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The International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) for students aged 3 to 12. The programme prepares students for the IB Middle Years Programme, but is not a prerequisite for it. The subject areas of the PYP are language, social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts, and personal, social and physical education. Students are required to learn a second language during the programme. Assessment is carried out by teachers according to strategies provided by the IBO, and with respect to guidelines to what the students should learn specified in the curriculum model. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into International Baccalaureate Organization. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an educational programme examined in one of three languages (English, French or Spanish) and is a university entrance course. ... The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is an international profit educational foundation, founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of notable people affiliated with the International Baccalaureate, including IBO directors-general, presidents of the IBO Council of Foundation, and notable graduates of one or more of the three IB programmes. ... A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007) offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes; the majority of these offer the IB Diploma Programme. ... A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007) offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes; the majority of these offer the IB Diploma Programme. ... A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007) offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes; the majority of these offer the IB Diploma Programme. ... A total of 1924 schools (as of February 2007) offer one or more of the three International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes; the majority of these offer the IB Diploma Programme. ... The Group One of IB Diploma Programme subjects, subtitled language A1, refers to the native language or otherwise best language of the student - thus, language A1. ... The Group Two of IB Diploma Programme subjects, subtitled second language, refers to the one or more foreign languages that each Diploma candidate is required to study. ... It has been suggested that IB Psychology SL be merged into this article or section. ... The Group Four of IB Diploma Programme subjects, subtitled experimental sciences, consists of biology, chemistry, physics, Design Technology, and environmental systems. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of International Baccalaureate The Group Six of IB Diploma Programme subjects is subtitled the arts and electives. In group six, students can take any of the subjects offered in the other five groups. ... The Extended Essay (EE) is one of the requirements of the IB Diploma Programme. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a group of three educational programmes and their respective examinations, as established by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Social studies is a term used to describe the broad study of the various fields which involve past and current human behavior and interactions. ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ... For article assessment policy on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Article assessment. ... For university teachers, see professor. ... For a curriculum vitae, see Résumé. In formal education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. ...

The philosophy of the PYP is to make the students into 'inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk takers, knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, well-balanced, and reflective'.

The program was created by a group of international school educators (Kevin Bartlett of the Vienna International School, Paul Lieblich of Lyford Cay International School, Robert Landau of the Commonwealth American School of Lausanne and Susan Stengal of the Copenhagen International School), who wished to create a non-national based "best practice" educational framework for international schools. This group formed the International Schools Curriculum Project which received funding from original member schools and through the IBO from Shell Oil's international education division. After several years of development and increasing popularity the founding group decided to hand the "project" over to the IBO for management and continuing development. Lyford Cay International School [1] is an independent, non-denominational day school for Nursery through 12th Grade, offering a full International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. ... A Shell petrol station sign in the UK The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (called Shell Oil in North America), has its headquarters split between the Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom and The Hague, Netherlands. ...

External links

• The Primary Years Programme at IBO's website