JUNIOR SCHOOL
Year 6 exhibition The Year 6 PYP exhibition holds a place of special international importance within the PYP curriculum framework. It is a long-term, collaborative inquiry project investigating an issue that starts from personal interests but extends into real world, local and global issues. It provides an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile and apply their learning from previous years at school. It is an authentic opportunity for students to engage in action and make a difference in the world. Significantly, it celebrates the transition from the Dio Junior School to the Junior High School and to the MYP learning that will take place from Year 7 onwards.
As in the past few years, the 2021 PYPx was related to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These interconnected global goals were set up in 2015 and the UN states that they are designed to be a ‘blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all’. Our Year 6 students spent several weeks exploring the various global goals, including the Year 6 Service Week, before selecting the goal that moved and interested them the most. They were then grouped with other students across the Year 6 cohort with similar areas of interest. Each group then wrote a Central Idea and Lines of Inquiry, which drove the direction of their research. One of the most important parts of the exhibition process is about taking action. Within the PYP, “all learners should have the opportunity and the power to 32
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