26 PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME
ENCORE, WHERE STUDENTS WANT MORE! BY CHERYL BABIN, PYP COORDINATOR
It’s Friday afternoon and the recess bell launches students into a sprint towards the doors. It’s Encore day and they don’t want to miss a minute. Encore is an inspiring new initiative for STS Elementary School students that allows them the agency to choose from a wide variety of engaging experiential learning options. Scheduled into six-week blocks, students choose from six to ten activities that extend the curriculum, to take a deep dive into something they love. When students were asked what ideas they had
for Encore, they had more ideas than could fit on the board! The core purpose is to enrich student competencies by activating their abilities to problem solve, and demonstrate creativity and innovation while collaborating within learning communities with children in different grades. The IB Approaches to Learning framework provides a lens through which each potential activity is designed. Our Elementary School students thrive with excellence in academic
My favourite Encores are, well… all of them! I really loved puppet making, and book worms, and we get to do really fun stuff! Encore activity idea brainstorm
– Laine M, ’31
