Oona Piipponen reflects on how her time in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP) helped shape her life-long passion for learning as a student and PYP educator.
Archive | Primary Years Programme (PYP)
Research essentials for leaders of IB World Schools
IB Research shares a brand-new resource for coordinators and heads of IB World Schools.
Choosing education, the ever-changing profession
We welcome Middle Years Program (MYP) graduate of Shanghai Singapore International School Rebecca Vasconcelos to reflect on her decision to pursue a career in education.
The importance of critical thinking in the 21st Century
During the third annual African Education Festival, Conrad Hughes will give a keynote on critical thinking in the 21st Century and why it is important not to trust everything you read online.
Approaching the PYP in a different way
How can you deliver your lessons in a way that all students understand? Primary Years Programme (PYP) teachers Sandra and Koko share their tips.
A book battle makes reading a fun experience
Primary Year Programme (PYP) students from West Ridge Elementary School have found a way to transform reading into an entertaining experience. Here is how they did it.
Incorporating design thinking in the PYP
Teaching using a modern approach can often be challenging, but Humera Riyaz, PYP coordinator at Eastern Public Schools gives us some useful tips.
Who is responsible for taking action against climate change?
In March 2019, hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets to protest against climate change, but should this be a job for adults? IB World investigates.
How PYP students designed the perfect learning space
What would your perfect learning space look like? Read how 38 Primary Year Programme (PYP) students designed and created the perfect learning space
How IB schools are celebrating International Year of Indigenous Languages
Since the UN declared 2019 as the ‘International Year of Indigenous Language, more than 800 events have taken place around the world. Here is how SenPokChin (senpaq’cin) celebrated this important holiday.
Young IB student starts a block chain company
Primary Years Programme (PYP) student Kaede Takenaka created a ‘KID coin’ after completing the PYP unit of inquiry on entrepreneurship.
My IB musical learning journey
Arabella Logan commenced her International Baccalaureate learning journey at St Paul’s Grammar School in Penrith, near Sydney, Australia, from pre-kindergarten continuing in the junior school with the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and graduating in year 6 with the successful completion of PYP in 2018. Arabella’s, IB journey continues in high school with the Middle Years […]
A DP grad’s string of victories: Q&A with Canadian yo-yo champion Harrison Lee
IB programmes are designed to cultivate students’ agency. Programme elements like the exhibition, personal project and CAS, encourage students to explore and develop their unique interests. In this post, Harrison Lee—a graduate of the Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP) and Diploma Program (DP) and a three-time Canadian national champion in yoyo—describes how […]
How AR and VR can aid inquiry
In part two of our series on educational technology, two schools share how augmented reality and virtual reality tools are enhancing student learning and creativity Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are tools that allow students to be immersed in an experience beyond the classroom walls. “These experiences spark inquiry and lead to deeper […]
Stonehill International School—Part 1
Four schools at different stages of their IB journey will share their approach to understanding and implementing the Primary Years Programme enhancements in their own context. Here is the third story in the series that features an IB World School in India and illustrates how they began exploring the enhanced content.