What does it mean to be an IB learner?
This short film from the International Baccalaureate explains the learner profile in the IB's own words - the same ten attributes we build every Bloom lesson around.
What is the IB learner profile?
The learner profile is the IB's description of what an educated young person looks like: ten attributes that cover intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth. It is not a subject and it is not a test - it is a set of dispositions every IB programme, from the Primary Years Programme upwards, is designed to develop.
At Bloom International School, an IB PYP Candidate School, the learner profile sits behind our inquiry-based approach: teachers plan for it, name it in lessons, and report on it alongside academic progress.
What each attribute looks like at Bloom
Inquirers
We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. Children learn by exploring, discovering, and making real-life connections. At Bloom, lessons begin with wonder and a real question - curiosity is where learning starts.
Knowledgeable
We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines — from the natural sciences to the arts. At Bloom, learning connects disciplines instead of isolating them, so knowledge builds across subjects.
Thinkers
We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems, in the classroom and in the real world. At Bloom, students weigh evidence, test ideas and take responsible action on problems that matter to them.
Communicators
We express ourselves confidently in more than one language — English alongside Khmer, Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. At Bloom, this is daily life: five languages in the timetable and classmates from many countries.
Principled
We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and take responsibility for our actions and their consequences. At Bloom, fairness and honesty are named, modelled and reported on alongside academic progress.
Open-minded
We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others — essential in a school of many nationalities. At Bloom, different nationalities, cultures and perspectives share one campus - this is practised every day.
Caring
We show empathy, compassion and respect, and commit to service — making a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us. At Bloom, students look for real ways to help - on campus, at home and in the community.
Risk-takers
We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination, working independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and strategies. At Bloom, students are encouraged to try, fail safely and try again - independently and together.
Balanced
We understand the importance of balancing the intellectual, physical and emotional parts of our lives — supported by sport, the arts and wellbeing programs. At Bloom, movement, creativity and rest have their own space in the week, not just the leftover minutes.
Reflective
We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience, working to understand our strengths and weaknesses as learners. At Bloom, students look back on their own learning regularly and set their next goal themselves.
Attribute descriptions follow the official IB learner profile wording, followed by how the attribute comes to life at Bloom International School.
How we bring the profile to life
Named and practised
Inquiry-based units begin with wonder and a real question. Teachers name the attribute a lesson is developing, so students recognise the habit they are building - not just the content they are covering.
Connected, not isolated
Concepts are taught through an integration of languages, math, science, the arts and physical education - so one piece of learning shows up as knowledge, communication and reflection at once.
Beyond the timetable
Sport, the arts, wellbeing programs and service give the attributes somewhere to live outside the classroom: leading a team, performing on stage, helping the community.
