Elementary

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Teachers team together at each grade level with our PYP Coordinator to develop units of inquiry that provide significant, relevant and challenging learning experiences across the daily core academic subjects. Classroom teachers also collaborate with specialists in the arts, technology, physical education and library to enrich these experiences. Students are encouraged to reflect, to make informed choices and to take action that will help their peers, school, and the wider community.

Daily core academic subjects:

• Language Arts- Collaborative Classroom, Handwriting Without Tears
• Mathematics-Dimensions
• Social Studies- IB Units of inquiry
• Science-IB Units of Inquiry

Additional programs and enrichment – taught by specialized teachers:

• Art
• Maker Lab/Design Technology
• Music
• Library
• Physical Education
• Spanish
• Computers

PYP Exhibition

The PYP Exhibition is a culminating event that students at all PYP schools in the world participate in during their final year in the Primary Years Programme. This comprehensive inquiry project is a great foundation for our 5th grade students as they advance to the IB Middle Years Programme in middle school next year.

The Exhibition is an opportunity for students, during their last year in elementary school, to apply their learning from the elementary years and to reflect on their journey through the Primary Years Programme. It is a long-term, student-driven inquiry project that engages learners in "identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real life issues or problems." Students have to apply research, organizational and higher-level thinking skills as they locate and analyze information and data to help them answer their "lines of inquiry." It is also important for the students to identify a form of positive action they can take as a result of the knowledge they have gained during the Exhibition process. Finally, students share what they have learned with our school community.