Primary Years Programme
The Ohanyan Educational Complex is officially accredited as an IB World School delivering the Primary Years Programme.
Education to world-class standards
The Ohanyan Educational Complex is officially accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School delivering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for early-years and primary grades. This important achievement reflects the school's firm commitment to providing a world-class education that fosters inquiry-based learning, intercultural thinking and the all-round development of every learner.
Why PYP?
The International Baccalaureate is recognised worldwide for its rigorous academic standards that emphasise critical thinking, creativity and personal growth. The PYP is designed for children aged 3–12 and aims to develop their intellectual, emotional and social capabilities, shaping lifelong learners who are active and caring individuals.
Membership in the IB PYP affirms the Ohanyan Educational Complex's dedication to educational excellence, in step with the IB's mission to help create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural respect and understanding.
Benefits of membership
- Take part in events and training programmes of a prestigious international network of schools
- Deliver teacher professional development to international standards
- Enrich teaching practices and the learning experience of students
As a member school of the International Baccalaureate, the Ohanyan Educational Complex is proud to deliver the PYP, shaping internationally minded citizens who recognise their responsibility to one another and to the planet.
Our learners
Ten attributes that shape the IB learner profile.
Reflective
understanding their strengths and weaknesses supports personal growth.
Balanced
achieve a healthy balance of intellectual, physical and emotional well-being.
Risk-takers
face uncertainty with confidence, showing initiative and resilience.
Caring
are guided by empathy and respect.
Open-minded
value their own cultural identity while respecting the values and traditions of others, developing an objective and balanced worldview.
Principled
act with a strong sense of fairness and responsibility.
Communicators
develop confident bilingual or multilingual communication and collaborative skills.
Thinkers
approach problems critically and creatively.
Knowledgeable
consistently build deep understanding across a range of disciplines.
Inquirers
have a love of learning and an enduring curiosity.
Our staff develop all of these skills by consistently applying the philosophy, principles, content and recommended methods of the PYP. Children learn by investigating real-world problems around them, through projects and problem-based teaching and learning approaches.
The child as artist, the classroom as studio.
During Art Week, PYP learners step inside world masterpieces — from Magritte to Vermeer, Munch to Kahlo. Their own voice is born out of imitation: observe, imagine, create.
Funny Days
Children learn best in an environment where they feel accepted, understood and valued.
Self-expression
Hair Art
Costume Day№ 02
Eco Fashion
Tea Time
Grandmas' DayScience, technology
and creative thinking
In the PYP children do not learn subjects in isolation. Within units of inquiry, science, engineering, mathematics, the arts and languages come together to solve real-world problems.
Code that moves the world
Students design, build and program robots to solve real-world challenges.
Digital modelling
From idea to 3D model
The idea, in your hand
Speaking the language of technology
A source of knowledge
Build · Test · Refine
Inquire, experiment, hypothesise.
Digital tools for real-world problems.
Design, build, refine.
Patterns, logic, solutions.
Policies
Download the official documents of the PYP programme.