The curriculum is planned around six transdisciplinary themes. They are the common thread for thinking and learning through meaningful, age-appropriate units. The teaching and learning, within the units, is focused on the students developing their understanding of concepts and skills (the approaches to learning).  Knowledge and understanding is taught through six subject areas: language, maths, social studies, science, arts and personal, social and physical learning.
PYP schools around the world teach according to a common curriculum. Naturally, the learning content largely corresponds to the curricula of Swiss or German primary schools.