2023 Year 6 Exhibition

What is the Exhibition?

The exhibition is the culminating, collaborative experience in the final year of the PYP.
The exhibition is an authentic process for students to explore, document and share their understanding of an issue or opportunity of personal significance.
All exhibitions are student-initiated, designed and collaborative.

Student-initiated: Students have a role in choosing the issue or opportunity to be explored; the transdisciplinary theme(s); the development of the central idea; the lines of inquiry; and identification of the key and related concepts that will drive their inquiries. They identify what knowledge they will need to acquire, and what skills they will need to develop.

Student-designed: Students design their learning goals and establish the criteria of what success will look like for them. They co-design strategies and tools with teachers, mentors and peers to document and self-assess their learning, and evaluate the success of the exhibition.

Collaborative: Students collaborate with their peers, teachers and mentors throughout the exhibition process. There is a genuine sense of participation and engagement through regular sharing of progress and feedback. As students are diverse, some will engage with the exhibition in groups while others will engage individually, supported by mentors.

All students take an active role in all aspects of planning, inquiring, investigating, communicating and assessing their learning in the exhibition. All students will benefit from guidance and collaboration with teachers, peers and mentors to facilitate, direct and adjust their learning.

The Purposes of the PYP Exhibition

The key purposes of the exhibition are:

for students to engage in an in-depth, collaborative inquiry
to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate agency and responsibility for their learning
to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate the attributes of the learner profile in authentic contexts
to provide students with an opportunity to explore multiple perspectives
to provide an authentic process for students to monitor, document and present their learning
to provide students with an opportunity to synthesize and apply their learning
for students to take action as a result of their learning
to unite the students, teachers and other members of the learning community in a collaborative experience
to provide an authentic context for students to reflect on their PYP education
to support the well-being of students by celebrating their transition to the next stages of their education
to provide an authentic task for the community to evaluate its implementation of the PYP
to provide students with an opportunity to engage with the broader learning community and celebrate their achievements.

Student Action: The Importance of Learn to Swim Programs (Riley Warren)