

May 2025

May 2024

GJS had 100% agreement with predicted and actual scores - 2 years in a row!!!!!

Exhibition - January 30th!

Photos from last year

Burning Questions

During the presentation jot down any questions on paper. Then there will be time at the end to ask questions.

What exactly is the personal project?

‘All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.’ –Martin Fisher

Key Questions

What am I curious about?

What will I do or make?

How will I share what I learned with others?

Step 1 - Identify Learning Goal

• What do I want to learn about?
• What will I need to do research about? (Think what books or journals I will need to read)
• Example - I want to learn how to make my desserts healthier.

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Product Goal

• What will I do or make to show what I learned from my research?
• Example - I will make a cookbook or youtube channel of 10 healthy cooking recipes (product should be measurable)
• You need to show evidence of creating your product.

Inspiration?

• Academic (PHE, Design, or Science)
• Personal Interest (you love baking with grandma)

Reminder - no double dipping!

• Students can’t do a personal project that is a direct class assignment
• Example Design App - similar to Digital Design class

Reminder - SA is a great inspiration

• Students can extend a SA project or experience as a personal project
• This is also great for the Global Youth Action Fund Application in February

Your task this week - PP Proposal form

• Please fill in the PP Proposal - M28
• Due date - Tuesday, August 22nd, 2025 at 3pm

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The personal project is...

During year 5 of the MYP students complete the Personal Project. This is a significant piece of work, on a topic of your choice, done over an extended period of time.�

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This is the culminating project of the MYP and will demonstrate how each student has developed as a learner. Students will pick a learning goal and a product/outcome to develop and at the end will reflect on their success and their learning in the personal project report.

The Aims

• participate in a sustained, self-directed inquiry within a global context
• generate creative new insights and develop deeper understandings through in-depth investigation
• demonstrate the skills, attitudes and knowledge required to complete a project over an extended period of time
• communicate effectively in a variety of situations
• demonstrate responsible action through, or as a result of, learning
• appreciate the process of learning and take pride in their accomplishments.

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What are the objectives?

Criterion A - Planning

Criterion B - Applying Skills

Criterion C - Reflecting

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It might remind you of...

Personal Project Cycle

Personal Project Objectives

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Objective A: Planning (Inquire)

• State a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal.
• State an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product.
• Present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.

Objective B: Applying skills (Act)

• Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal.
• Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.

Objective C: Reflecting (Reflect)

• Explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning.
• Evaluate the product based on the success criteria.

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Objective A

Objective A: Planning (Inquire)

• State a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal.
• State an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product.
• Present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.

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• Brainstorm ideas: mind map, bullet journalling
• What is your interest? Where do you want to major in Uni?
• What things can you create with your learning goal?
• How do I know that my product is good/going to be successful?

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Criteria B

Objective B: Applying skills (Act)

• Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal.
• Explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.

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• Which skills really affected the progress of your learning goal and product?
• What evidence can I get from my process journal about the skills that I use?

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Criteria C

Objective C: Reflecting (Reflect)

• Explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning.
• Evaluate the product based on the success criteria.

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• What did you learn through the project?
• How did your product end up?
• Where is the evidence?

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What is the process journal?

‘Ideas without action aren’t ideas. They’re regrets.’ –Steve Jobs

The process journal is...

• used throughout the project to document its development
• an evolving record of intents, processes, accomplishments
• a place to record initial thoughts and developments, brainstorming, possible lines of inquiry and further questions raised
• a place for recording interactions with sources, for example teachers, supervisors, external contributors
• a place to record selected, annotated and/or edited research and to maintain a bibliography
• a place for storing useful information, for example quotations, pictures, ideas, photographs
• a means of exploring ideas and solutions
• a place for evaluating work completed
• a place for reflecting on learning
• devised by the student in a format that suits his or her needs
• a record of reflections and formative feedback received.

