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PYP unit overview example: Taking Care of Myself, a PYP 1 Who We Are unit
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Prepared with a PYP school in Hyderabad.
- Role
- PYP homeroom teacher
- Programme
- PYP
- Year group
- PYP 1
- Published
- Length
- 552 words, 2 min read
Contents4 sections
- Who We Are
- Unit 1 of 6
- 6 weeks · Aug–Sep 2026
CENTRAL IDEA
Our choices about habits, hygiene, and nutrition affect our well-being.
1 · Function
Practices that support good hygiene and health
How do healthy practices and good habits work?
2 · Causation
The food we eat changes how we feel and grow
Why do certain choices affect our well-being?
3 · Responsibility
The role we play in our well-being
What is our role in staying healthy and well?
THE LEARNING JOURNEY
Six weeks in one view
WEEK | PHASE | LEARNERS WILL… | KEY EVIDENCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuning in | Explore the Wellness Wonder Table, share what they already know, and build the class Wonder Wall and inquiry map. | Prior Knowledge Assessment · “My Day” baseline drawing |
| 2 | Finding out | Investigate germs, handwashing, teeth and rest through hands-on experiments and station play. | Prediction sheets · handwashing checklist · “How to” mini-book |
| 3 | Sorting out | Classify foods into groups and everyday/sometimes categories; design balanced plates; cook and share. | Balanced plate (portfolio) · recount writing · fruit-balance data |
| 4 | Going further | Connect choices to feelings, meet a health expert, explore sleep and exercise, and launch a 7-day habit tracker. | Bedtime wheel · Expert Talk drawings · habit tracker |
| 5 | Concluding · Acting | Answer their own Week 1 questions, set a Wellness Promise, and run a Wellness Campaign for a buddy class. | Wellness Promise card · campaign posters · reflection frames |
| 6 | Formative assessment | Show what they know, understand and can do across five tasks with self-assessment and a 1:1 conference. | Formative assessment pack (Artifact 07) · portfolio + Learner Portrait |
DISPOSITIONS & SKILLS
Who learners are becoming
Learner Profile in focus
Balanced: looking after body and mind
Caring: for themselves and others
Reflective: thinking about how actions affect health and safety
Approaches to Learning
Self-Management: personal care routines, organisation, independent habits
Thinking: cause and effect, sorting and grouping, reflection
ACROSS THE SUBJECTS
Transdisciplinary connections
UOI: Science | Living things: what the body needs: hygiene, nutrition, rest, movement, and why our choices matter. |
|---|---|
Language | Listening and discussion · read-alouds and retelling · fiction vs. non-fiction · nouns · digraphs · writing instructions, captions and recounts with CUPS · viewing posters and creating their own. |
Mathematics | Counting, estimation and number stories with food · halves and quarters through fair sharing · measuring length, mass and time (o’clock, half past) · tally charts, pictographs and chance language · patterns in routines · positional language in movement. |
PSPE | Identity: my body and its needs · Active Living: daily movement, hygiene and safe play. |
Arts | Healthy-plate collage, handwashing sequence art, habit puppets · role-play and drama games · songs about the body and routines. |
SEL: KOKORO | Theme 1 “Knowing Myself”: noticing how the body feels, calm practices, healthy habits that help us feel strong inside and out. |
EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
Assessment at a glance
WHEN | WHAT | HOW IT IS CAPTURED |
|---|---|---|
Week 1 | Prior Knowledge Assessment | See–Think–Wonder documentation, picture sort, circle-time capture (Artifact 06) |
Weeks 2–5 | Embedded formative evidence | Anecdotal records, checklists, work samples, photos, conversations: building each learner’s portfolio |
Week 6 | Formative assessment week | Five scaffolded tasks · four-level rubric · Learner Portrait self-check · Grows & Glows · 1:1 conference (Artifact 07) |
Trimester 1 reporting | Student-Led Conference · Progress Report Card | Learners share portfolio evidence and goals with families |
Home connection. Families receive the Home Connect Letter (Artifact 05), the 7-day habit tracker in Week 4, and the learner’s Wellness Promise in Week 5: with conversation prompts for the dinner table and an invitation for Expert Talk volunteers.
How this was made
Prepared with Koncepts alongside a PYP school in Hyderabad: the whole six-week unit in one view. It brings together the six weeks, who learners are becoming, the transdisciplinary connections and assessment at a glance.
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A real PYP unit overview for Taking Care of Myself, a PYP 1 Who We Are unit, prepared by a practising IB teacher. Free to read in full.
How was it made?
Prepared with Koncepts alongside a PYP school in Hyderabad: the whole six-week unit in one view. It brings together the six weeks, who learners are becoming, the transdisciplinary connections and assessment at a glance.
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The whole unit overview, free to read on this page. The print-ready PDF is free with a teacher account.