IB PYP

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..BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL
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To provide parents with information about what it
means to be part of an International
Baccalaureate World School.
The Purpose
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1. IB Curriculum an overview.
An International Baccalaureate (IB) school offers
high quality programs of international education.
There are 4 IB programs Diploma Program,
Career Related Certificate, Middle Years Program
and Primary Years Program (DP, MYP and PYP),
running in schools for different student age
groups.
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The PHILOSOPHY THE Mission statement TELLS US
WHAT IB SEES AS IMPORTANT FOR IB LEARNERS
The International Baccalaureate Organization
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
IBO 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.
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ALIGNING OUR MISSION STATEMENT MAKING SURE it
TELLS US WHAT WE SEE AS IMPORTANT FOR SEAFORD
NORTH STUDENTS(Current proposed draft, published
for feedback)
Our mission is to provide all Seaford North
Primary School students with a high quality,
challenging, international education which
develops compassion and respect. We provide
engaging learning opportunities that includes
essential knowledge, concepts, skill and
attitudes, enabling students to transfer these to
new situations necessary in a rapidly changing
world. We are committed to differentiation so
that students work at their level and are able to
make decisions about their learning in line with
the curriculum. We encourage students to take
responsibility with their learning so that they
can be purposeful and make a difference to
themselves and their world.
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THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LEARNER PROFILE TELLS US
WHAT AN IB STUDENT LOOKS LIKE
Inquirer
Communicator
Risk Taker
Balanced
Principled
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Open Minded
Caring
You will notice that we now use these attributes
for our Achievement certificates. The Schools
Essential Agreements link with these attributes
of a learner We also used them when reporting
about your student
Reflective
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2. what is THE IB PYP CURRICULUM?
The PYP definition of curriculum comprises of
three interrelated components. In keeping with
the PYP commitment to inquiry, these three
components are expressed in the form of the
following three open-ended questions, each of
which compels teachers to think deeply about
their own practice with regard to student
learning. What do we want to learn? The written
curriculum The identification of a framework of
whats worth knowing How best will we learn? The
taught curriculum The theory and application of
good classroom practice How will we know what we
have learned? The assessed curriculum The theory
and application of effective assessment
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3. What does IB PYP Written curriculum look
like?
SNPS students are engaged in acquiring Knowledge.
A SNPS student is aware of driving concepts
A SNPS student is explicitly taught life long
skills
A SNPS student is encouraged to display positive
attitudes towards life.
SNPS student learning is enhanced by Actions
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4. what does the taught curriculum look like ?

• APPROACHES TO TEACHING
• CONSTRUCTIVISM
• Ensure that learning is active and purposeful
• Learning builds on previous knowledge
• Connecting to other associated learning
• Learning is applicable to many situations by
  using concepts
• INQUIRY
• where the overall goal is for students to find
  out and to make meaning of their learning.
• Where teachers may guide the inquiry
• true inquiry is internally motivated.
• Inquiry models may be used. (We use Kath Murdoch)

The taught curriculum is the way we teach your
student. The main method is through
constructivism and inquiry.
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4. what does the taught curriculum look like ?
TUNING IN
PREPARING TO FIND OUT
TAKING ACTION
FINDING OUT
MAKING CONCLUSIONS
SORTING OUT
GOING FURTHER
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5. WHAT DOES THE ASSESSED CURRICULUM LOOK
LIKE?
The school needs to complete formal assessments
yearly such as NAPLAN and Mandated OnLine Tests
and PAT testing. We do formative testing to
inform our teaching, and summative testing
completed at the end of units of work.
Formative testing can be completed at the
beginning, in the middle or at the end of units
of work so that we find out where students are
currently understanding. It helps teachers know
where to go next with their teaching. We pre test
and post test students throughout the curriculum
so that we can determine the learning that is
happening. Summative testing is undertaken at the
end of a unit and tests their understanding. This
is also done throughout the curriculum so that we
can test what they have learnt. In our UOIs this
is usually an application task
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how it all fits together?
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THE DOMINO AFFECT
IB PYP REQUIRES US TO TEACH THE 5 ELEMENTS
KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, ATTITUDES, SKILLS ACTIONS
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The program of inquiry 2016
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HOW A unit of inquiry WORKS
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HOW A unit of inquiry WORKS
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Who We Are
An inquiry into the nature of personal, physical,
mental, social and spiritual health.
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Central Idea
Personal relationships may contribute to
emotional and physical well being.
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Key Concepts
Form Reflection Causation
Related Concepts
Relationships Well-being Balanced
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Lines of Inquiry
Form Aspects of physical and emotional
health ? Reflection Identifying the elements of
a healthy lifestyle ? Causation The connection
between relationships and emotional and physical
wellbeing.
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Teacher Questions

1. What are the aspects of physical health?
2. What are the aspects of emotional health?
3. How do we know that we are living a healthy
   lifestyle?
4. What is the connection between relationships and
   physical / emotional well-being?

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Attributes
Balanced Reflective Open-Minded
Attitudes
Independence Appreciation
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Transdisciplinary Connections
Skill Focus
Communication non-verbal communication Thinking
analysis Research observing, organizing
data Self Management healthy lifestyle
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Language Focus
Reading Research skills Writing
Procedural Grammar -
Maths Focus
Multiplication Division - Length - Area
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HOW A unit of inquiry WORKS
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HOW A unit of inquiry WORKS
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? Any questions