Grade 5 students had their IB Primary Years Programme Exhibition (PYPx) from March 5-6. The PYPx is a student-led inquiry project where students explore real-world issues and present their findings. It is a culmination of PYP learning, and it offers students a unique opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and understanding of important global issues.
Throughout their entire experience in the Village School, students have gained an understanding of skills for learning, knowledge of how to deepen inquiry, connections to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and the impact they can make as a result of their learning. The PYPx showcases our students’ learning journeys and growth as learners with a global mindset.
Over two days, students had multiple opportunities to celebrate and present their works to their peers, community members and families. Students delved into a wide range of topics, such as:
- Personal well-being and ways to have a balanced lifestyle
- Neurodiversity, such as dyslexia, ADHD, and autism
- Learning about Spoonbill, a local endangered bird
- Sustainable food and helping people have better access to food
- Impact of social media on people and their actions
- Renewable energy and its application to daily life, and researching how geothermal power plant works
- Designing spaces, learning how to design shared spaces for effective learning
As our VS principal remarked, the students “shone as they presented their research findings and engaged in meaningful conversations with their families…it was inspiring to witness our students articulating their research and action plans with such clarity, thoughtfulness and maturity.”
During school hours, G5 students had the chance to show their projects to visiting elementary school students and teachers from Korea Foreign School and Dwight School, as well as CI’s faculty and K-Grade 4 students. On the night of March 6, G5 held PYPx for their families, where students and their families proudly celebrated each student’s achievements.
View photos here.