A child can now be exposed to media content about the attack on Ukraine, see the worried faces of adults, or hear discussions about the situation. It is not always …
Evaluation (For use from September 2020)
Here are links to the Google Docs versions of templates and files for programme evaluation.
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Minecraft in education
Minecraft is many different things to many different people. It’s a playground for the artist, architect, engineer, and computer programmer, where imagination is the limit when it comes to building whatever they want. For me, it is the perfect tool for blended learning, especially as part of the station rotation model.
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Design in the Primary School
The purpose of implementing Design in primary school is to guide students in the overall management of design thinking and creative process. Design by nature is a transdisciplinary subject in which activities based on expression, design, and technology are carried out. This may include independent or community designs, manufacturing, and evaluation of one’s own or a collaborative craft process.
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Five Learning Boosters
Holistic learning isn’t all about academics. These learning activities can boost you and your learner to engage on a deeper level and to keep your learner motivated and excited about learning. As a learning activity, arts, crafts, and design have traditionally been passed over in favor of more academic pursuits. However, it has been proven that craft – particularly developmentally appropriate craft activities – can boost learning in those core academic disciplines like language, social studies, science, and math. Crafts have been around since the beginning of time when people made everything they used with their hands.
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IB Learner profile – das ib-LERNERPROFIL
I was really overwhelmed with the kind reception of my previous post so I made another set of PYP Graphics for you to use. This time it is the IB …
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transdisciplinary themes posters
I have made some PYP Graphics to share:
The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Programme are the six transdisciplinary themes
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Assessment in The PYP: Student-Led Conferences
We have three conferences during the school year here at ISM, after term one we meet for our Goal Setting Conference and at the end of each semester, you will have an opportunity to participate in a conference led by your child.
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5 ways you could support your child as a PYP parent – 5 Möglichkeiten, wie Sie Ihr Kind als PYP-Elternteil unterstützen könnten
The International Baccalaureate published an infographic recently based on a blog post by Taryn BondClegg (linked below). We wanted to share this with our learning community and today we have …
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Standards and Practices
Quality assurance Programme standards and practices is the foundational set of principles for schools and the IB toensure quality and fidelity in the implementation of the programmes. The implementation of …