The process journal isn’t

• used on a daily basis (unless this is useful for the student) �
• written up after the process has been completed �
• additional work on top of the project; it is part of and supports the project �
• a diary with detailed writing about what was done �
• a static document with only one format.

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Inside the journal...

interview questions, interview notes, lab reports, source evaluations, annotated bibliography, specifications, criteria, plans, calendars, brainstorms, questions, drawings, sketches, data, spreadsheets, graphs, paintings, statistics, articles, screenshots from films and websites, product analysis, survey questions, survey results, sketchnotes, material lists, key quotes from research, experiments, supervisor meeting notes, bullet journal entries, action plans, fabric swatches, photographs, questions… + Reflections!.

You will also have some required entries, including your proposal, a source evaluation and an action plan!

Process journals will look different depending on the type of project you are doing and the type of learner you are!

How is it used?

• Your report will reflect on your process and will give examples of what you have learnt. You will choose up to ten pages of journal entries as evidence of this learning!�
• You should be able to provide evidence for every strand!�
• Personal Project Complete Guide gives you suggestions for process journal entries you might use.

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PP Website - please see the exhibition session - to get an ideas

Focus on :

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1. Learning goal
2. Product goal

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What does my supervisor do?

‘I never learned from a man who agreed with me.’ –Robert A. Heinlein

Your supervisor meets with you two times in the month, but a student must organise the meeting.

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They will also give you a feedback on your criteria, but it is up to the student to make sure it is high-quality and in on time.

What about the report?

Change is the end result of all true learning.” ― Leo Buscaglia

The Report

At the end of the project students will write a reflective report, explaining what they did and how they grew as a learner. The student will use process journal entries as evidence to show learning.

Font: Minimum 11-point font size

Margins: Minimum 2 cm margins.

Evidence: Evidence presented in images must be clearly visible at the size submitted

Audio/Video Recording: Audio and video must be recorded and submitted in real time.

Audio Visual Aids: Visual aids may be used to support spoken reports. However, evidence and examples presented in the visual aids should be submitted as documents. Visual aids presented only in video format will not be considered for assessment.

Bibliography: The bibliography is uploaded separately and is not included in the page limit.

No Title Page: Students should not include a title page; if included, it will count towards the page limit.

Academic Integrity: Students must upload a separate academic integrity form. This is not included in the word limit.

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What is the exhibition?

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” – Thomas H. Huxley

A chance to celebrate

your journey!

Where can I get more information?

Our MYP CORE class, Study Time Class, website

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By asking Supervisor, Teachers, Advisory teachers, Pak Dodin, Ibu Sue, Ibu Popy, Ibu Aprinda, Ibu Christine

What you need to do in the beginning:

• Create a folder titled Personal Project_Your Name
• Optional: create a doc for your PP process journal
• Copy the observation form and put them in the folder
• Have a look at the PP Exhibition and start filling in the observation form
• Why do we ask you to do this:
• Familiarizing yourself with the PP process
• Looking at previous exhibition might give you ideas
• Different perspective is always good
• Stimulate your creativity

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Timeline

• Year 9 term 4: Start brainstorming, MINI PP Exhibition
• Year 10 Beginning and Middle of Semester 1:
• PP proposal
• Supervisor is assigned and you will start research → Inquiry stage
• Continue to creating the product → Action stage
• Year 10 end of Semester 1:
• Submit product
• Start evaluating your product and reflection → Reflection stage
• Year 10 Beginning of Semester 2:
• Submit draft report
• Submit final report
• PP exhibition
• All dates will be updated in the PP site

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Personal Project file so far…..

5 items to get started:

1. PP Site
2. Handbook from IB
3. Quick start guide from Managebac
4. Introduction from IB
5. PPT Introduction from IB (pdf)
6. GJS PP Handbook
7. Personal Project Inspiration Articles and Videos

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Your task this week - PP Proposal form

• Please fill in the PP Proposal - M28
• Due date - Tuesday, August 22, 2025 at 3pm

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Questions?

Sources : Lenny Dutton - ISS

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