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