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PYP Threads Elsewhere on the Web

PYP Threads Members on the Web

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

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keepps has added a photo to the pool:

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Year 4, The Animal Kingdom

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keepps has added a photo to the pool:

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Year 4, The Animal Kingdom

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keepps has added a photo to the pool:

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Year 4, The Animal Kingdom

 

News from PYP Threads

Here's a guide to the links at the top of this page:

Hover your mouse over the Netvibes tab, which links to our PYP Threads Netvibes page of PYP Threads members' schools' websites, and you'll see a link to another Netvibes page with links to the Netvibes sites created by PYP Threads members.

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 Photos tab, and you'll see a link to a group on Flickr called "Illustrating the PYP". You're invited to join the group there, and post your photos. If you click the blue Photos tab, you'll go to the Photos page for this ning.

The Diigo Group tab takes you to our home page at the social bookmark site Diigo.

In the left side bar, you'll find the RSS feed from our Diigo bookmarks page,
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, and a feed of the Tweets of PYP folks who have listed Twitter accounts in their Profile Information. You can see the full page at Twitter.



Forum

Nerine Chalmers

Any schools interested in setting up some Grade 4 classroom collaborations for the 2009/10 school year? 26 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 Connections. Last reply by Andy Birch Nov 19.

Helen Saunders

An international Reading Assessment tool

Hi everyone, Our school has been struggling to find a reading assessment tool or test we can use throughout elementary school. We have found good tests but are they never international enough or ar...

Started by Helen Saunders in Assessment Nov 18.

Daran Litchfield

Profiles, attitudes and skills 2 Replies

Hello Everybody, I am searching for simple tried and tested ideas of how to meaningfully involve the profiles, attitudes and skills into our teaching and learning. I frequently get asked this quest...

Tagged: learner_profile, attitudes

Started by Daran Litchfield in Learner Profile. Last reply by Heidi Brenner Nov 18.

Jacqueline (Jax) Webb

Discussion of the use of the new IB PYP Math's and Language S&S in YOUR schools 5 Replies

Hello there! Here I am again... I'm just wondering... After about a year of the IB PYP Updated Maths and Language continuums...is anybody ready to discuss how this change in focus has affected th...

Tagged: scope_and_sequence, maths, language

Started by Jacqueline (Jax) Webb in Units of Inquiry. Last reply by Andrea Mwalula Nov 18.

Karen Serritslev

What to do when the school is closed! 1 Reply

My school has been closed for the remainder of the week due to the number of students who were sick on Monday. (See a Google translation of a Danish newspaper article about the school closure). We...

Tagged: Homework, ICT, Inquiry

Started by Karen Serritslev in Connections. Last reply by Shivani Negi Nov 17.

zeina Kaissi

Library Activities for Grade 1 Planner "celebrations"??? 2 Replies

Good evening dear All, Can any librarian share with me some possible activities in the Library in the frame of the planner : Celebrations - Grade 1. Suggestions in french are most welcome as well !!

Tagged: library, celebrations, UI

Started by zeina Kaissi in Library. Last reply by zeina Kaissi Nov 16.

Jacqueline (Jax) Webb

How can we make inquiry visible? 19 Replies

Hi Chaps! I'm on a bit of a roll here...but promise to "go and get a life" soon! I'm still on the topic of "Show me what it might look like," and I wonder if you have any ideas about how we record...

Tagged: inquiry, display

Started by Jacqueline (Jax) Webb in Inquiry. Last reply by Sam Sherratt Nov 12.

Sam Sherratt

What are the ingredients of a "perfect" unit of inquiry? 6 Replies

I was talking to Tod Baker this morning about the exhibition unit. We were both of the opinion that there is too much pressure on Grade 5 teachers to put together the perfect unit, and under the sc...

Tagged: creativity, express, ourselves, planning, learning

Started by Sam Sherratt in Inquiry. Last reply by Sam Sherratt Nov 12.

Neil Ringrose

collaboration with little people 2 Replies

Good morning all, I would love to set up some communication/collaboration (email,skype...) with some other Year One classes in the world. I teach, and learn, at an international school in Hong kong...

Tagged: collaboration

Started by Neil Ringrose in Early Years. Last reply by Neil Ringrose Nov 11.

Bridget Shaughnessy

Looking for a booklist for Celebrations around the world...

If you have anything you can share, I'd be forever grateful!

Started by Bridget Shaughnessy in Library Nov 9.

Blog Posts

Cristina Milos

Useful blog

Hi everyone,

I came across a blog that I liked. What I wanted to share is the comprehensive list of web tools that can be used collaboratively by students and teachers.
http://heyjude.wordpress.com/student-tools-let-them-fly/
All that I can say is that it saved me loads of time :)

Posted by Cristina Milos on August 30, 2009 at 1:22am

Kathy Epps

Essential Agreements

Dianne McKenzie, Librarian at Discovery College in Hong Kong, has written a blog post titled "Essentially Agreeing" on her blog, "Library Grits". She writes about developing an Essential Agreement for the Library,… Continue

Posted by Kathy Epps on August 2, 2009 at 7:29am — 1 Comment

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

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.

Unfortunately, there's no way to subscribe to activity within Groups - you'll have to use the general "recent activity" RSS feed.

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)

Latest Activity

A discussion started by Neil Ringrose was featured
Hi everyone! I thought I would share this learner profile praise cards that I have created. They can be laminated and passed back to the teacher to save resources. Please use if you wish! Have a great day!
yesterday
Aida added a discussion to the group Where we are in place and time
I would like to hear about ideas or activities for our new kindergarten planner under the theme "Where we are in time in Place." Our Central Ideas is " Everyone has roles and responsibilities as a member of a community." Our lines of inquiry are...
on Sunday
Caroline Mary Sánchez HI, I would love to get in touch with other International Schools.
on Saturday
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
on Friday
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
on Friday
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
on Friday
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
on Friday
An inquiry into one of the six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which provide the framework for exploration and study
on Friday
 
 

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