Curriculum

IST Primary is an authorized IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme. Subjects include Language; Maths; Science; Social Studies; Arts; and Personal, Social, Physical and Emotional education, as well as the foundational Approaches to Learning which support students development as independent learners.

We encourage our students to explore the world in their own way. The school building and outside spaces of International School Twente (ISTwente) invite appreciation, exploration and discovery.

Our youngest students often play and learn in the outside spaces, specially set up for ‘play-based learning’. In addition, we have set up our class rooms, group and central areas (such as the study centre) in such a way that our students are able to work individually as well as in groups. It works! We see that the groups continue to change in size and make-up. Through contact with other cultures, our students can discover the world within the safe school environment.

We help our students to draw their own conclusions, by working with ‘inquiry-based learning’, as a basis of our curriculum. Our students learn to ask ‘why’, instead of ‘how’. Through these questions, problems and scenarios, our students develop their own knowledge in a way that reaches further than a collection of ready-made facts. Our approach matches the 21st century skills; acquiring problem-solving skills, cooperation, critical thinking, creativity and ICT skills.

 

International Mindedness is supported and encouraged through the IB learner Profile attributes- dispositions and attitudes that, along with the study of languages and other cultures, help students become global citizens who work to actively make the world a better place By underlying all the learning experiences at school with the learner profile, learners (not just children) develop and grow to be able to act and react positively in a wide variety of circumstances. They learn to work together to solve important issues, drawing upon the uniqueness of their cultural backgrounds and ways of life.

  • Thinker- I use my head
  • Inquirer- I ask questions
  • Knowledgeable- I know it
  • Open-Minded- I listen to others
  • Principled- I do what is right
  • Caring- I am kind
  • Balanced- I take care of myself
  • Communicator- I share my ideas
  • Reflective- I think of how to be better
  • Risk-taker- I try new things
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