This article displays a grade 5 inquiry into how to act safely near aquatic environment under the transdisciplinary theme of “who we are”.
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Teaching art brut aesthetics and ocean pollution
This article exhibits how students from lower elementary develop creative and critical thinking skills using art to discuss the issue of water pollution. In connection to art, students were familiarized with the concept of aesthetics and the relation between the used artistic media and theme of water pollution.
Learners taking big steps for entrepreneurship
In this article it is delineated how Primary Years Programme philosophy of engaging learning activities, effective assessment and meaningful actions represents an ideal framework to assist students developing their sense of entrepreneurship, one of the key competences for lifelong learning.
The use of social media and approaches to learning skills
This article illustrates how to use social media to include approaches to learning skills in a Primary Years Programme (PYP) classroom.
Morning meetings in a PYP classroom
In this article you will learn how to use the Responsive Classroom practice of morning meetings in the primary years programme class.
Developing approaches to learning (ATL)
This article summarizes how reflections help learners choose how they want to act. It shares a real-time example and utilizes an opportunity to appreciate the beauty of PYP and how implementing it ties together all the elements!