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How We Express Ourselves Communities are connected through the expression of culturally significant traditions.

Concepts Form Function Causation Change Connection Responsibility Reflection Perspective

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Our Central Idea:

Communities are connected through the expression of culturally significant traditions. Our Lines of inquiry:

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Questions:

Our Main Concepts:



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Table of Contents Page 3 - What is the Exhibition? Page 5 - What is our Purpose? Page 6 - Timeline Page 7 – My Roles and Responsibilities Page 8 – The Exhibition Requirements Page 9 – Our Essential Agreement Page 10 - Academic Honesty and Recording Bibliographies Page 11 - What do we want to learn? Page 13 – Line of Inquiry and Questions Page 14 – Action Page 15 – 18 Goal Setting Page 19 – Mentors 0 - Assessment: Transdisciplinary Skills Page 21 – Assessment: Team Page 22 – Assessment: Personal Page 23 – Assessment: Parent Page 24 & 25 - Journal Entries



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What is the Exhibition?

It’s your graduation from the PYP

It’s a celebration of all you have learned during your time in the PYP

It’s a chance to use all your prior learning

It’s yours – YOU TAKE CONTROL! You plan the inquiry, you create it and assess it.

It is the biggest and most detailed investigation you will take part in,

demonstrating all your learning in the PYP.

Your teachers will assess your planning and learning, including your

reflections, the methods you use, the way you link your exhibition to the

central idea and any forms of action that you engage in as a result.



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What is our Purpose?

To work collaboratively on an inquiry unit culminating in the Exhibition

To show both independence and responsibility for learning

To show an understanding of multiple perspectives

To reflect upon our learning

To take action in the form of preparing and presenting the Exhibition

To be united together with fellow students, teachers, parents and other members of the school community to celebrate your completion of the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate

The Exhibition will involve the following skills:

1. Thinking about and discussing possible issues to be investigated with a teacher

2. Posing questions that help to define the central idea, the concepts to be used and decide upon lines of inquiry

3. Collecting and selecting appropriate information – All material presented at the Exhibition needs to be appropriate for any child and/or adult to view.

4. Planning the Exhibition 5. Gathering the necessary materials and writing down the sources 6. Reflecting on the process through regular journal entries 7. Presenting the Exhibition on Thursday 3 November

SKILLS

a. Thinking b. Research c. Communication d. Social e. Self-Management



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Timeline

TTask What is required Completed Date

1. Tuning In Week 1 Discuss Central idea Discuss key points Listen to ideas, issues, problems

2. Decision Making End of week 1 and week 2

Select an area of personal interest Group decisions on inquiry Create lines of inquiry and questions

Researching – finding out

Week 2, 3 and 4

Sorting Out Week 4 Going further Week 5 After conferencing with your

teacher and mentor, review your inquiry and enhance your presentation.

Reflection Week 6 Presenting Week 7 Monday – Performance

Tuesday - Wednesday – Erect display Thursday - Present Friday – reflect and take down



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My Roles and Responsibilities

Tick the box if you understand the following and think you can complete the task.

Explain why we are doing the exhibition and what are the requirements of our exhibition

Participate to my full ability

Develop the inquiry by creating our own lines of inquiry and questions

Always plan together and know what each member of the group is doing

Carry out an inquiry in depth

Use the elements of PYP (Learner profile and its attributes);

Show an understanding of the five essential elements: concepts, knowledge, skills, attitudes and action

If possible, use a primary source of information

Keep an honest bibliography

Communicate to the best of my ability

Keep a journal or portfolio of our planning, draft pieces of work, sketches and photographs of work in progress as well as the final product

Carry out self-assessment and peer assessment

Celebrate learning by presenting the exhibition to an audience.



