PYPx -Week 3

Central Idea: Passion, purpose or curiosity inspire us to lead and take action.

Ideia Central - Paixão, causa ou curiosidade inspira-nos a liderar e agir.

Overview of the Week: Feb. 18th - Feb. 22nd

Objectives for the Week

Reviewing how the goal setting and scheduling tools work and how to use these tools effectively.
Ensure students are organizing the documents in a logical and ordered manner (using the Process Journal Checklist and Guidelines)
Develop a Framework for the process of Exhibition
- Develop their Lines of Inquiry
- Identify Key/Related Concepts
- Identify Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills
- Identify Possible Ideas for Action
Individual Assessment of ATL skills
By the end of Friday, students should have made a decision about which topic/issue they will pursue over the next 6 weeks.

Self-Management - Goal Setting, Scheduling and Organizing

Students are using the following schedule to keep themselves organised throughout Exhibition. Every morning, students add their daily tasks to the agenda.

Weekly Agenda for Students.pdf

Developing a Framework

This week, the students began to develop their framework for their unit. They will use this framework to help guide their inquiry throughout Exhibition.

Framework.pdf

Creating an Individual Assessment Tool for ATLs

This week, students used this document to determine their goals for exhibition in regards to the Approaches to Learning (ATL). They choose two criteria from each section (thinking skills, self management skills, research skills, communication skills, and social skills) that they will be evaluated on throughout the process of the Exhibition.

PYPX 2019 Individualized Assessment (ATL).pdf

Featured Reflections

"This week I learned a lot and I will continue to learn a lot about cancer, and how you can prevent it. I like how the year 7s came in and answered our questions about exhibition. It was very helpful to hear those words of reassurance that exhibition will be okay. They made me feel more confident about what I will be doing. I am excited to find out who my mentor is because they will share information with me, and it is nice to find out something new from someone else. This allows you to get more knowledge to share with others" - Lucy (6.2)

"I feel really proud of my work these days because I have been less distracted and have done more work than ever before. This may be tiring at times, but it super worth it. I feel really proud of my work and expect myself to continue like this moving forward." - Julie (6.3)

Community Contributions

Year 7s

This week we had a group of year 7 students, Mafalda, Channol, Alissa, Esther, and Isabella, come speak to the year 6 students and answer questions concerning the exhibition. This was an extension of what they experienced at the Opening Ceremonies. Thank you to those five students who took the time out of their week to help the year 6s in their process.

Nabeeha Ahmed

Thank you to Nabeeha who spent some time speaking to our year 6s this week. In 2017, Nabeeha and a group of her friends climbed Kilimanjaro in an effort to raise money for children in Angola who require treatment for Malaria. She spoke about her dedication and hard work needed in order to achieve her goal.

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