Welcome to the Junior School at the International School of Uganda. The Junior School provides the best in IB education for over 250 children from Early Childhood to Grade 5 (Ages 2.5 to 11). With experienced, enthusiastic and supportive teaching staff ensuring all students have the opportunities to reach their potential and become successful learners.
18-22 Class Sizes
50+ Student Nationalities
15+ Years of PYP
5 Playgrounds
36 Teachers
1+ Teaching Assistant per Classroom
2 IB Workshop Leaders
6 Languages taught with specialists teachers
9 Learning Support Specialists
Foundations of Learning
The Junior School is a place we’ve designed to nurture the natural curiosities, talents and abilities that each child brings to our community. Each day is designed to create learning experiences that empower children to learn how to learn. Teachers work closely with each learner to shape a learning experience that is driven by their natural curiosities and personal motivation.
This approach builds on students’ strengths and challenges them to grow. It helps develop learners who are skilful, confident and equipped to solve problems and navigate change with resilience and success.
Learning How to Learn
Children are natural learners. Through the IB PYP (International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme), students learn through meaningful and authentic learning experiences using an inquiry-based, concept-driven transdisciplinary approach.
This framework provides a flexible, but thoughtful approach to developing a curriculum and learning pathways that nurture the skills needed to learn not only in school but in life.
Space to Learn
We have designed our classrooms into flexible learning spaces where children can present, collaborate, problems solve, discover, research and experiment. These spaces make use of the indoor and outdoor spaces in sundrenched tropical gardens on the suburban hills of Kampala.
