As an IB world school we are committed to providing high quality, challenging, international education by engaging students in a concept- based curriculum, an education for the understanding of significant ideas.
The key concepts are powerful ideas that have relevance within the subject area and that students explore and re-explore in order to develop a coherent, in-depth understanding.
The 8 Key Concepts & Key Questions
- Form: What is it like?
- Function: How does it work?
- Causation: Why is it like it is?
- Change: How is it changing?
- Connection: How is it connected to other things?
- Perspective: What are the points of view?
- Responsibility: What is our responsibility?
- Reflection: How do we know?
(Making the PYP Happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education © 2007, 2009)