International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme (PYP)
Bryker Woods Elementary is proud to be an authorized IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). The PYP is an internationally recognized, student-centered, transdisciplinary framework for learners aged 3-12 that emphasizes inquiry-based learning, conceptual understanding, and real-world connections. It encourages students to take ownership of their learning, develop essential skills, and apply their knowledge thoughtfully across traditional subject boundaries. Grounded in the IB learner profile, the PYP nurtures caring, reflective, and internationally minded individuals who are prepared to make a positive difference in their communities and the wider world.
Mission Statement from the IB
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end, the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Curriculum Framework
The Primary Years Programme (PYP) offers a transdisciplinary, inquiry-based and student-centred education with responsible action at its core, enabling students to learn between, across and beyond traditional subject boundaries.
The transdisciplinary model extends across all three pillars of the PYP curriculum framework—the learner, learning and teaching, and the learning community.
The Pillars of the PYP Curriculum Framework
- The learner: describes the outcomes for individual students and the outcomes they seek for themselves (what is learning?)
- Learning and teaching: articulates the distinctive features of learning and teaching (how best to support learners?)
- The learning community: emphasizes the importance of the social outcomes of learning and the role that IB communities play in achieving these outcomes (who facilitates learning and teaching)