BEPS offers the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), which is recognised internationally as a programme that challenges children to reach their individual potential by offering “Great learning, great teaching, great fun”

The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is a 21st Century curriculum which extends children’s knowledge, skills and understanding in subjects by developing personal attributes and supporting an international perspective in a way that responds to the changing world around us. IPC is an internationally-minded curriculum which is used by over 1000 schools in over 90 countries worldwide.

By using the IPC we are able to nurture a love of learning and encourage the necessary key skills and personal qualities such as adaptability, communication, cooperation, enquiry, morality, resilience, respect and thoughtfulness, which will help children to become able and inspired learners. In addition to this, children will extend their knowledge and understanding of communities beyond that of their own country by exploring many aspects of other societies and ways of living.

At the end of the year, instead of covering a class IPC unit, each child in Year 6 will choose and work on their own unit. This will be a subject that interests them or where they feel they can make a difference. This will result in an End of Primary Exhibition where they will share their findings with the school community in different ways. This will reflect how they have learnt whilst at BEPS, demonstrating skills such as oral presentations, written articles, results of their own surveys and a PowerPoint presentation

Literacy is taught using the National Curriculum strategy from England.

BEPS recognises that language is fundamental to learning, underpinning and permeating the whole curriculum.

The language strands are interdependent, with listening, speaking, reading and writing (transcription, composition, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation) being taught and learned simultaneously.

Language is the major connecting element across the curriculum, with students focusing not only on language for its own sake, but also on the language of science, of history, of mathematics and other disciplines.

Numeracy is taught using the National Curriculum strategy from England.

Creative teaching is always important to generate enthusiasm. At BEPS we want to ensure that this is the case when Mathematics is being taught.
A systematic structure is used which enables us to teach a large number of different topics and objectives in the best order, allowing for the appropriate amount of repetition and ensuring that the whole curriculum is covered. Activities will be differentiated to match the needs of children with different abilities. Mathematical talk will be encouraged as through discussion children will relate ideas to their own experiences, embed their knowledge into real-life contexts and relate it to the rest of the curriculum.

Being numerate means being able to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts and to apply these in a range of contexts and to solve a variety of problems, it is as much about thinking and reasoning logically as about 'doing sums'. Children will be encouraged to solve problems, which may involve more than pure Mathematics.

Numeracy complements literacy and is sometimes called ‘mathematical literacy’. Both skills are needed in order to function fully in modern life.

It means being able to:

• Interpret data, charts and diagrams
• Process information
• Solve problems
• Check answers
• Understand and explain solutions
• Make decisions based on logical thinking and reasoning.

During their last year in the Primary school students, our year 6 students will spend three half days in the Secondary School to discover how their older colleagues are organised. They will attend classes to find out how these work and what is expected from them.

A 'Peer Feedback' session will give them the opportunity to engage with former students and learn how they learn in Secondary School. The students will share their transition experiences and answer the children's questions or concerns.