“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” - Malcolm X
At The Pupil International School, we emphasize not only the content of the learning but also the process of learning and the attitude towards it. In addition to being knowledgeable, we believe students must be independent thinkers, problem solvers, and lifelong learners.
Introducing
Program of Inquiry
IB uses an inquiry approach to student learning that involves students in questioning, exploration, research, and critical thinking to take ownership of their learning.
WHO WE ARE
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social, and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
Where We Are in Place and Time
An exploration of our orientation in place and time; of our personal histories; of history and geography from local and global perspectives; of our homes and journeys; of the discoveries, exploration and migrations of humankind; of the contributions of individuals and civilisations.
How We Express Ourselves
An exploration of the ways in which we discover and express our nature, ideas, feelings, beliefs and values through language and the arts.
How The World Works
An exploration of the physical and material work; of natural and man-made phenomena; of the world of science and technology.
How We Organise Ourselves
An exploration of human systems and communities; of the world of work, its nature and its value; of employment and unemployment and their impact on us and the world around us.
Sharing the Planet
An exploration of our rights and responsibilities as we strive to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; of communities and of the relationships within and between them.
Program of Inquiry
A collaboratively-developed framework for inquiry, with the purpose of allowing students to explore the six trans-disciplinary themes of knowledge, forming the core of a school’s curriculum.
UNITS OF INQUIRY
The 6 – 8 week in-depth unit of study, derived from the school’s Programme of Inquiry.PYP units of inquiry approach learning as being trans-disciplinary in nature. Teachers use structured inquiry to guide students through each unit while incorporating perspectives from a variety of fields of knowledge (scientific, mathematical, technological, artistic, musical, linguistic, historical, cultural, and social, to name a few) to build on their past experiences and reach new understandings. Each unit of inquiry consists of a central idea, key concepts, related concepts and lines of inquiry.
