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Welcome to “The Introduction of the
Primary Years Programme”
Fairview International School Johor
15th August 2015
Overview: Session 1
The introduction of :
- Fairview International School
- The leadership team in the PYP
- The homeroom and subject teachers
Session 2: - What is IB Education?
- What is the Primary Years Programme?
- PYP Curriculum framework
- What makes Fairview’s PYP unique?
- Inquiry in the PYP
- Implementation in the PYP
- Assessing and Reporting Student Performance
- PYP Excursions & Expeditions
Our Team
• Head Teacher: Mr. Jonathan Kelly
• Deputy Principal: Ms Odaia Ranido
• PYP Coordinator: Ms Odaia Ranido
• PYP Team Leaders:
– Ms Kristine (Upper Primary – G3 to G6)
– Ms Anna Joy (Lower Primary – Crèche to G2)
Our Team •Primary Homeroom Teachers
– Crèche: Ms Santhi
– Reception: Ms Annamamary and Ms Nur Ain
– G1: Ms Mala and Ms Maria
– G2: Ms Diya and Ms Anna Joy
– G3: Ms Thamaraii and Ms Dhamayanthi
– G4: Ms Lavaniya
– G5: Ms Brizha
– G6: Ms Kristine
Our Team
•Primary Specialist Teachers
– BM: Ms Maz, Ms Sikin, Ms Sholehah,
Ms Naazira
– MN: Ms Rina, Ms Yang, Mr Tay
– PA-DA: Ms Ji and Mr Donnil
– PA-MU: Ms Ji
– PE: Ms Rachel and Mr Hafidz
– VA: Ms Fazzy and Ms Jannah
Who we are…. Campuses: 5 schools- the only IB continuum school
in Malaysia
Students: 3000 students from 57 nationalities
Teachers: CIDTL and IB trained, 50 scholarships to
do Masters in Education every year in Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Fairview Johor Campus
Professional Academic team
• IB Workshop leaders
• IB Visiting team members
• Concept-based trainers and presenters
• Approaches to Learning Team
What exactly is the International Baccalaureate (IB)?
“... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit foundation, motivated by its mission to create a better world through education”
The IB Mission
• ...The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better
• and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect...
The IB Learner Profile
The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century
• Programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right....
As IB learners we strive to be: 1. Inquirers
2. Knowledgeable
3. Thinkers
4. Communicators
5. Principled
6. Open-minded
7. Caring
8. Courageous
9. Balanced
10. Reflective
The IB Continuum
What is IB Education?
Learn how to learn
Intercultural understanding
Conceptual understanding
Concepts- big ideas
Learning in context
Service and Action
creative, critical and reflective thinkers
The Primary Years Programme
The PYP Framework
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● IB Learner Profile
● Concepts
● Attitudes
● Approaches to Learning
(ATL)
● Approaches to Teaching
(ATT)
● Action
● Exhibition
● 6 Subject Groups
● 6 Transdisciplinary Themes
● Internationally Minded
Learners
What makes PYP unique?
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• Student Centered
• Inquiry-based
• Concept driven
• Transdisciplinary
• Connection to real world,
practical examples
• Skills and attitudes
• Exhibition as a culminating
experience
Inquiry in
the PYP
Kath Murdoch's phases
of inquiry planning
Unit of Inquiry
Unit of Inquiry – Case Study (Water) ● Transdisciplinary Theme : Sharing the Planet ● Central Idea : Our responsibility towards the
use and preservation of finite resources is vital ● Lines of Inquiry :
● Sources of water and how it ● Distribution and availability of usable water ● Water treatment processes
• Programme of Inquiry
• Transdisciplinary (Homeroom periods)
• Curriculum aligned with UK National Curriculum
• Cambridge Primary Checkpoint – Grade 6
• Various resources (books, internet, guest speakers,
excursions)
• ATL skills embedded in teaching & learning
• IB Learner profile & PYP Attitudes embedded in teaching and
learning
• Criterion-based assessments
The implementation of the PYP
Teacher questions/provocations that will drive these inquiries (Concept based)
How does the water
cycle work (function)?
How is fresh water brought
to our homes and what
happens to it after it leaves
(Connection)?
How can we support the
right of all children to clean
water (Responsibility)?
Where does our
fresh water come
and how is it
collected (form)?
Presenting findings in poster format
Parents are invited as Guest Speakers
Being curious Inquirers
Questioning Cooperation Observation
Excursion to SAJ
Interviewing the workers Gathering information from the PIC
Science Integration (Water Filtration
Process)
Integration with English (Article Writing)
Integration with Mathematics and ICT
Summative Assessment - Magazine
Samples of other Summative Assessments
Processed-Focus Assessment Performance Task
Models
The implementation of the PYP
• Collaborative planning- teachers from all campuses
• Actions- English Support Programme, remedial classes, Professional Development trainings for teachers, use research findings from the MA to formulate policies and best practices in Fairview
Mandatory Continuous Professional Development for all
teachers:
– Weekly in-house trainings
– Quarter based global trainings
– External IB trainings
– Conferences
– Professional Certificates
– Masters of Arts in Education
– Weekly video Conferencing
The implementation of the PYP
The implementation of the PYP
• Celebration of Learning
• PYP Exhibition & Expedition
• Student Council
• Carnival day
• Honours Day
• Eco school project
• CCA
The implementation of the PYP
• Parent forums every quarter: Role of Parents, Transdisciplinary Learning, Assessment, Inquiry
• Parents as guest speakers
• Educational talks to Parents and Students:
Education in the 21 century by Jeffery Beard,
ATL workshops by Lance King
Forms of Communication
• School’s Planner
• Celebration of Learning
• Parent’s Day
• Coffee morning
• Forums
• Emails
• Appointment
• Students Portfolio – Celebration of Learning
• 2 Interim report cards - Q1 & Q3
reports sent home through the students
• 2 End of semester report cards - Q2 & Q4
formal parents day organised
Parents & teachers are encouraged to make appointments
to meet teachers
How to report students’ Progress?
Excursions (once every unit) & Expedition (Grade 6)
• Taking learning beyond the classroom
• Making learning authentic, significant, relevant and
challenging
• Sightseeing, Service & Action activities and Reflection
• Participation from all Fairview campuses
• PYP Exhibition
• Build upon the IB Learner Profile, PYP Attitudes & ATL
PYP Excursions & Expedition
Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the Planet
Concepts: Conflict, Resolution
Knowledge: Overpopulation, water
shortage, sustainable environment,
technological advancement, cultural
preservation
Skills: Social & Self Management
Skills
Action: to care and interact with
the elderly at the HDB flats
Grade 6 Singapore Expedition
Questions
Exit task - MCQ
Thank you