From the PYP Coordinator

The final essential element which forms the IB Primary Years Programme is that of “action”.

What we aim to to do in the classrooms is to inspire the students, what ever their age is, to take independent, responsible action based on their learning, inquiries and experiences. The emphasis is also on the independence. The students thinking about the issues and deciding for themselves what they can do, or how they can change their behaviour.

“PYP schools can and should meet the challenge of offering all learners the opportunity and the power to choose to act; to decide on their actions; and to reflect on these actions in order to make a difference in and to the world.” Making the PYP Happen 2014

You may notice this at home, your child asking to visit the zoo or the library to do some independent research because of a unit on endangered animals. Or setting up some recycle bins in the kitchen because of an environmental unit they have been inquiring about.

If you see your child taking action at home, please do let your homeroom teachers know. We aim to celebrate this in school and also include it in the units themselves. It is not uncommon for student’s independent action and inquiries to be incorporated into the units of inquiry. We are, after all, a community of learners.

Alex Inman
PYP Coordinator