PYP Exhibition 2015 Timeline

Before:
- Presearching and tuning into themes within Sharing our Humanity (using
the hallway)
wk 1
9 March
Planning Phase

Students to become familiar with Exhibition

guidelines
Sign student contracts
Share assessment and expectations with students
Start process journals
Student interest and experience inventory tuning
into the students
Visit of G6 students to share their experiences from
last year?
All students and parents to read Exhibition Wiki

wk 2
16 March

Planning Phase /
Research phase

wk 3
23 March

Tuning in continues
Finding personal connections - students decide
on area of interest
Grouping of students according to area of interest
First mentor meetings once students are grouped
Connecting area of interest to one of the themes
in Sharing our Humanity
Groups develop central idea, lines of inquiry,
questions under key concepts using a PYP
planner in process journal
Starting research as a collaborative process Google Docs groups
Research done in groups daily goals and
feedback to the group Google Docs

Research Phase
EASTER BREAK
wk 4
13 April
Research / Action
Phase

wk 5

Research continues should be completed this

week (synthesized in some way)
Students to decide on their actions and develop
plans to take their action - linking this with their
research findings
Actions can be done individually, in pairs or in
groups
Students take action

20 April

Action Phase

wk 6
27 April

Action continues
Groups start developing their presentations or
develop their plans further

Preparing presentations

Finalizing presentations and display boards

Finalizing presentations on 18 19 May

Official opening Thurs 21 May @ 6 PM
Friday 22 May clean up, reflections,
assessments, process journals

Action /
Presentation
Phase
wk 7

Develop ideas for how we are going to present

our learning and inspire others with our actions
Encourage different forms of presentation
brainstorm possibilities and decide as a group
(drama, music, visual art, displays, interactive
games, oral presentations, digital media etc etc)

4 May
Presentation
Phase
wk 8 (3 day week)
11 May
Presentation /
Reflection Phase
wk 9
18 May
Presentation /
Reflection Phase