The Curriculum
Over the last four years the AICS has implemented the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). This programme is aimed at students aged 4 – 11. The programme is designed to foster the development of the whole child. It strongly promotes constructivist, conceptual and inquiry based learning whereby learners are allowed to explore their own questions, construct new knowledge and transfer these ideas to a conceptual level of understanding. Traditional academic subjects are part of the programme.
We teach them in multi- or interdisciplinary lessons using transdisciplinary themes. The PYP provides a robust educational framework, which will support us in maintaining horizontal articulation of the primary school curriculum across both campuses and vertical articulation between primary and secondary education. We have worked to strengthen the arts in Primary and intend to continue to build on this. We are very proud of our scope and sequence development for the programme which we will implement and hone over the coming years. In addition we are implementing the Wellbeing programme and focusing on capturing evidence of learning
Please click here to see the Programme of Inquiry 2024/25
Outdoor Learning at the AICS
Specialist lessons
Specialist classes consist of English Language Acquisition, Dutch Language Acquisition, Dutch Language and Literature, Physical & Health Education (PHE), and the Performing Arts. These classes are given by specialist teachers and where appropriate take place in specially equipped learning environments. These lessons are timetabled throughout the week and located in the appropriate specialist learning area. Specialist teachers work closely with classroom teachers to ensure students gain opportunities for learning consolidation, transfer of learning to new situations and for learning to be transdisciplinary.
Transdisciplinary Learning
The Primary Years Programme (PYP) is a transdisciplinary curriculum framework that offers authentic learning experiences.
The PYP encourages students to learn to appreciate knowledge, conceptual understandings, skills and personal attributes as a connected whole.
Each school collaboratively develops a programme of inquiry to reflect the unique aspects of that school’s community. The programme of inquiry is organized and framed by six transdisciplinary themes:
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Who we are.
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Where we are in place and time.
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How we express ourselves.
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How the world works.
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How we organize ourselves.
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Sharing the planet.
AICS IS AN IB WORLD SCHOOL OFFERING THE FULL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMME
