Primary Years Programme (PYP)
An overview of the three IB programmes
With the approaching PYP Exhibition and the MYP Personal Projects I thought it was timely to share an overview of the three IB programmes: similarities and differences.
PYP | MYP | DP | |
IB Mission Statement | |||
IB Learner Profile | |||
Nature | Framework Inclusive | Framework Inclusive | Prescribed curriculum Aimed at preparing students for higher education |
Structure | Transdisciplinary units of inquiry | Organised around subject disciplines.Subject groups connectedthroughglobal contexts and concepts.Interdisciplinary focus | Organised around disciplines with theory of knowledge connecting the disciplines |
How the programme is assessed | Internal assessment of all aspects of a student's learning | Internal assessment based on subject specific criteria: schools can opt for external moderation of teachers' internal assessment | External moderation of internally assessed work and external examinations |
Learning to learn | Transdisciplinary concepts and Approaches to learning | Approaches to learning | Theory of knowledge Approaches to learning |
Learning through experience | Action | Service as action | Creativity, action, service |
Language learning | Support for mother tongue development School's additional language from age 7 (at Scotch we start from Y1) | Support for mother tongue/best language development Student's additional language (Language Acquisition) | Support for mother tongue development: school supported., self taught language A1 courses Student's additional language (language B) |
Culminating experience that synthesizes learning | Exhibition | Personal project | Extended essay |
Kathy Derrick
Deputy Head of Junior School - Curriculum
