IB and the Primary Years Programme

The Primary Year Programme is an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding. It is a student-centred approach to education for children aged 3-12. It reflects the best of educational research, thought leadership and experience derived from IB World Schools. The PYP curriculum framework begins with the premise that students are agents of their own learning and partners in the learning process. It prioritizes people and their relationships to build a strong learning community.

PYP students use their initiative to take responsibility and ownership of their learning.  By learning through inquiry and reflecting on their own learning, PYP students develop knowledge, conceptual understandings, skills and the attributes of the IB Learner profile to make a difference in their own lives, their communities, and beyond.

The framework comprises six transdisciplinary themes, key concepts, approaches to learning and learner profile attributes. The six transdisciplinary themes are taught each year from Grade One to Grade Six, with four being taught in Prep. The transdisciplinary themes and context for each unit of inquiry is documented in the Fitzroy North Primary School Programme of Inquiry.