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Ms.Usha Vadapalli Grade VI - TL |
PYP Exhibition 2010-2011 has seen students confidently and elaborately sharing their process of inquiry with their parents, teachers and in all the wider school community. The process of Exhibition started from the beginning of the academic year where one period every week was meant only for PYP Exhibition. I will take you through the complete journey students underwent when they were working for it with lots of enthusiasm and commitment considering all the five essential elements of PYP.
1) The complete process started from the Information day for students where they were informed about what PYP exhibition is? The importance, the process, their role in it.
2) After students had a clear understanding of the importance of PYP Exhibition in their academic and personal lives. It was the time for them to find out what would be the transdisciplinary theme they will be working for their PYP Exhibition. For this the teachers of grade 6th decided to make students do a Jigsaw activity where they came to know that the TD theme for their PYP Exhibition.
Now the students knew that they will be working for the TD Theme “ Sharing the Planet “.
3) Students then identified the key ideas from the description of the TD Theme.
4) It was the time for students to understand that any issues they take up they are the part of it, and there action can create a difference in this world so they personally connected themselves with the key ideas.
5) After each student has done personal connection they identified where the issue/ problem was and then the complete class consolidated all the issues they came up with.
6) Finally the students chose the issue they were interested in and wanted to work for it. They where divided into different groups under each mentor teacher.
7) Students created the central idea, lines of inquiry and in total their own POI matrix.
8) It was the time where the wider school community was involved in planning the PYP Exhibition process till the final day. Meeting with activity teachers, language teachers ICT teachers helped us a lot.
9) To spread awareness about PYP Exhibition students have put banners around the School campus.
10) Then students started attending guest lectures conducted by the parents, Subject specialists, IBDP students, Arts Teachers, field trips.
Students used Primary and secondary resources to work on their selected issue.
11) Parent mentors supported us during the process by sharing ideas, organizing surveys.
12) During the process, students were continuously assessed through formative assessments.
Throughout the process students did self and peer assessments on profiles, skills and attitudes.
Poster, logo, poem and slogan competitions were conducted based on their issue.
13) Students working together as a group for their selected issue.
14 ) Students started taking action, by spreading awareness among their community members, lower grades, putting up posters, writing letters to the headmistress for actions to be taken etc.
15) The final day of PYP Exhibition on 26th and 27th November 2010 were parents, the school members, the mentors visited and had seen complete process the students underwent.
This journey of PYP Exhibition is just a glimpse of the complete process students, teachers and the school community has taken. The beautiful process would not have been possible without the collaborative effort of all the teachers and the students.
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