Students from Grade 1 to Grade 5 engage in inquiry-based, concept-driven learning that nurtures curiosity, critical thinking, and meaningful connections across subjects. Guided by the IB’s six transdisciplinary themes—Who We Are, Where We Are in Place and Time, How We Express Ourselves, How the World Works, How We Organize Ourselves, and Sharing the Planet—students explore ideas through authentic, interdisciplinary contexts.

For instance, Grade 3 students study How We Express Ourselves by exploring global dance forms, learning how movement communicates emotions and cultural stories. In How the World Works, younger students become ‘Matter Detectives,’ investigating solids, liquids, gases, light, and sound through hands-on experiments like melting ice, using string phones, and role-playing as fireflies.

By Grade 4 and 5, inquiries grow deeper and more action oriented. Grade 4 students examine human impact on Earth’s systems in Sharing the Planet, connecting geological processes to sustainability, while Grade 5 students explore How We Organize Ourselves through a unit on leadership, researching global and local leaders, creating narration mimes, and writing persuasive speeches.