DVE's Fifth Grade Exhibition 2009

At the end of fifth grade, all students participate in the Primary Years Programme Exhibition. It is a significant event in the life of a PYP school and student: an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the IB Learner Profile that they have been developing throughout their engagement with the PYP and to celebrate their transition from Primary to Middle/Secondary school.

The PYP Exhibition:

• presents an occasion for students to demonstrate their abilities to be self-directed learners
• requires students to synthesise their prior learning and apply it to an unfamiliar situation, thus providing an appropriate assessment strategy for real understanding
• provides an opportunity for greater involvement and for the school community as a whole to gain more insight into the PYP programme
• facilitates all of the student profiles and attributes (most of all risk-taking)
• focuses on all key questions that drive the inquiry (form, function, causation, change, connection, perspective, responsibility, and reflection)
• requires the application of all the transdisciplinary skills
• offers opportunities to develop positive attitudes
• allows for positive “action” contribution by students

In 2009, Dillon Valley Elementary students investigated the following areas for their PYP Exhibitions:

• Animal Activists
• Environmental Issues
• Landmines
• Local Organizations
• Women's Issues

The transdisciplinary theme was WHO WE ARE and their central idea was "Together We Can Make A Difference".