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WELCOME KUNYUNG PRIMARY SCHOOL!

Dear Parents! 🙂

Welcome to our first Kunyung Primary School BLOG! We have established these blogs to communicate the events and happenings of the classrooms and the learning that occurs within and outside their walls!

 

The purposes of this form of communication are:

1. To communicate and share the Teaching and Learning @ Kunyung Primary School with our community

2. To communicate Whole School events, classroom activities and classroom expectations, such as homework, to students and parents- that can be accessed from home!

3. To provide a forum for parents, students and teachers to ask questions or make positive comments that can be accessed by students and teachers!

It is our first attempt at this form of communication and interaction so please be patient!

Keep checking the blog for new posts and Happy Blogging!

TRANSDISCIPLINARY SKILLS!

At Kunyung Primary School, we believe that the development of understanding is enhanced through the acquisition and application of a range of skills. Literacy and Numeracy skills are essential, as they  provide students with the tools of inquiry.  In addition to these, our students master a whole range of skills relevant to all subject areas, which will prepare them for lifelong learning both within and beyond their school years.

Within their learning, our students acquire the following set of transdisciplinary skills:

Thinking Skills – acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, dialectical thought and metacognition. Social Skills – accepting responsibility, respecting others, cooperating, resolving conflict, group decision making, adopting a variety of group roles. Communication Skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presenting, and non verbal communication. Self Management Skills – gross motor skills, fine motor skills, spatial awareness, organization, time management, safety, healthy lifestyle, codes of behaviour and informed choices. Research Skills – formulating questions, observing, planning, collecting data, recording data, organizing data, interpreting data and presenting research findings.

LEARNER PROFILE ATTRIBUTES!

The IB Learner Profile underpins everything that is taught and demonstrated at Kunyung Primary School.   It is the foundation upon which our students learn, and our whole community supports, models and promotes its core values.  We all strive to be: Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open Minded, Caring, Risk Takers, Balanced and Reflective.

The Learner Profile outlines the qualities and attributes we endeavour to instil in each individual.  It highlights the life skills needed to equip them with the knowledge and dispositions to promote intercultural understanding, and a will to make the world a better place.

We teach and encourage cultural diversity, sustaining the planet and problem solving for peaceful solutions. We empower students to be inquirers, thinkers, communicators to use their cognitive skills to find out about the world in which we live.  Our students are knowledgeable, principled, open-minded, caring, balanced and risk-takers, and they are also encouraged to have a voice in the world and to promote peace and sustainability. 

Our students become internationally minded and are equipped to make decisions which will contribute effectively to life in the 21st century.

The behaviours encouraged and qualities demonstrated will look different at each stage of schooling, and even between each child.  Individual diversity is fostered and valued, and so there are many ‘right’ ways for our students to embrace our Learner Profile philosophy.

It is vital that there is also a focus on development of personal Attitudes towards people, towards the environment and towards learning, attitudes that contribute to the wellbeing of the individual and of the group. PYP students should demonstrate: Appreciation, Commitment, Confidence, Cooperation, Creativity, Curiosity, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Independence, Integrity, Respect and Tolerance.

Inquiry Learning is the process we use to develop our student’s skills in a variety of areas of learning. These include: testing theories, collecting and interpreting data, constructing and considering alternative explanations, clarifying existing ideas and reappraising perceptions of events. Students are also encouraged to identify assumptions, take and defend a position, problem solve using a variety of methods, analyse, evaluate and research.

 
Students learn to apply their thinking skills critically and creatively to approach complex problems and make decisions objectively.

International Baccalaurete Organisation!

As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, specialising in the Primary Years Programme, we support the IB statement below:

“Students in the 21st century are faced with the challenge of learning about an interconnected world where knowledge is constantly developing. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme prepares students to be active participants in a lifelong journey of learning.”

Our programs align with the IB Mission Statement:

“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.”

For further information, please visit the IBO Website.