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The Exhibition Requirements

My Exhibition will include:

Examples of written work in a variety of formats and styles: poetry, reports, surveys, graphs and essays. (word processed or handwritten)

Oral presentations, individually or in groups, to the school community

Uses of technology such as working models, ICT designs, science experiments, imovies and powerpoint presentations

Performance or composition in any medium: dance, music, drama, visual arts, film, video or mixed media

Japanese (Organised in Japanese lessons with Melissas and Jakki)

A piece of Art (Organised in Art with Sally)

Music (Organised in Music with Kerry)

Dance (Organised in PE lessons with Lisa)



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Our Essential Agreement

WE AGREE TO:

Signed:

Date:



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Individual Declaration of Academic Honesty

By signing this declaration I understand the meaning of ‘plagiarism’. Plagiarism is the presentation by a student of an assignment which has in fact been copied in whole or in part from another student’s work, or from any other source (eg. published books, websites) without due acknowledgement in the text. I, ____________________ declare that for this submitted work:

I did not cut-and paste information from others without appropriate use of quotation marks and direct reference to their work;

I did not re-word the ideas of others without proper and clear

acknowledgement;

I did not write ideas or suggestions that originated from others and claim these as my own;

I did not include words from other students’ work without permission.

Signed: ___________________________ Date: ______________

Recording Bibliographies

Book – record the author, year, title, publisher and page numbers

Website – record the URL

Interview – record the name, role of person and date of interview



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What Do We Want To Learn?

Ideas I would like to consider:

Ideas others in my group would like to consider:

Our big idea is:



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Lines of inquiry remember these are statements not questions 2 or 3 lines of inquiry is ideal

An inquiry into: 1. 2. 3.

Questions

(Important – Write these on page 1) What concepts do your questions fit? Group them.



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Taking Action

What action can we achieve?

How do we plan to achieve this?



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Week 2 Goals

Date:

What is our goal this week?

What did I do to help achieve our goal?

What else do we need to do?



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Week 3 Goals

Date:






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Week 4 Goals

Date:






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Week 5 Goals

Date:






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Mentors

Assessment - Transdisciplinary Skills

Our Mentor is: Our weekly meeting time and day is:

Week 1 – Meet your mentor Mentor’s signature

Week 2 – Comment from mentor if necessary

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6 – Invite your mentor to the Exhibition next Thursday 3 Nov.



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Tick these as you work through the inquiry process leading to the Exhibition. Write the

transdisciplinary skills in your journals to show where they were used or applied and how.

Student check Teacher check Thinking Skills - Acquiring knowledge

Comprehending Applying

Analysing Synthesising – combining information

Evaluating Thinking about other people’s point of view

Social Skills - Accepting responsibility Respecting others

Cooperating Resolving conflict

Group decision making Adopting a variety of roles

Communication Skills - Listening Speaking Reading

Writing Viewing

Presenting Self–Management Skills – Time management

Safety Appropriate Behaviour

Informed choices Spatial awareness

Research Skills – Formulating questions Observing

Planning Collecting, organising and interpreting data

Presenting research findings



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Assessment - Group

Who did this well Rate your team from 1-10 INQUIRER

Courageous, knows how to research and loves learning

COMMUNICATORS Get and give ideas and information

confidently

RISK-TAKER Willing to try new things and stands-

up for own beliefs

KNOWLEDGEABLE Know a lot about important issues

PRINCIPLED Honest, fair, just, takes learning

seriously

CARING Care about others at work, want to

do good things and help others

OPEN-MINDED Consider other people’s ideas and

listen to what others have to say

WELL-BALANCED Enjoy doing lots of different things,

have a good balance between study and play

REFLECTIVE Look back on their work and try to

improve where they need to

THINKER Think before acting and before

solving problems



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Assessment - Personal

1. Process- I worked well as part of a team

Level of ability

Beginner Expert 2. Process- I stayed focused as an individual

Level of ability

Beginner Expert 3. Research- the quality and the depth of my research

Level of ability

Beginner Expert

4. Research- All work is my own and I understand what I have written.

Level of ability

Beginner Expert



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Parent Evaluation

What have you learned from your child’s Exhibition? What have you learned about your child and their participation in the learning process?

Skills Social Skills Research Skills Thinking Skills Communication Skills Self-management Skills

Select one of the skills listed. How do you think your child has developed this skill through the exhibition?

Learner Profile Inquirers Thinkers Communicators Risk-takers Knowledgeable Principled Caring Open-minded Well-balanced Reflective

Select one or two of the qualities listed. How do you think your child has developed this quality through the exhibition?

General Comments: Signed:



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