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Primary Years Programme at ISP. International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes.
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International BaccalaureatePrimary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes • The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. • To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. • These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Learner Profile • Inquirers • Knowledgeable • Thinkers • Communicators • Principled • Caring • Risk-takers • Balanced • Reflective • Open-minded
What do we want to learn? PYP Transdisciplinary Themes • Who we are • Where we are in time and place • How we express ourselves • How the world works • How we organise ourselves • Sharing the planet
What do we want to learn? Subject Areas • Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies • Personal and Social Education • Physical Education • Music • Art • French • ICT
How do children learn at ISP? • Exploring, wondering and questioning • Experimenting and playing with possibilities • Making connections between previous learning and current learning • Making predictions and acting purposefully to see what happens • Collecting data and reporting findings • Clarifying existing ideas and reappraising perceptions of events • Deepening understanding through the application of a concept • Making and testing theories • Researching and seeking information • Taking and defending a position • Solving problems in a variety of ways
Transdisciplinary Skills • Thinking skills • Social skills • Communication skills • Self-management skills • Research skills