From the PYP Coordinator

Next week will see our Junior Years classes going on residential field trips to various locations in Singapore and for the Year 6 students, over to Malaysia.

These are great opportunities for the students to be able to have an extended period of time using the local and nearby environment to supplement the units of inquiry they are following in class.

So for example the Year 3 trip to the Bird Park will tie in with the current sharing the planet unit of inquiry, “People can make choices to support the sustainability of Earth’s resources”. The students will be inquiring into resources the birds need and how we can share the planet’s finite resources and coexist with the animals.

What we aim to do in the Primary Years Programme is to move away from the traditional textbooks and use a range of resources both in and out of classroom.

The residential trips also help us develop the attitudes, skills and the learner profile. For example helping the students becoming more self managed and more independent which goes back to our philosophy of developing the whole child and not just the academics.

Alex Inman
PYP Coordinator