PYP(Primary Years Programme)

A Curriculum Framework for International Primary

Education,

created by International Baccalaureate.

What are the beliefs and values that drive the PYP?

IB learner profile

IB learner profile

Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective

What is curriculum?

• all students should be supported to participate in the programme to the fullest extent possible

• the school’s curriculum includes all those student activities, academic and non-academic, for which the school takes responsibility, since they all have an impact on student learning.

Curriculum

What do we want to learn?

The written curriculum

the identification of a framework of what’s worth knowing

How best will we learn? The taught curriculum

the theory and application of good classroom practice

How will we know what we have learned?

The assessed curriculum

the theory and application of effective assessment

What do we want to learn?Essential elements of the written

curriculum

• Knowledge

• Concepts

• Skills

• Attitudes

• Action

How best will we learn?

InquiryPlanning (list of learning

objectives)ICT (information and

communication technologies)

How will we know what we have learned?

Assessment

! feedback on the learning process

Points for consideration

• if the nature of students’ inquiry develops over time—if they are asking questions of more depth

• if students are becoming aware that real problems require solutions based on the integration of knowledge that spans and connects many areas

• if students are demonstrating mastery of skills• if students are accumulating a comprehensive

knowledge base and can apply their understanding to further their inquiries successfully

• if students are demonstrating both independence and an ability to work collaboratively

Subject areas

• Language

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• Personal, social and physical education

• Arts

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