IB Primary Years’ Programme
Selwyn House School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB)
Primary Years’ Programme (PYP) from Pre-school to Year 8.
Authorised to deliver the Primary
Years Programme (PYP) in 2008,
Selwyn House is committed
to providing a continuum of
international education to our
students.
The focus from Early Childhood to Year
8 is on the total growth of the developing
child, encompassing intellectual, social,
physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural
needs. The International Baccalaureate
(IB) PYP is an international,
transdisciplinary programme.
The programme is grounded in a deeply
held belief about the nature and future of
international education and a firm desire
to develop students who are international
in their outlook.
An international education is dynamic
and responds to ever-changing global
needs. Through an exploration of
concepts such as conflict resolution,
communication and understanding
relationships, cultural identity, history
and responsibility (both environmental
and human) we want to develop in our
students an understanding that they can
make a difference to their world, at both a
local and global level.
The IB offers a continuum of high
quality education that encourages
international mindedness and a positive
attitude to learning. The IB programmes
are accessible to students in over 140
countries through the close cooperation
with the worldwide community of IB
World Schools.
At the heart of the programme’s
philosophy is a commitment to
structured, purposeful inquiry as the
vehicle for learning.
The programme of inquiry is based on
six transdisciplinary themes of global
significance that provide a framework for
exploration and study:
1.
Who we are
2.
Where we are in time and place
3.
How we express ourselves
4.
How the world works
5.
How we organize ourselves
6.
Sharing the planet
Teachers are guided by these six
transdisciplinary themes as they design
units of inquiry that both articulate
and transcend conventional subject
boundaries.
Subjects covered include:
•
Language
•
Social Studies
•
Mathematics
•
The Arts
•
Science
•
Personal, Social, Spiritual and
Physical Education
The primary years curriculum at Selwyn
House draws upon these subject areas to
develop a programme to suit our specific
learning context.
