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The International Baccalaureate®

The International Baccalaureate aims to nurture young individuals who care about others and the world and strive to promote a better, more peaceful planet through intercultural understanding and respect. IB programs encourage students worldwide to be active, empathetic, and lifelong learners, recognizing that people’s differences can lead to diverse perspectives, all of which can also be right. IB students take responsibility for their own learning and understand how knowledge itself is constructed.

Aligned with the International Baccalaureate Organization mission, Newton Free School’s mission is to uncover and harness its students’ potential to shape them into inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring global citizens who can take the lead in making the world a better place.
IB The International Baccalaureate® Programmes

Help Students:

Ask challenging questions

Think critically

Learn across disciplines

Develop research skills proven to help them in higher education

IB Philosophy

The IB mission and philosophy explore four foundational and interrelated elements that are central to all IB programmes.

1. International-mindedness: All IB programmes aim to develop internationally-minded people who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet.

2. The IB learner profile: The IB learner profile places the student at the centre of an IB education. The 10 attributes reflect the holistic nature of an IB education.

3. A broad, balanced, conceptual and connected curriculum: Each of the four IB programmes provides a detailed and developmentally appropriate curriculum or curriculum framework that is broad, balanced, conceptual and connected.

4. Approaches to teaching and learning: the IB’s six approaches to teaching and five approaches to learning guide and focus educators and students in IB World Schools. The approaches are centred on a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection – an interplay of asking, doing and thinking.

Deepen your understanding of the IB philosophy by exploring it further.

IB Learner Profile

The Interplay of Inquiry, Action, and Reflection

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

Approaches to Teaching