IB Primary Years Programme

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP)

The PYP is designed for students between the ages of 3 and 12 years. It is an international, transdisciplinary program designed to foster the development of the whole child, both in the classroom and in the world outside. The program focuses on students’ intellectual social, emotional, and physical development.

The PYP aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring students. International understanding and intercultural competence are also key aspects of the program that are developed through the IB learner profile which makes explicit the key attributes for students to develop as internationally minded global citizens. IB students develop their learner profile attributes and strive to be inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk takers, knowledgeable, principled, open-minded, caring, balanced and reflective.

As PYP Candidate Schools, Crawford International aim to provide students with a truly international education that encourages them to be active, compassionate, lifelong learners who understand that other people with their differences can also be right.
ib primary years programme
What is an IB PYP Education?
Essential Elements of the PYP

The program comprises key elements which together provide a framework for structured and purposeful inquiry. These elements include; the learner profile, knowledge, concepts, skills, student agency and action.
Summary of the PYP Elements
  • Knowledge

    The inquiry program is organized around six transdisciplinary themes of global significance and learning about these themes underpins the program. Students address all six themes each year (six units of inquiry).


    The themes are:

    Who We Are

    Where We Are in Place and Time

    How We Express Ourselves

    How the World Works

    How We Organise Ourselves

    Sharing the Planet


    Through these themes, students gain knowledge in six subject domains:

    Language

    Mathematics

    Science and Technology

    Social Studies

    Personal, Social and Physical Education

    Arts


    The program identifies a body of knowledge which is designed to be engaging, relevant, challenging and significant for students and which is closely aligned to IB curriculum documents.

  • Concepts

    Seven fundamental concepts, expressed as key questions, propel the process of inquiry and help to encourage a transdisciplinary perspective. These concepts drive the units of inquiry which teachers and students co-create.


    These concepts are:

    Form

    Function

    Causation

    Change

    Connection

    Perspective

    Responsibility

  • Skills (ATL)

    Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

    The skills acquired in the process of structured inquiry are thinking, communication, social, research and self management skills. The specific skills that align and are relevant to the content of each unit of inquiry are taught as part of that unit.


    These skills are aligned with our Global Competencies which are part of all out teaching and learning.

  • Action

    Students are encouraged to reflect, to make informed choices and to take action that will help their peers, families, school and the wider community. 


    Action can include making a difference through:

    Lifestyle Choices

    Social Entrepreneurship

    Advocacy

    Participation

    Social Justice

  • 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 are:

    Inquirers

    Knowledgeable

    Thinkers

    Communicators

    Principled

    Open-Minded

    Caring

    Risk-Takers

    Balanced

    Reflective

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