Why Choose the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme?
- Oliver Lui
- Apr 25, 2018
- 2 min read
It is a daunting task to find a primary school offering the best curriculum to help nurture a child, but the search is easier if you choose one offering IB’s Primary Years Programme (PYP). The PYP helps students develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills through a trans-disciplinary approach to learning while making holistic connections across traditional subjects.
The PYP is an inquiry-based, concept driven programme specifically designed for young learners between the ages of 3 and 12 years. Students are encouraged to be globally minded by developing an international perspective where diversity is welcomed and celebrated.
A distinguishing feature of the PYP is the six trans-disciplinary themes of global significance. The students engage in meaningful, relevant inquiries that focus on making significant connections to the world, and developing enduring understandings. Each Unit of Inquiry is organized under one of the trans-disciplinary themes, and in every school year the themes are revisited with increasingly complex information, key concepts and skills from the core subject areas of Math, Language, Social Studies, Science, The Arts, and Physical, Social & Personal Education.
Through the attributes of the IB learner profile and the demonstration of the PYP attitudes, the PYP encourages international-mindedness and a passion for learning. Students are asked to reflect constantly on their learning, and take meaningful action based on new discoveries.
The PYP aims to create a curriculum that is engaging, relevant, challenging and significant for learners in the 3–12 age range. The curriculum is transdisciplinary, meaning that it focuses on issues that go across subject areas.
As a flexible curriculum framework, the PYP is able to accommodate the demands of most national or local curriculums.
Here we have an example from a private school in Ontario, Canada, followed by webinar and videos from the International Baccalaureate Organisation, explaining the curriculum in more detail.
https://www.guelphtoday.com/spotlight/spotlight-why-choose-the-international-baccalaureate-primary-years-programme-824818
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