IB Success

We are delighted to announce that North SIde Primary School is now an International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), Primary Years Programme (PYP), candidate school! What is that, you may be asking? To find out more, please follow our link to the IBO at www.ibo.org/pyp . During the course of the last 18 months we have explored the possibilities offered by the PYP and have made some significant changes in the way we teach in order to meet their exacting, internationally recognised standards. This has been fully supported by the Cayman Islands Education Department and there are also 3 more primary schools on the island who now have candidate status. Currently we are developing our transdisciplinary programme of inquiry which guides our learning and teaching in school. Children are encouraged to explore a theme through units of inquiry e.g. our Year 3 class will be exploring a unit on Signs and Symbols as part of the Theme "How We Express Ourselves". Last year this class worked with a professional sign maker to design and make signs for around the school. We are very excited about learning and teaching in this way!