PYP threads

a place to weave, unravel, and re-weave PYP threads into fabrics of communication with a choice of threads, colors, patterns, and textures

Welcome to PYP threads!

What can I do on a ning? Go to this page to get some ideas!
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Members

  • Folasade Ajanaku
  • Di Fisk
  • Michelle
  • Burcu Orenturk Aybat
  • Ashley Wright
  • Jacques A. Weber
  • Elana Cernat
  • ik
  • kandace williams
  • meera ravi
  • Stephanie Morris
  • Lilly Khairallah
  • Heather Folley
  • David McGregor
  • Kenneth Jolly
  • Joan Wiese
  • Maureen Bromage
  • anne rogers
  • Patricia Mutepfa
  • Róisín O'Loughlin-Butler

PYP Threads Members on the Web

 

News from PYP Threads

I've added some links to the infrastructure of the Main Page: Hover your mouse over the Exhibition tab (which links to Tod Baker's ning, and you'll see links to 3 other nings of interest to PYP people: The Flat Classroom ning's PYP Group started by Leigh Newton, InquirySchools, a ning created by Sherryl Joseph, and Inquiry Teaching and Learning, a private ning started by Elaine Gwendolen Reimann.

Hover your mouse over the Netvibes tab, which links to our PYP Threads Netvibes page of PYP Threads members' schools' websites, you'll see links to other Netvibes pages created by PYP Threads members.

In the left side bar, there's a links list of blogs and photo groups of PYP Threads people.

Let me know if you have a blog, photo gallery, video site, start page, etc., that you'd like linked here.

Groups = 6 transdisciplinary themes

There are 6 Groups for our ning: Sharing the planet, How we organize ourselves, How the world works, How we express ourselves, Who we are, and Where we are in place and time. Those names are familiar to any PYP teacher! so you can imagine what might be discussed or posted in those groups. They're meant as focus areas for our discussion and sharing. Start a discussion on the forum, or post photos or examples specific to the themes from all areas of your teaching and learning.

Groups

2009 Exhibitions

Here on this ning, Yvonne Barrett started a discussion in the Exhibition Group. The tab named "Exhibition" links to another ning at, PYP Exhibition: collaboration for an exhibition, which you might want to join. Tod Baker created it last year as "A place for conversations about PYP Exhibitions. "

"The exhibition represents a significant event in the life of both the school and student, synthesizing the essential elements of the programme and sharing them with the whole school community. It is an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the student profile that have been developing throughout their engagement with the programme." (IBO)

Forum

Sacha Calagopi

Looking for report card samples 6 Replies

Hi. I work in a PYP school in Manila. We are currently in the process of reviewing our report cards. I'm attaching our current ones for preschool, K-2 and 3-5. I would really appreciate it if you ...

Started by Sacha Calagopi in Assessment. Last reply by omolara adenike salako 1 day ago.

Jacques A. Weber

French Textbook, PYP G2-5

Deal all, I am the Head of Modern Languages at the American School of Bombay in Mumbai, India, and I am currently researching textbook options for our ES teachers who work within the PYP programme...

Started by Jacques A. Weber in Language Jul 2.

Nerine Chalmers

Any schools interested in setting up some Grade 4 classroom collaborations for the 2009/10 school year? 3 Replies

I am writing from Qatar Academy Primary School, Doha, Qatar in order to invite classrooms from around the world to join with our Grade 4 classes in a long term, but fairly low key collaboration. We...

Started by Nerine Chalmers in Library. Last reply by Cristina Milos Jun 29.

Matt Chambers

PYP Visual Art

Hey everyone, I am the Visual Art co-ordinator here at Dresden International School, Germany. We are presently developing an art curriculum and looking to have a full time art specialist within th...

Started by Matt Chambers in Connections Jun 11.

Blog Posts

Kathy Epps

Class 1 student-led conference questions and some answers

Christina asked me these questions about the video of a student led conference I posted here on the ning, and I decided write my comments here, rather than on the video page. This will make the conversation searchable, and it's easier to manage the photos, and editing the post!

First, I must tell you this is not my class! I'm often in and out of this classroom with my… Continue

Posted by Kathy Epps on July 2, 2009 at 7:06am — 2 Comments

Matt Chambers

DIS Art

Things have been busy here at DIS! We are in the middle of drawing up an art syllabus, we've just been through CIS accreditation, and my wife had a baby!!!!

So apologies for not blogging on our netvibes site. Thanks to Kathy for posting it as a link.

Next year I would like to visit some PYP schools that have an established art programme. I am in Europe, but will be trabelling to Aus/NZ next year so was hoping to find a school in either of these two locations. My aim would be to discuss the imp… Continue

Posted by Matt Chambers on June 11, 2009 at 10:22am

Kathy Epps

audio or visual?

I listened to the WNYC Radio Lab Podcast this morning titled "AV Smackdown", in which Radio and Television battle it out. In a nutshell, Robert Krulwich, Jad Abumrad and Ira Glass talk about the difference between television and radio. Here's a part of the transcript:

"I think one of the deep differences is when you watch the TV, it is an act of staring. So, you’re—you’re in a chair—or standing—and you’re lookiContinue

Posted by Kathy Epps on June 4, 2009 at 7:00pm

Latest Activity

hi , just finished an online workshop on assessment and reporting was one of the issues we addressed so will send some samples of the ones sent in by some of the participants.
yesterday
Folasade Ajanaku is now a member of PYP threads
on Tuesday
Exploring the possibilities for visualizing and sharing the process of PYP inquiry
July 3
Talk about the process of the PYP Exhibition - share the ideas, collaboration and development of the Exhibition in your school
July 3
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
July 3
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
July 3
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
July 3
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
July 3

Recent photos added to the "Illustrating the PYP" group on Flickr.com

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