1. Massey Ranch Elementary IB-PYP World School

2. What is IB-PYP? IB – International Baccalaureate
PYP – Primary Years Programme
Authorized IB school Dec 2010

3. What is so different about IB?
Development of world citizen attitude
Appreciation of one’s own culture
Acceptance of other cultures
Additional focus on arts and second language
Emphasis on inquiry, action, and service
Increases student’s responsibility for learning
Study issues of global concern
Character Education – Learner Profile/Attitudes
4th grade Exhibition

4. Knowledge Transdisciplinary Themes Who we are
Where we are in place and time
How we express ourselves
How the world works
How we organize ourselves
Sharing the planet

5. Learner Profile Caring Knowledgeable Open-minded Reflective Thinker
Balanced
Principled
Risk-Taker
Communicator
Inquirer

6. Learner Profile Reflection

7. Action
Model for appropriate behavior and also a model for response to learning
Examples: running in the hall
turn off the water when brushing teeth
collect food for hungry
choose to learn more about a subject
Not all that different from what many parents and teachers do now, but much more consistent

8. Exhibition
As part of the Primary Years Programme, students in their final year of the PYP (4th grade at Massey) carry out a project call “Exhibition”.
The Exhibition is
a group inquiry.
extends into real world issues.
requires students to apply their learning from previous years.
requires students to demonstrate and apply all of the essential elements of the PYP

9. Exhibition Mentors Mentor meeting – Sept 15 - 5:30pm Massey Library
Work with 4th grade Exhibition group
Meet with students from 2:00-2:50pm Oct 24 – Dec 9 as many days as possible
Help students stay organized
Help supervise researching, presentation planning, rehearsing for presentation
Come on day of Exhibition Dec 9 to support and encourage students

10. Thanks! Welcome to Massey Ranch!