Primary Years Programme (PYP) students use of integration of both ICT skills and dancing skills to inquire, respond, create and reflect through a dynamic process and how this opened new dimensions for creative thinking.
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Spotlight on our Primary Years Programme teams
12 October 2022 in Curriculum Development
To celebrate 25 years of the PYP we spotlight some of the IB staff who work on the programme. We sat down with Sue, Christine, Alicia, Lukas and Monita to learn more about their experiences, highlights and what they are most excited about.
Curriculum design – what’s that all about? Part 1
6 October 2022 in Curriculum Development
A blog by Nikki Welsh, PYP Curriculum development manager at the IB
Hand signs for the seven key concepts
29 September 2022 in Approaches to learning, concepts, Early Years
This blog explores the use of hand signs and how they can assist students and teachers in remembering the PYP terminology, unpack an inquiry, emphasize a conceptual lens, prompt a question, form a rap, and be a reflection tool.
An Early Years Exhibition: Translating a Vision into Action (Part 2)
20 June 2022 in Approaches to teaching, Exhibition
Developing approaches to learning in the process of inquiry
2 June 2022 in Approaches to learning, Approaches to teaching, Inquiry
This blog explores how the development of approaches to learning happens in students while they are brainstorming, inquiring, collaborating, organizing and presenting.