pypx: parent information session - grade...
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An opportunity to:
• Collaborate
• Reflect
• Celebrate
What is the PYPX?
Authentic
opportunity to
assess the 5
essential
elements
Who We Are
An inquiry into:
• The nature of the self
• Beliefs and values
• Personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health
• Human relationships (families, friends, communities and cultures)
• Human rights and responsibilities
• What it means to be human
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Previous Examples • Seat belts & road safety - Conflict
resolution/inclusion
• Responsible pet ownership
• Environmentally friendly living
• Digital addiction
• Fitness/Health
• Respect and rights awareness
• Music and the mind
• Healthy habits
• Third culture kids
• Family relationships and interaction
• Animal rights
• Effects of Physical Education on the body
• How the brain works
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The Inquiry Cycle Tuning In:
What do I know about this topic?
What questions do I have about it?
Which areas am I passionate
about?
What do I what to learn more
about?
Finding Out:
Where can I find out more
information?
- Research
- Interviews
- Questionnaires
- Field trips
- Guest speakers
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The Inquiry Cycle
Sorting out:
• Important or not?
• Any more research
questions?
• Problem and solution
Going further:
• Organising information
and ideas
• Presenting findings
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On the day… Process Journal
• Research notes
• Planning documents
• Meeting minutes
• Reflections
Presentation
• PYP essential elements
• Charts, graphs, visual aids
• Evidence of action
• Overall reflection
• Process timeline
• Interactive activity
• Multimedia component (videos, photos, demonstrations, music, art)
• Multilingual component (Arabic and mother tongue)
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Grouping students
• Interest
• Strengths and social
interactions
• Groups of 3 or 4
• Support for students
new to the PYP
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Our role
• Supporting groups
• Workshops
• Stand alone teaching time
• Home learning
• Communication
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Role of the parent
• Talk about the exhibition
• Provide support and
encouragement
• Let them solve their own
problems
• Field trips
• Keep stress levels down!
• Celebrate by attending the
final presentation
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Next steps
• Tuning in to interests
• Forming groups
• Writing research questions
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Central Idea: (engaging, connects concepts, spans space and time)
Our body systems can be healthier with knowledge and proper care
Lines of Inquiry: (focus and define the inquiry)
The different body systems
How body systems function
The interconnectedness of systems
How to maintain healthy systems