International
Baccalaureate (IB) - Primary Years Program (PYP)
The IB -PYP for children aged 3 - 12
nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a
lifelong journey of learning.
With the IB PYP specifically, children
learn how to become more self-reliant and independent, and how to take control
of and responsibility for their learning
The PYP offers an inquiry-based, trans-disciplinary
curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding. It is a
student-centered approach to education for children aged 3-12. It reflects the
best of educational research, thought leadership and experience derived from IB
World Schools.
The PYP curriculum framework begins with
the premise that students are agents of their own learning and partners in the
learning process. It prioritizes people and their relationships to build a
strong learning community .PYP students use their initiative to take
responsibility and ownership of their learning.
Subject
areas:
Mathematics,
Language, Science, Social studies, Information technology, Arts, Physical
education and library are taught through trans-disciplinary themes in order to
help students make connections between the subjects, thereby facilitating more
effective learning.
International
Baccalaureate (IB) - Middle Years Program (MYP)
The IB- MYP is a challenging framework
that encourages students to make practical connections between their studies
and the real world. The MYP is open to any student aged 11 to 16, at schools
that have been authorized to implement the program. The MYP is a five-year
program, which can be implemented in a partnership between schools, or in
several abbreviated (two, three or four year) formats
Students who complete
the MYP are well-prepared to undertake the IB Diploma Program (DP) or
Career-related Program (CP).
The IB-MYP comprises
eight subject groups:
Language acquisition.
Language and literature.
Individuals and
societies.
Sciences.
Mathematics.
Arts.
Physical and health
education.
Design.
