1. …..BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL

2. To provide parents with information about what it means to be part of an International Baccalaureate World School.
The Purpose
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3. 1. what is an International Baccalaureate school ?
An International Baccalaureate (IB) school offers high quality programs of international education.
There are 4 IB programs: Diploma Program, Career Related Certificate, Middle Years Program and Primary Years Program (DP, MYP and PYP), running in schools for different student age groups.
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4. The Mission statement TELLS US WHAT IS SEEN AS IMPORTANT
The International Baccalaureate Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These 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.
Stop and think of words to describe a student who has achieved this mission
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5. Inquirer
Communicator
Risk Taker
THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LEARNER PROFILE TELLS US WHAT AN IB STUDENT LOOKS LIKE
Balanced
Principled
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Open Minded
Caring
The attributes of such a learner are central to the PYP definition of what it means to be internationally minded.
Reflective
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6. 2. what is SPECIAL ABOUT THE IB Primary Years Program ?
The PYP addresses social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to those considered to be more academic. The traditional subject areas are valued, with an extra emphasis on the balance between the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills.
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7. 3. What does IB PYP Written curriculum look like?
Instead of all subjects being taught in isolation, they are connected together through themes and with many teachers contributing to your child’s learning – that is, all teachers from the sub school and the specialist teachers
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8. THE TRANS DISCIPLINARY THEMES These themes are seen to cover the significant learning for all humans, regardless of where they are in place or time. IB ensures that the learning is engaging, relevant, challenging and significant and sustainable.
Who we are
Where we are in place and time
How the world works
How we share the planet
How we organise ourselves
How we express ourselves
A SNPS student are engaged in acquiring Knowledge.
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9. A SNPS student is aware of driving concepts
IBI PYP concepts include:
form, function, causation, change, connection, perspective, responsibility and reflection.
CONCEPTS
Learning through concepts allows us deepen our understanding of something by observing through different lenses.
A SNPS student is aware of driving concepts
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10. A SNPS student is explicitly taught life long skills
In order to conduct purposeful inquiry and to be well prepared for life long learning, students need to master a whole range of skills.
These skills transcend through all subject areas and in life outside school.
Communication
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Viewing
Presenting
Non Verbal Communication
Self Management
Gross / Fine motor skills
Spatial awareness
Organisation
Time management
Safety
Healthy lifestyle
Codes of behaviour
Informed choices
Social
Accepting responsibility
Respecting others
Cooperating
Resolving conflict
Group decision making
Adopting roles
Research
Formulating questions
Observing
Planning
Collecting data
Recording data
Organising data
Interpreting data
Presenting findings
Thinking
Acquisition of Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Dialectical Thought
Metacognition
A SNPS student is explicitly taught life long skills
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11. ATTITUDES
It is vital that curriculum also focuses on the development of positive, personal attitudes towards people, the environment and learning individually or in a group.
The IBO attitudes include:
Appreciation, Commitment, Confidence, Cooperation, Creativity, Curiosity, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Independence, Integrity, Respect, and Tolerance
A SNPS student is encouraged to display positive attitudes towards life.
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12. SNPS student learning is enhanced by Actions
WRITTEN: ACTION
In the PYP, it is believed that education must extend beyond the intellectual to include thoughtful and appropriate acts.
SNPS student learning is enhanced by Actions
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13. 4. what does the taught curriculum look like ?
APPROACHES TO TEACHING:
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Constructivism is a self directed, active process of moving from existing knowledge to a new place by constructing meaning. We pre test to find out existing knowledge
INQUIRY
Inquiry is the learning process where students use taught skills to explore the world around them. It is the teacher’s role to teach the necessary skills and to guide students through the learning process
4. what does the taught curriculum look like ?
The taught curriculum is the way we teach your student.
The main method is through constructivism and inquiry.
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14. 5 WHAT YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR?
You will hear about our units of inquiry, a distinguishing feature of the PYP. Schools plan and implement a set of these units each year at each grade level. Collectively, these units are called the School’s Programme of Inquiry. You can see this displayed in the foyer. It includes social studies, geography, history, the arts and sciences. Maths and language are connected where possible, making learning more realistic and relevant.
You will hear the terms used in the written curriculum and you will notice that your child works in groups a lot more.
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15. Seaford North Primary School’s philosophy is based firmly on the belief that each student has the ability to learn and this is best fostered in a positive, happy, caring and engaging environment that has been established cooperatively with students, staff, families and the local community.
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16. ?
Any questions
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