PYP Early Years
PYP Early Years is vital to future success because it lays the foundation for all future learning. As such, we use the very best teaching approaches, based on sound educational research. Key features of PYP Early Years are listed below.
We foster social learning by:
- Nurturing secure and trusting relationships among teachers and students
- Promoting teamwork and collaboration
- Celebrating achievements and milestones, based on authentic assessment
We promote agentic learning by:
- Allowing students to explore and investigate with a variety of materials
- Giving students freedom to inquire and develop personal interests
- Providing flexible timeframes that are responsive to the needs of students
We nurture creative thinking by:
- Promoting imaginative play and scientific curiosity
- Letting students ask and answer an abundance of questions
- Using multiple intelligences through music, movement, and ‘maker spaces’
We encourage conceptual thinking by:
- Helping learners construct meaning, as opposed to memorizing
- Helping learners make sense of knowledge and develop understanding
- Developing key competencies in reading, writing, math, geography and arts
