What is the IB PYP Exhibition?

In the final year of the PYP, students carry out an extended, in-depth collaborative project known as the PYP Exhibition. This involves students working collaboratively to conduct an in-depth inquiry into real-life issues or problems. Students collectively synthesize all of the essential elements of the PYP in ways that can be shared with the whole school community. It also provides teachers with a powerful and authentic process for assessing student understanding. The exhibition represents a unique and significant opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the IB learner profile developed throughout their engagement with the PYP. It also provides schools and students with a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the transition of learners to the next phase of their education.

What are the major features of the program that should be evidenced throughout the exhibition?

Learner Profile Becoming internationally-minded means achieving application of the learner profile.

We strive to be: inquirers, risk-takers, thinkers, knowledgeable, communicators, caring, open-minded, reflective, balanced and principled.

Key Concepts The key concepts should be shown through the use of key questions that guide student inquiry.

The key concepts include:

• Form – What is it like?

• Function – How does it work?

• Causation – Why is it like it is?

• Change – How is it changing?

• Connection – How is it connected to other things?

• Perspective – What are the points of view?

• Responsibility – What is our responsibility?

• Reflection – How do we know?

Approaches to Learning Within the search for conceptual understanding of a student’s topic, it is important that the student develop appropriate skills in the construction of meaning.

These skills include:

Social Skills – Accepting responsibility, respecting others, cooperation, resolving conflict, group decision making and adopting a variety of group roles

Communication Skills – listening, speaking, reading, writing and non-verbal communication

Thinking Skills – Acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, application, synthesis, evaluation, dialectical thought and metacognition

Research Skills – formulating questions, observing, planning, collecting data, recording data, organizing data, interpreting data, presenting research findings

Self-Management Skills – gross motor skills, fine motor skills, spatial awareness, organization, time management, safety, healthy lifestyle, codes of behavior and informed choices

Action All students must complete an authentic and appropriate action project. This may take place at school or away from school with supervision and parent permission. Students are encouraged to think of a variety of ways to take action!