The overarching aims of the Primary School is to make learning an enjoyable and rewarding experience and to bring out the best in every pupil. We take our school’s vision Inspiring Children to be Positive Change Makers very seriously. Everything your child does at school, whether in class or the art studio, on the sports field or in the pool, shadowing you at work, interviewing an industry expert, conducting a scientific investigation, participating in a walkathon for a cause or learning an instrument reflects this.

The Primary School offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate - an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding and focuses on the development of the whole child. In a rapidly changing society effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and skills in communication are essential for personal, social and educational fulfilment. The ability to think critically, to apply learning and to develop flexibility and creativity are also important factors in the success of the child’s life. The curriculum places a particular emphasis on promoting these skills and abilities so that children may cope successfully with change. The PYP ultimately prepares students for the challenges that lie ahead - not just in the Senior years, but throughout their lives.

The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Programme are the six transdisciplinary themes. These themes provide IB schools with the opportunity to incorporate local and global issues into the curriculum and effectively allow students to “step up” beyond the confines of learning within subject areas.

• Who we are: Inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; person, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human
  
  

• Where we are in place and time: Inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationship between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives
  

• How we express ourselves: Inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic
  

• How the world works: Inquiry into the natural world and its laws, the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment
  

• How we organize ourselves: Inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment 
  

• Sharing the planet: Inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things; communities and the relationship within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution

Each theme is addressed each year by all students. Units of inquiry are carefully planned and integrate various subject areas encouraging students to make their own connections between what they learn and how it relates to the world around them

The PYP Exhibition

The Exhibition is an important part of the PYP for all students. In the final year of the programme, students undertake a collaborative, transdisciplinary inquiry process that involves them in identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues or problems. As the culminating experience of the PYP, the Exhibition offers students an exciting opportunity to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their own learning.