We encourage creativity, independent thinking, goal orientation, self-confidence, and the quest for personal excellence.
Bellevue Children’s Academy®, an international school, fosters globally-minded people who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet to help create a better and more peaceful world.
Bellevue Children’s Academy® is an authorized International Baccalaureate® World School offering the Primary Years Programme. According to International Baccalaureate®, “The PYP prepares students to become active, caring, lifelong learners who demonstrate respect for themselves and others and have the capacity to participate in the world around them. It focuses on the development of the whole child.”
Our curriculum is planned under the following PYP transdisciplinary 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
IB at BCA®
BCA and WPS learners strive to be:
- Inquirers
- Knowledgeable
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- Principled
- Open-Minded
- Caring
- Risk-Takers
- Balanced
- Reflective
IB Related Resources:
- Did you Know video? Shift Happens: https://youtu.be/TwtS6Jy3ll8
- IB Study on employability skills: employability-skills-summary-eng.pdf (ibo.org)
- 50 Years of the IB: 50 Years of the IB – YouTube
- IB Learner Profile: IB Learner Profile on Vimeo
- Why the PYP is so important: PYP in Practice India EN on Vimeo