Overview – for the IB Primary Years Programme
Facts teachers need about the IB Primary Years Programme, in our own words with links to the IB.
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- Programme
- Primary Years Programme (PYP)
- Ages
- 3–12
- Last checked
- 2026-10-20
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Inquiry-based programme built on units of inquiry under six transdisciplinary themes, with learner agency as the central principle. Children aged 3–6 cover four of the six themes each year. In the final year students hold the PYP exhibition, investigating and presenting an issue that matters to them. No external exams.
- Transdisciplinary themes: Who we are; Where we are in place and time; How we express ourselves; How the world works; How we organize ourselves; Sharing the planet
- Subject areas: Language; Social studies; Mathematics; Arts; Science; Personal, social and physical education
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