+ACS EGHAM ACS EGHAM

INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SCHOOL

GRADE 5 GRADE 5 EXHIBITION EXHIBITION

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ACTIONS AFFECT ACTIONS AFFECT OTHERSOTHERS

+WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE EXHIBITION?EXHIBITION? The Primary Years Program (PYP) exhibition

represents a significant event in the life of a PYP school and student, 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 International Baccalaureate (IB) learner profile that have been developing throughout their engagement with the PYP.

+WHAT DOES IT LOOK WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?LIKE?The exhibition is a collaborative open-ended inquiry that begins from personal interests and expands into a real-life issue or problem

The exhibition is an authentic process to assess student understanding

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the essential elements of the PYP and will take ACTION as a result of their learning

+WHAT DOES IT LOOK WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?LIKE?Students are involved in discussing an

issue/problem to be investigated, deciding on the central idea and lines of inquiry, planning, gathering information, recording and reflecting, and presenting their findings

Students will demonstrate understandings of the IB learner profile, skills, attitudes and the key concepts

The emphasis is on the PROCESS, and all the stages are equally important

+WHAT DOES IT LOOK WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?LIKE?Student’s own issue, wondering, interest or concern

Ways in which this issue connects to others in the local community Global connections to

the student’s own issue

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+STUDENT ROLESTUDENT ROLE

BE BALANCED

Keep a journal of the exhibition process where they regularly record their ideas, decisions, actions, emotions and progress.

Use a range of primary and secondary sources (e.g. interviews, surveys, artifacts, first-hand experiences, visits, working models, science investigations, and books, newspaper articles and the internet respectively)

+STUDENT ROLESTUDENT ROLE

Distribute the responsibilities for tasks

Use an exhibition handbook to guide and document the process

Communicate regularly with their group, parents, teacher-manager and mentor

Maintain a bibliography of resources used

Negotiate ways to share their findings

Assess and reflect on their progress

+PARENT ROLEPARENT ROLE

Regularly discuss progress and work ethic

Support and encourage on a social and emotional level

Communicate regularly with teacher-manager and student

What does this look like? driving to and from places, being a sounding board, having things planned for down-time, being actively involved in homework

+TEACHER-MANAGER TEACHER-MANAGER ROLEROLEWork with groups and individuals during all

stages of the process

Regularly discuss progress and work ethic

Support and encourage on a social and emotional level

Communicate regularly with students, mentors, parents and other teachers

Assessment of individuals and groups

+MENTOR ROLEMENTOR ROLE

Work with groups and individuals during all stages of the process

Regularly discuss progress and work ethic

Support and encourage on a social and emotional level. Mentors will read journals and give feedback to the students and teacher-managers

Communicate regularly with students and teacher-managers

+PYP COORDINATOR, PYP COORDINATOR, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL ROLEAND PRINCIPAL ROLEWork with groups and individuals during all stages of the process

Regularly discuss progress and work ethic

Support and encourage on a social and emotional level

Communicate regularly with students, parents, mentors and teacher-managers

Provide opportunities for relevant professional development and support

Promote the exhibition in the school

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+HOW IS IT HOW IS IT ORGANISED?ORGANISED?The exhibition process begins on the 21st of

February and ends on the 15th of April. The presentations to parents will be on the evening of the 12th of April. The presentations to the school community will be during the school day on the 13th of April.

The grade 5 schedules are significantly different during this time due to the organisation of the exhibition.

+HOW IS IT HOW IS IT ORGANISED?ORGANISED?Students will still have assigned homework,

though the amount and content may vary depending on the week. The inquiry homework will be related to the exhibition

Students will attend single subject lessons as usual (as 5A, 5B and 5C), though IT will be scheduled around teacher-manager groups

Single subject lessons will have a focus on the exhibition where applicable

+HOW WILL IT BE HOW WILL IT BE ASSESSED?ASSESSED?The assessments will address how well students

have demonstrated their understandings of the central idea, lines of inquiry, IB learner profile, attitudes, transdisciplinary skills and the key concepts

The student handbook, a journal, rubrics, a bibliography, and a reflective essay will be used

Feedback will be given during student-led conferences and in school reports

+QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

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