Staff and Parent nformation Presentation

PYP Exhibition 2012

at the
nternational School of Dsseldorf
PYPX Start Date: Wednesday 21st March
Parent Conversation Morning: Friday 27th April
ES Sharing Day: Wednesday 9
th
May
SD Community Exhibition: Wednesday 23
rd
May
PYPX End Date: Thursday 31
st
May
What is the Exhibition?
t is:
ntense
Challenging
Exciting
Self-directed
Process driven
Rewarding
Action provoking
t is not:
A science fair
A poster contest
A competition
Product driven
Adult directed
A burden
What is the Exhibition?
A culminating project for the PYP
A collaborative inquiry that students have a personal interest
in exploring
An inquiry that requires students to apply their learning from
previous years
An experience that uses the essential elements of the PYP:
Knowledge, Skills, Concepts, Attitudes and Action
A demonstration of how students can take action as a result
of their learning
A celebration of who our students are as learners.
Students will use the
PYP Transdisciplinary Skills
Communication Skills
Social Skills
Research Skills
SeIf-management SkiIIs
Thinking Skills
Students will show:
Positive Attitudes: appreciation, commitment, confidence,
cooperation, creativity, confidence, curiosity, empathy,
enthusiasm, independence, integrity, respect, tolerance
Learner Profile Attributes: thinker, open-minded, caring,
principled, reflective, inquirer, risk-taker, knowIedgeabIe,
communicator, balanced.
Central dea
We can make a difference to
real life issues.
Lines of nquiry
Students will develop their own lines of
inquiry through a collaborative process,
making connections with their prior learning
and experiences.
Questions that Drive the nquiry
What matters to me?
How does that affect me and others?
What needs to change?
How can make a difference?
How do we Assess Students'
Work?
We assess the process more than the product
The students will keep a Special Journal and a
PYP booklet throughout the Exhibition process,
these will show their thinking and progress
Students, peers, and teachers will reflect on the
process together.
The Role of Adults
Mentor
Teache
r
Parent
s
Learne
r
Guide
&
Advise
Guide
Evaluate
Advise
How can Parents Help?
Ask your child open-ended questions, speaking in
your mother-tongue
Support and encourage your child through the
process
Celebrate the process with your child, by attending
the conversation morning and the final exhibition
day
During the process comment and reflect on the
experience with your child
Develop Critical Thinking
Let students solve their own problems
Let students be responsible for their own
learning
Encourage independent inquiry and respect
student ownership of the process
Support, challenge, question, and clarify.
QUESTONS