Exhibition
Following on from the article on assessment in the last newsletter, it seems fitting to talk about the Primary Years Programme exhibition. The exhibition takes place for the Year 5 boys in Winter Term. As the culminating PYP experience, the exhibition will reflect all the major features of the programme: learner profile, attitudes, knowledge, concepts, transdisciplinary skills and action. It will include ongoing and rigorous assessment. This includes ongoing assessment of each individual boy's contribution to and understanding of their chosen inquiry and a summative assessment and reflection on the event itself. The exhibition presentation will now take place on the new date of the afternoon of Wednesday 18 September (details to follow closer to the date). The boys will be engaged in a collaborative, transdisciplinary inquiry process that involves them identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues or problems. In the coming weeks the boys will collaborate with teachers and other students on identifying local and national issues, which might later become the basis for their collaborative inquiries. The exhibition represents a significant event in the life of a PYP student. It is a busy, but exciting time for our school community.
Action - Free Dress Day
Each term the Junior School hosts a free dress day to fundraise for an organisation that a boy brings to the Junior School as a result of their learning in the PYP. Any boy in Junior School is welcome to write a letter to Mrs Derrick highlighting the organisation and how it relates to a unit of inquiry they have completed in the past or a current unit. Submissions should be made in writing, by the boys, and delivered to the Junior School office.
Kathy Derrick
PYP Coordinator
