The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme has five fundamental curriculum aspects to it. These are called the five essential elements. These are the essential building blocks of the programme.
The first is Knowledge. This is of course the actual content of the programme, what is it that we are looking to teach in our school through the units of inquiry? What is it that we want students to know about?
Next is Concepts. The PYP isn’t a topic curriculum, it is concept driven. The PYP curriculum is structured around important concepts that drive the inquiry going on in our classrooms.
Third is Skills. This can be expressed in the question, “what do we want students to be able to do?” These are trans-disciplinary skills that support the search for understanding.
Fourth is Attitudes. “What do we want students to feel, value and demonstrate?” The PYP isn’t just about developing the academics, it also strives to develop the child as person.
Last is Action. The PYP tries to encourage students to look beyond the classroom and to develop the desire to take independent action based on what they have been inquiring about in school.
We will look at each of these in turn in more detail through later posts.
Alex Inman
PYP Coordinator
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