Primary Years Programme
DIS is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program World School and uses the PYP’s pedagogical framework to deliver its curriculum. The Australian Curriculum describes what is essential for all students to achieve. It describes what students should know and be able to do at different stages of learning and provide a clear basis for reporting and program planning.
IB PYP World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that we believe is important for our students.
Subject areas studied through units of inquiry are:
English
Mathematics
Science
History
Geography - local, regional and global
History - local, regional and global
Language – Tetun, Portuguese and Indonesian
Timorese Culture, History and Geography
The Arts – music, visual
Health and Physical Education
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
The Primary Years Programme
The PYP prescribes common understandings of planning, assessment, the use of language and an approach to inquiry. Students will experience the curriculum through ‘units of inquiry’.
The PYP is designed for students aged 3 to 12. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. It’s framework is guided by six interdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills derived from six subjects areas, as well as interdisciplinary skills, with an emphasis on inquiry.
The PYP
addresses students’ academic, social and emotional well-being
encourages students to develop independence and to take responsibility for their own learning
supports students’ efforts to gain understanding of the world and to function comfortably within
it helps students establish personal values as a foundation upon which international-mindedness will develop and flourish.
The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Programme are its six transdisciplinary themes.
These themes provide IB World Schools with the opportunity to incorporate local and global issues into the curriculum and effectively allow students to “step up” beyond the confines of learning within subject areas.
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
Preschool will study four units of inquiry a year.
Preschool teachers also document evidence of the five learning outcomes and key learning components of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF, Australia, 2014) which is delivered alongside the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) units of inquiry.
The teaching staff closely observe each child and make a written summary against the learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework. There are five learning outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework and each outcome has a set of key components that form the basis of assessment for each outcome.
The five EYLF learning outcomes are as follows:
Children have a strong sense of identity
Children are connected with and connect with their world
Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
Children are confident and involved learners
Children are effective communicators
For more information contact our PYP Coordinator. This video explains the basics of the programme.