IB Primary Years Program

The International Baccalaureate Organization

The IB program 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.

Primary Years Program (PYP) at a Glance

The Primary Years Program at Bennett Elementary is designed for students in grades K-6. This transdisciplinary program of international education focuses not only on academic growth, but also on the growth of the child as a whole, encompassing academic, social, physical, emotional, and cultural

needs. The PYP combines the best research and practice from a range of national systems with a wealth of knowledge and experience to create a “relevant, engaging, challenging, and significant” framework for all children (IB website, 2008). The PYP also promotes an inquiry approach, which puts students at the center of their own learning.

A PYP school is one that strives toward developing an internationally minded person who has the attributes and dispositions described in the learner profile.

Key components of the program include:

• Additional language instruction (Spanish)
• Inquiry based learning
• Character education
• International perspectives

For more general information, please read the PYP General Regulations Handbook (104 KB) .

To find out more information about the International Baccalaureate program at Bennett, please review the Bennett Community Handbook 2008-2009 .

If you have further questions after reading the handbook, please contact the office and we will be happy help you.