HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES NEWSLETTER

THE PYP EXHIBITION (HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES)

The Primary Years Programme Exhibition represents a significant event in the life of a PYP school and student, synthesizing the essential
elements of the PYP and sharing them with the whole school community. The PYP Exhibition is the culminating Unit of Inquiry of the
Primary Years Programme. It is structured in such a way that Grade 6 learners are challenged to take responsibility for the design,
organization and successful completion of an in-depth investigation/inquiry project. In the process of completing this major project,
students are required to apply important key concepts, transdisciplinary skills, and attitudes which are at the heart of the work they
have been doing in the PYP. In addition, this in-depth inquiry project will offer all learners the challenge, opportunity and power to
choose actions, to act in accordance with their choices, and to reflect on these actions in order to make a difference in and to the world.
All students must complete an authentic and appropriate action project. This may take place at school or away from school with
supervision and parent permission. Students are encouraged to think of a variety of ways to take action!
As a culminating experience, it is an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the learner profile that have
been developing throughout their engagement with the PYP.
In Grade 6 there are five Unit of Inquiry and The Exhibition. The PYP Exhibition has a number of key purposes
including the following:
For students to engage in an in-depth, collaborative inquiry
To provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their own learning
To provide students with an opportunity to explore multiple perspectives
For students to synthesize and apply their learning of previous years, and to reflect on their journey through the
PYP
To provide an authentic process for assessing student understanding
To demonstrate how students can take action as a result of their learning
To unite the students, teachers, parents and other members of the school community in a collaborative
experience that incorporates the essential elements of the PYP
To celebrate the transition of learners from primary to the next level

This year The Exhibition unit is undertaken the Transdisciplinary theme of How We Express Ourselves
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs
and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

Central Idea
Creating and responding to art develops understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

In order to get students thinking about The Exhibition we brought all the Grade 6 classes together to discuss what they
think an Exhibition is. Working in groups and showing last year PYP exhibition movies, discussing during explanation,
they then come to a common understanding of what an exhibition means, why they have to do it, and students roles
in the Exhibition.
For further preparation we ran some assemblies about understanding trans-disciplinary theme, responding to some art
work that students and teachers provided, exploring 5 essential elements and did gallery walk for it, list down some
issues, and make some questions which related to the central idea and students area of interest. Besides these
activities, to broaden understanding about arts we invited Ms Tijana as our guest speaker and did survey to UNESA.

As the culminating PYP experience, the exhibition reflects all the major features of the program and it includes regular
and carefully planned assessment. This assessment takes two forms:
Ongoing assessment of each individual students contribution to the inquiry and their understanding of the
exhibition. Assessment of the Exhibition takes place within the school. It is ongoing and rigorous throughout the
whole process.
A summative assessment and reflection on the Exhibition process.

What are we doing to prepare students for the Exhibition?
Encouraging students to connect their inquiries to their home or school environment, or to issues relevant to children in other
parts of the world provides a more meaningful Exhibition experience. Students who have to read material from the
internet/book as their primary source of information struggle to understand the concepts and to relate the concepts to their
own experiences.
Students who are personally invested in their topics are able to sustain a high level of passion and commitment throughout
the entire process.
Collaboration and the ability to work in a group are essential for success.
Organizational systems and time management skills as an individual and a team will allow students to complete the unit with
less stress.
Thank you parents for your support so far, looking forward for continued collaboration.
MATH
In this first unit of the second semester, students are continuing their exploration from the previous semester about 3D
shapes. Students will develop procedures for finding volume systematically using hands on activities.
Teachers questions to provoke students inquiry
1. What is volume?
2. How are base area, height and volume of 3D shapes connected?
3. How do you know that the volume of pyramid is 1/3 of volume of prism (with the same base area and height)?

As part of the measurement unit, students are also learning about ratio. They are expected to achieve these learning
goals:
1. To understand the concept of ratio and proportion as a comparison
2. To know different ways of calculating and identifying proportion
3. To apply mathematical skills in using ration to solve real-life problems

BAHASA INDONESIA
Sehubungan dengan unit "How we Express Ourselves" siswa akan belajar beberapa ketrampilan berbahasa yang relevan
dengan bidang kesenian. Adapun ketrampilan berbahasa yang akan mereka pelajari adalah berikut ini:
Memparafrasekan puisi dalam bentuk prosa
siswa akan belajar mengubah jenis tulisan dari bentuk puisi menjadi sebuah prosa atau karangan.
Mengapresiasi seni pertunjukan
siswa akan menonton sebuah pertunjukan drama dan memberikan penilaian serta analisis mengenai isi dari
pertunjukan tersebut maupun mengenai elemen-elemen dari sebuah pertunjukan pada umumnya.
Mengekspresikan diri dalam seni pertunjukan
siswa bekerja dalam kelompok dan mengekspresikan diri dalam sebuah seni pertunjukan.

INFORMATION LITERACY
In this unit the students learn about forms of literature such as novel, poem and prose. They are going to explore one
type of literature and reveal the story and message behind it. Moreover they will also learn to reveal the intrinsic and
extrinsic element of the literature work that they have chosen.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PYP 6 has finished physical fitness and spatial awareness in their previous topics. In physical fitness, they showed
physical fitness improvement and had good results on 50K Club. For 50k Club, PYP 6 got the best achievement by
reaching 19.550 km as accumulation of PYP 6A with 608km, PYP 6B with 392.5km, PYP 6C with 381km, and PYP 6D with
572.5km. Jeron from PYP 6D was the best achiever by reaching 102.5km. For Cross Country 2013, PYP 6 got good results
too. KresnaRamadani from 6A was the winner and Alan, also from 6A, got the 3
rd
place for boys. Janice from 6B became
the winner and Angelina from 6A got the 3
rd
place for girls. During spatial awareness, PYP 6 was improving manipulative
skills and cooperated with their teammates to use a free space to enhance their teamwork while playing mini-games
such as Frisbee, touch rugby, handball and netball.
For the next topic, PYP 6 will explore their knowledge and physic in adventure challenge. The activity little bit harder
than PYP 5 likes crossing wall climbing, 911 games, blindfold games. After that, PYP 6 will explore their skill to find new
ball games.
MANDARIN
In this unit, Mandarin lesson will focus on understanding Public Places and Direction

Inquiry Into:
- Name of public places
- Name of directions
- Asking and giving direction

Learning Outcomes:

Students are able to:
- mention names of public places.
- create sentences using preposition and name of places.
- use correct grammatical sentences to ask and give direction
- determine a place based on its descriptions.

Summative Assessment:
Students in a pair will draw a city map and create a role play about asking the way, which contain all of the grammar
and vocabulary given.

RELIGION
Religion lesson will support the exhibition unit. Students will discuss about artwork in religion (some evidences like
calligraphy, statue, stained glass windows). They will explore the purpose of the artwork, the history, and the meaning
behind it. For further activity, students will give respond or comment about the religion artwork.

PERFORMING ARTS
In this unit, PYP 6 students will prepare for their Exhibition production. Students will be involved in different areas of
Performing Arts. In Drama, students will create scripts and perform a role-play, in Music, students will choose some
songs to be performed in the role-play, and some students will create Dance movements to support the role-play. The
culmination of these activities will be their performance during the Exhibition opening.

Important dates:
Thursday, January 16
th
, invite UNESA lecturer and students
Friday, January 17
th
, outing to Art Department UNESA
Monday, January 20
th
, parents representative meeting
Friday, January 31
st
, Imlek New Year
Sunday, March 8
th
, The PYP Exhibition Day