The PYP Exhibition is the culminating event for students in the Primary Years Programme and is conducted in the final year of the PYP, which for our boys is Year 6. It is a showcase of the students’ understanding of the five essential elements that make up the PYP Concepts, Knowledge, Approaches to Learning (skills), Attitudes and Action.

This is one ‘celebration of learning’ you do not want to miss as a parent! The Year 6 boys have worked extremely hard to get to this point. With only a few days to go, the boys are now fine tuning their presentations and are excited to share with us their wonderful thinking and newfound knowledge of their chosen areas. If your son is in Kindy to Year 5, I would still encourage you to come along, to see what your boys will be participating in when they get to Year 6. Bring the family and lets celebrate the PYP journey of our Year 6 cohort!

So, what is involved in the Exhibition?

The Exhibition is developed as a Unit of Inquiry under one of the six Transdisciplinary Themes. This year the Transdisciplinary Theme chosen by Year 6 is “How We Organise Ourselves”.

Each student has decided on his own path of inquiry under the umbrella of the Central Idea (big idea). This year’s Central Idea is ‘The wellbeing of citizens is affected by the action and inaction of individuals and communities’.

Mentors (staff members) have been assigned to work with the students throughout the inquiry process and assist them in various ways through encouragement, making suggestions and helping with goal setting in order to achieve success. These Mentors are staff members who have given their time each week to work with the boys to achieve these goals.

We all look forward to celebrating this learning journey as a community. The PYP Exhibition will start in the Don Brown Hall at 6pm on Tuesday 21 October.

See you all there!

Joel Weekes – Teaching & Learning Team Leader