Wiesbaden Campus Handbook - Frankfurt International School

We also want
children to develop
the ability to solve
problems and recognize the
need, value and appropriateness of
sharing and cooperation as world citizens, valuing our differences and our
similarities as human beings. For more information you can visit www.ibo.org.
Further curriculum information (content specific objectives per grade) can be
obtained from the school web site, (www.fis.edu), or in discussion with the
Wiesbaden Campus PYP Coordinator, Mr. Jason Bentley.
Transdisciplinary themes of global significance (Units of Inquiry)
Students in grades Primary - 5 explore six units a year within the Programme
of Inquiry. (Students in First Steps and Pre-Primary explore four units). The
program is a matrix of topics organized by themes (see below), which allow for
transdisciplinary exploration, and have been developed by the International
Baccalaureate as having significance for students across all cultures. A central
idea for each unit addresses cross disciplinary issues but the traditional
disciplines of science, social studies, and the arts are well represented within
the matrix. The transdisciplinary themes allow students to make connections
in their learning from year to year. Careful planning by the grade level and
specialist teachers in collaboration with the Primary Years Programme
Coordinator ensures that topics are taught in an inquiry based way and that
appropriate assessment is developed for each unit. Skills development is a
key feature of the program. We expect children to acquire research, thinking,
social, and communication skills which are developed and consolidated as
students progress through the school.
PYP Transdisciplinary Themes:
Who we are
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical,
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