Mathematics
International Baccalaureate · PYP
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PYP is broadly equivalent to Year 3 British · Grade 2 American · Class 2 CBSE
Mathematics — PYP
International Baccalaureate · Ages 3-12
In the IB Primary Years Programme mathematics is taught through transdisciplinary units of inquiry rather than as an isolated subject, so children meet number, measurement and shape while investigating a wider theme.
The strands are number, pattern and function, measurement, shape and space, and data handling. Children move through a constructing meaning, transferring meaning and applying with understanding cycle: building a concept concretely before they use symbols for it.
Because the PYP is a framework rather than a fixed syllabus, schools vary in the exact content covered at each age. Tutoring works best here when it targets the underlying concept rather than a textbook chapter.
Key topics covered
- NumberCounting, place value, the four operations, fractions and decimals.
- Pattern & FunctionRecognising, describing and extending patterns and relationships.
- MeasurementLength, mass, capacity, time, temperature, perimeter, area and volume.
- Shape & Space2D and 3D shapes, position, direction, symmetry and transformation.
- Data HandlingCollecting, organising and representing data, and simple probability.
- Inquiry & ApplicationApplying mathematical thinking within transdisciplinary units of inquiry.
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