What exactly is PYP exhibition?

What exactly is PYP exhibition?

What exactly is PYP exhibition?An overview for parentsFernway School January 9th 7-8 PM

Jamie 1What?Culminating project in the final PYP year that allows students to apply learning from previous yearsAn in-depth collaborative inquiry that starts from personal interests and passions, but extends into real world local and global issues. (This issue matters to me and affects my life, my community and my world. Its Glocal!) Crystal2Little people can think big! Cody EnglanderCrystal3Why?

Jean4What? Demonstration of the five essentials elements of the PYPKnowledge Key Concepts Attitudes and AttributesSkills Action

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Andy6We determined the theme. At Fernway we are going to do Exhibition under Who We AreThe central idea is Concerned people take action!

Andy7Students select an issue:

Significant/relevant (Locally and globally)Real life issue/problemLends itself to open-ended inquiryLends itself to local researchActionableAge/ audience appropriateInclusive of all learners and learning stylesJim8Theme: Who We Are Central idea: Concerned people take action!Possible topics: Use of Styrofoam lunch trays, Elephants being killed for their tusks, Driving and texting, Mean coaches, Impact of high fructose corn syrup and obesity, Fast food workers wages These are already topics we have started to think about because of reading Scholastic News and watching Flocabulary!Jamie9

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Jean14Key Concepts

Students ask and answer three key concepts questions about their topic. Jean15Attitudes and attributes

Students show the attributes and use the attitudes they have been developing over the previous 4 and a half years during their teamwork.

Crystal16Skills

Students use the skills they have developed over the previous 4 and a half years to conduct authentic investigations. Andy17Action

As part of exhibition, students must take action. Jamie18When?The final grade of the PYP (4th grade for us). Near the end of the school year, as a celebration and demonstration of K-4 PYP learning.Ours is scheduled for June 2nd but work has begun and becomes particularly intense through April and May.

Crystal19How? Over the course of many weeks, students will work in small groups independently, completing inquiry done with this cycle.The school designed and agreed on this inquiry modelFernway Parent, Ellen Seguin, did the graphic design!

Andy20Student exhibition celebration must include:

Written- essays, reflections

Visual PowerPoint

Creative Expression performance, props, plays, songs, creations, models, movies, art, sculpture, data, graphs, labeled drawings, filmed interviewsStudents determine how they want to show what they know!Through various uses of technologyJamie21Where?Using some local primary sources (on location?) when appropriate and possible

Jim22Who? Students Parents4th grade teachersAll of the students at Fernway FacultyPYP Coordinator and principal Community

Jamie23Role of the students Select a real life issuePlan and carry out open-ended inquiryDemonstrate 5 essential elementsUse multiple strategies and resourcesReflect throughout the processDemonstrate learner profile attitudes and attributesProvide and accept feedback for self and peersCelebrate!

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Andy25Role of the parents-Support and encourage your child-Ask questions-Listen -Provide assistance with resources (e.g. an expert to interview) -Keep informed through newsletters and notifications-Let the students do their own work-Be part of the celebration!

Attend Exhibition on June 2nd from 4:30 6:30

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Role of the 4th grade teachers Provide timelines. Check in!Keep detailed records of student progress.Celebrate! Initiate, facilitate and guide the exhibition processProvide support for student inquiriesPlan the processes and logistics of exhibition with team and coordinatorCommunicate regularly with all stakeholdersHelp students gather use primary and secondary resources

Jean27Role of communityperhaps you?

Provide primary resource informationShare expertise

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Assessment

Students will receive ongoing feedback from various people throughout the Exhibition process. This feedback is formative and meant to assist students in being successful it is an assessment FOR learning. Self and peer assessments of group workThe presentation is the students summative assessment29JeanAssessment

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