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Primary Years Programme
Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international
primary education
Primary Years Programme
Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international
primary education
Primary Years Programme Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education
First published January 2007 Revised edition published December 2009
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IB mission statement
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.
IB learner profile
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded
Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective
They develop their natural curiosity. They acquire the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research and show independence in learning. They actively enjoy learning and this love of learning will be sustained throughout their lives.
They explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines.
They exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to recognize and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.
They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.
They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.
They understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories, and are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities. They are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.
They show empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a personal commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.
They approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought, and have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies. They are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.
They understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.
They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and experience. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.
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Contents
A curriculum framework for international primary education
1
Introduction
1
What are the beliefs and values that drive the PYP?
2
What do we believe international education to be?
2
International-mindedness: the PYP perspective
2
How does a PYP school develop international-mindedness within its community of learners?
5
What do we believe about how children learn?
6
What is curriculum?
8
What do we want to learn? The written curriculum
10
Knowledge: what do we want students to know about?
11
Concepts: what do we want students to understand?
15
Skills: what do we want students to be able to do?
20
Attitudes: what do we want students to feel, value and demonstrate?
24
Action: how do we want students to act?
25
How best will we learn? The taught curriculum
28
What are the connections between the written curriculum and classroom practice--the taught
curriculum?
28
Why is a commitment to inquiry and the construction of meaning important?
28
What does inquiry look like?
29
How do we plan for this kind of learning?
30
How do we plan for assessment?
31
Using the planner
31
The PYP planner
33
The PYP bubble planner
37
Evaluating a written planner for an inquiry
41
Good PYP practice
41
The role of the adult
42
Structuring the environment for students
43
The role of ICT
43
How will we know what we have learned? The assessed curriculum
44
What is the PYP perspective on assessment?
44
Assessing: how do we discover what students have learned?
45
Recording: how do we collect and analyse the data?
47
Reporting: how do we choose to communicate information about assessment?
51
The exhibition
53
A school's assessment policy
54
Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education
Contents
Understanding the PYP from analysis to synthesis
56
The synthesis of the essential elements
56
What changes will this mean for the school?
58
What changes will this mean for teachers?
59
PYP practices
60
The PYP as a holistic programme
62
Bibliography
63
Annex: Subject areas
67
Introduction
67
Language in the Primary Years Programme
68
Mathematics in the Primary Years Programme
81
Science in the Primary Years Programme
93
Social studies in the Primary Years Programme
103
Personal, social and physical education in the Primary Years Programme
112
Arts in the Primary Years Programme
125
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