A Clear and Coherent IB PYP Curriculum for Ages 3–12

‍Why Qridi Core?

The PYP provides a rich conceptual and pedagogical foundation, but many schools find it challenging to translate its broad phase-based guidance into concrete, grade-level expectations. This lack of clarity can lead to overlaps, gaps, or inconsistencies in curriculum coverage and skill development.

Qridi Core was developed in direct response to these challenges. It helps schools define, prioritize, and track learning in a way that aligns deeply with IB principles—while making the daily work of teaching and learning more manageable and meaningful.

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What Makes Qridi Core Unique?

At the heart of the Qridi Core PYP Curriculum are grade-specific learning outcomes (based on 2025 PYP Subject Guidance) across all subject areas—clearly defined from Pre-K1 through Grade 5. Subject areas include:

• Arts (Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts)

• Language and Additional Languages

• Science

• Social Studies

• PSPE (Personal, Social and Physical Education)

• Digital Literacy (from Kindergarten onward)
  
  

Each outcome is categorized using a tiered system:

• Foundational Core – School-wide essentials (e.g., literacy benchmarks)

• Core – Outcomes expected for most learners

• More – Aspirational outcomes for enrichment and differentiation
  

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This structure helps educators prioritize instruction and plan with both focus and flexibility, creating space for inquiry and student-directed exploration.

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Designed for Deep Alignment with the IB

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Qridi Core is built around the Approaches to Learning (ATL) as a central design element. Each core learning outcome is aligned with:

• The IB’s 67 early years ATL indicators and 124 primary years indicators

• Enhanced ATL descriptors, which incorporate:
  

• Learner Profile attributes
• International mindedness
• Inclusion
• Environmental sustainability
• Key/specified and related/other concepts

By mapping each learning outcome to up to 10 developmental connections (across skills, attributes, and concepts), the model supports meaningful integration, interdisciplinary learning, and a deeper understanding of the PYP’s holistic goals.

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Reducing Overload, Not Adding More

Educators often worry that “aligning everything” means adding more. Qridi Core takes the opposite approach: it doesn’t add—it clarifies. By making expectations visible and organizing them coherently, it reduces cognitive overload and increases instructional effectiveness.

Schools using Qridi Core report that it:

• Streamlines unit and curriculum planning, allowing them to plan with greater precision and intention

• Makes space for authentic student agency, with an automatically created digital portfolio and a live student data dashboard

• Elevates overlooked areas like environmental education and inclusion

• Shows progress across cognitive, social-emotional, and skill-based domains

• Strengthens vertical and horizontal articulation across the continuum

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Real Benefits for Schools, Teachers, and Students

Qridi Core helps schools achieve:

• Stronger coherence across grade levels and subject areas
  
  
• Greater teacher confidence in designing and assessing units
  
  
• Increased student engagement through personalized and inquiry-based learning
  
  
• More precise documentation of ATL skills and Learner Profile development
  
  
• A smoother transition from PYP to MYP and beyond

Whether you’re an experienced IB school or just starting your PYP journey, Qridi Core offers a practical and principled way to align your curriculum with the IB’s mission—and bring it to life in every classroom.

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Developed by an IB Insider

The Qridi Core PYP Curriculum was created by Christine Orkisz Lang, one of the original authors of the IB PYP and a former primary school principal. Drawing on decades of experience in IB schools around the world, she has built a model that helps educators implement the PYP with clarity and intention, creating the space for deeper, more meaningful learning.

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