The IB Primary Years Programme is a framework of curriculum for 3-12 year old students in IB Schools. According to wikipedia, “The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) for students from kindergarten to fifth grade“. The programme was created by a group of international school educators who wished to create a non-national based “best practice” educational framework for international schools.
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Subjects in IB Primary Years Programme
The PYP is the start to a lifelong love of learning. It has a thoughtful approach that nurtures the child and gives them ownership of their studies from the very beginning.
Students are required to learn a second language during the programme. In IB Primary Years Programme PYP, IB Schools provide students with an optionality to choose subjects from each of following Six broad groups
- Mathematics
- Arts
- Sciences
- Personal, Social & Physical education
- Language
- Social Studies
Aim of Primary Years Programme (PYP)
As PYP is a foundational programme; primarily it facilitates & exposes young children to transdisciplinary themes such as
- How we express ourselves
- Sharing the planet
- Who we are
- Where we are in place and time
- How we organize ourselves
- How the world works
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