Introduction to the PYP Thank you for attending

Ice breaker

‘We are all different but we are all linked together by Vienna International School’

Who is our curriculum for?Future Generations:

We are in the middle of an extraordinary time of change, both in the exponential growth of new opportunities, rapid change in our environmental, ecological, social issues and in the restructuring of industries.

VIS Primary Students:

Languages spoken: 69 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

Nationalities: 96

VIS Curriculum

School Mission

IB Mission

Curriculum Framework

Written Curriculum

Learning / Teaching Practices

Assessment

Reporting

VIS Mission Statement

The International Baccalaureate

“... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a not-for-profit foundation, motivated by its mission to create a better world through education”

...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…

...Our 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....

PYP 101 5 Essential Elements

Concepts

Skills

Attitudes

Action

Knowledge

Leads to developing the

Learner Profile

The Written Curriculum

What is Moodle?

Access to Primary School Curriculum

Moodle:

>Parents

>Academic Information

>IB Primary Years Programme

(username: visparent

Password: viewsite)

Placemat Activity Venn Diagram

Teachers

Students

Parents

Break for Coffee (10 mins)

Curriculum Development Launch of the PSE and Science Curriculum

This year we are starting the review of the Language and Literacy Curriculum (through School)

Balance - Curricular are different around the world and the PYP

Skills and Open Inquiry

9. Summary of the PSE Curriculum development

On the 10th October

our newly revised PSPE

(Personal Social & Physical Education)

Curriculum will be

launched.

We have developed our Pastoral Program in the Primary School to support this Curriculum development.

VIS Primary School Open Morning 24th November

All Parents welcome to a presentation of the

VIS Primary Curriculum We will be sharing some of our good practice

The learning that your children are doing will be put into context

New Assessment methods in 2016/17 will be introduced

Ongoing Feedback Folder

Last 20 mins for questions