Early Learning in 2022 and 2023

Launceston Grammar has gained accreditation of the globally recognised International Baccalaureate (IB) World School with the implementation of the Primary Years Programme (PYP).

Taught in schools across the globe, the IB PYP provides benchmarks for what students should learn through the curriculum, guidelines for teaching methodology and clearly stated assessment practices. The programme also underpins high standards of literacy and numeracy – essential for our global learners and leaders of tomorrow.

In our school we address the Australian Curriculum, but we also transcend it and help our students to achieve rich conceptual learning about issues that connect humanity across the world.

We are part of a highly active global community of PYP schools and teachers. At the click of a button we have the ability to connect with knowledgeable educators and eager PYP learners from over 150 countries around the world – we truly know what is happening in education outside of Tasmania and Australia and draw on the best of what we see and read as often as we can.

The PYP encourages students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. The PYP is an exemplary approach to education in the primary years.

Claire Calvert
Primary Years Programme Coordinator