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What is the IPC?
The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is a comprehensive, thematic, creative curriculum for 5-12 year olds, with a clear process of learning and with specific learning goals for every subject, for international mindedness and for personal learning.
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It isn't enough to assume that children are learning. We need some way of measuring improvements in learning. Our programme supports teachers in assessing, and children in self-assessing, their progress with key skills from the IPC Learning Goals. It provides: • specific skills assessment for Milep…
Guided Reading Prompt Questions. These may be useful when you are sharing books with your children. As a very rough guide, Reception and Year 1 children should look at the Level 1 prompts, Year 2 children at Level 2, Years 3 and 4 look at Level 3 and Years 5 and 6 look at Level 4 and perhaps Level…
• Look out for the parent information letter to find out about the next IPC unit • Join in with entry and exit points • Talk to your children about their learning
The IPC extends knowledge, skills and understanding, develops personal attributes and supports an international perspective in a way that responds to revised ideas about learning.
At Michael School we have some amazing Lead Learners: children who have been chosen for their interest and dedication to a particular subject area. Our Lead Learners are involved in decision making for their curriculum area and help their subject coordinator with various projects throughout the yea…
There is a distinct learning process with every IPC unit, providing a structured approach to make sure that children’s learning experiences are as stimulating and rigorous as possible. Entry Point • Wow factor! • Motivation for learning – the hook • Inspire learning through passion for the theme •…
The IPC Personal Learning Goals underpin each unit. They are: Enquiry, Thoughtfulness, Cooperation, Respect, Communication, Adaptability, Resilience and Morality. Our personal learning goals represent the attributes that we believe children will find essential in the 21st Century. They help childre…