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International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is designed for students between the ages of 3-12. The programme is an international, transdisciplinary programme designed to foster the development of the whole child. 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 and engaging educational framework for all children. At the heart of the PYP’s philosophy is a commitment to structured inquiry as the leading vehicle for learning. In the process, the students develop an understanding of important concepts, acquire essential skills and knowledge, develop particular attitudes, and learn to take socially responsible action.
The students construct meaning, principally through concept-driven inquiry. The programme accommodates traditional academic subjects but emphasizes the interrelatedness of knowledge and skills through its transdisciplinary programme of inquiry. PYP is a holistic programme where students study their own language, a foreign language, science and technology, mathematics, social studies, personal-social-physical education, and the arts. As with both the IB Diploma Programme and the IB Middle Years Programme, the IB Primary Years Programme will serve as a magnet for eligible identified gifted and talented students who apply as well as highly motivated students who apply and meet criteria set for entrance into the magnet.
The IB Primary Years Programme will allow students from across Tyler who have previously met gifted criteria and those who meet district entrance criteria to take a holistic elementary programme that will implant the complete foundation for movement into the IB Middle Years Programme. Students will enter prepared with the groundwork for continued advancement at the depth and complexity required for both the MYP and IBD holistic programmes which require continuation of foreign language and higher level academics in all areas.