PYP Mathematics Open Afternoon

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PYP Mathematics Open Afternoon

• Friday 20th February 2009

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Organization What is the IBO mission?We are
motivated by a mission to create a better world
through education.

• The International Baccalaureate Organization aims
  to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring
  young people who help to create a better and more
  peaceful world through intercultural
  understanding and respect.
• To this end, the IBO works with schools,
  governments and international organizations to
  develop challenging programmes of international
  education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the
world to become active, compassionate and
lifelong learners who understand that other
people, with their differences, can also be right.
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The IBO develops three programmes of
international education for students aged 3 to
19, working in cooperation with IB World Schools.
Organization What does the IBO offer?

• Our three programmes span the years of
  kindergarten to pre-university.
• The Primary Years Programme (PYP) for pupils aged
  3 to 12.
• The Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students
  aged 11 to 16.
• The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19.

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Organization What is the learner profile?

• IB learners strive to be
• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-takers
• Balanced
• Reflective

The attributes of the learner profile express the
values inherent to the IB continuum of
international education. IB programmes promote
the education of the whole person, emphasizing
intellectual, personal, emotional and social
growth through all domains of knowledge.
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English as an Additional Language (EAL)

• The English as an Additional Language department
  supports language development by working with
  students according to their individual needs and
  cultural backgrounds.
• We promote an academically challenging program
  through collaboration with mainstream teachers.
• Our objective is to enable English Language
  Learners to engage in meaningful academic and
  social language using appropriate integrated
  language skills to become independent learners
  and international citizens.

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Taught Curriculum
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Exhibition

• Culmination of PYP
• Demonstration of skills learned
• Opportunity to take Action
• Collaborative
• Student Led

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How children learn mathematics Figure 1 from IBO
Mathematics Scope and Sequence. February 2009.
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Inquiry in Mathematics
Inquiry in Mathematics
Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember,
involve me and I understand.
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PYP Mathematics Strands
Shape and Space Number Data Handling Measurement P
attern and Function
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Shape and Space

• Can you find a way of using co-ordinates to make
  a shape?

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Number
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Data Handling

• What does this pictograph tell us about our
  class?

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Measurement

• How can we fit this new shelf into the room?

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Pattern and Function
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Reflection Journal
How has your knowledge grown?
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How are mathematics practices changing?

• Less emphasis on
• Rote practice, memorization and symbol
  manipulation
• The use of worksheets
• The teacher as the sole authority for right
  answers
• One answer, one method. Emphasis on answer

• More emphasis on
• Using manipulatives, to make mathematics
  meaningful.
• Students investigate, question, discuss and
  justify
• Students being encouraged to speculate and pursue
  hunches
• Using a variety of strategies for possible
  multiple solutions. Emphasis on process.

(PYP, Making it Happen, p80)
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Mathematics in action

• Now enjoy a tour of the PYP classrooms where
  students will show you the different ways in
  which they develop their mathematical skills.

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Information

• For more information on the IBO and the PYP
  please visit
• http//www.ibo.org