Primary years

Ascot’s Primary Years is committed to providing students with hands-on and experiential learning opportunities. We encourage our students to take ownership over their learning by being an active participant in the planning and direction of their inquiries. Through collaborative and transdisciplinary approaches to exploring authentic and relevant issues, our students develop the skills needed to become successful global citizens in a dynamic world. Our dedicated and qualified teaching team ensures that our vision, mission, values and the essential elements of the Primary Years Program (PYP) underpins all aspects of our Primary program.

What is PYP?

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) is a leading curriculum framework for international primary education. Designed for students aged 3 to 12, the PYP focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.

With its rigorous, research and inquiry based curriculum, the PYP transforms schools’ teaching practices, placing teachers, students and leaders in the core of the programme. As a result, students become active, caring, lifelong learners who demonstrate respect for themselves and others and have the capacity to participate in the world around them. PYP is transdisciplinary, meaning students learn across subject areas while inquiring into big ideas.

The PYP Curriculum Framework

The PYP is a framework for schools and their approach to learning and teaching. Students explore significant concepts through units of inquiry. The six transdisciplinary themes that guide units of inquiry in each school year are:

– Who we are

– Where we are in place and time

– How we express ourselves

– How the world works

– How we organise ourselves

– Sharing the planet

Units of inquiry authentically interweave ideas and skills from the relevant subject areas: language, social studies, mathematics, arts, science, personal, social and physical education. This approach encourages students to make their own connections between what they know and how it relates to the world around them.