A note from your PYP Coordinator

Kia Ora! I am very excited to be back to work after spending time with our new baby. I will continue to be the PYP Coordinator and will also be facilitating learning in room 4 which gives me a new perspective on learning at our school! For those of you new to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) the following link is a very useful resource, it breaks down different elements of the program into bite sized chunks allowing you to look into what interests you.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/international-baccalaureate/PYP+Playlist/index.html#/menu/5c5d69f2ec43cb21c923380a

I am really excited about this year's Program of Inquiry and we welcome your expertise and input within the units. The PYP has been going through a process of change, bringing in the enhanced PYP, this has resulted in some changes within the school. This year Room 1 will be following the Early Years PYP and will explore 4 units of inquiry during the school year. Room 2 will collaborate with Room 3 to complete 6 units of inquiry covering all of the transdisciplinary themes. Room 4 and Room 5 will also complete 6 units and year 8 will have the experience of an exhibition unit at the end of the year. 

The 2020 Program of Inquiry can be found here 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me at jennag@boi.ac.nz with any questions regarding IB.