Primary Years Programme (PYP)
PYP Exhibition
On July 24, we had an excellent turnout of parents for our annual exhibition presentation. Many thanks to those families who attended - it was great to see you and we all appreciate your ongoing support of our teaching and learning programme. For those parents who were unable to attend, the information shared at the parent engagement workshop has been added to the Parent Wiki.
The Exhibition
The PYP Exhibition represents a significant event in the life of a PYP school and in the school life of our Year 5 boys. The boys carry out an extended, collaborative inquiry process, known as the Exhibition, under the guidance of teachers and mentors. This event is the culmination of the Primary Years Programme. Students are involved in synthesizing the essential elements of the PYP and sharing them with the whole school community. As a culminating experience, it is an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the IB learner profile that they have been developing throughout their engagement with the programme.
The PYP Exhibition has a number of key purposes:
- For students to engage in an in-depth, collaborative inquiry
- To provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their own learning
- For students to synthesize and apply their learning of previous years and to reflect upon their journey through the PYP
- To demonstrate how students can take action as a result of their learning
- To unite the students, teachers, parents and other members of the school community in a collaborative experience that incorporates the essential elements of the PYP
This year, the boys' inquiries will be guided by the transdisciplinary theme of 'Where we are in place and time' with the central idea "Challenges, risks and opportunities may lead to migration."
The Exhibition this year will take place on Wednesday 17 September.
This is a busy but exciting time for all and we look forward to the learning to come.
Kathy Derrick
Deputy Head of Junior School - Curriculum
