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IB Framework

OCAC Suzhou is an IB World School and is authorized for the Diploma Programme. We are a candidate school for the Primary Years Programme and will begin our candidacy for the Middle Years Programme in March 2019. IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.**



1.  Primary Years Program (PYP)

An aim of the PYP is to create a trans-disciplinary curriculum that is engaging, relevant, challenging and significant for learners in the 3–12 age range.


The subjects include language, mathematics, social studies, science, personal, social and physical education, and the arts.

The curriculum is trans-disciplinary, meaning that it focuses on issues that go across subject areas. There are six trans-disciplinary themes: who we are, where we are in place and time, how we express ourselves, how the world works, how we organize ourselves, sharing the planet.

(Quoted from IB PYP make it happen)


2.  Middle Years Program (MYP)



The MYP comprises eight subject groups: language acquisition, language and literature, individuals and societies, sciences, mathematics, arts, physical and health education and design.


(Quoted from IB MYP language and literature guide)


3.  Diploma Program (DP)


Students study: two modern languages; a humanities or social science subject; an experimental science; mathematics; one of the creative arts.

In each of the academic areas students have flexibility in making their choices, which means they can choose subjects that particularly interest them and that they may wish to study further at university.

(quoted from IB DP language A: language and literature guide)