The G5 Exhibition

In the last 6 weeks, I have been privileged enough to witness the wonders of the G5 Exhibition in the PYP.

What is the G5 Exhibition you wonder?

The exhibition

Students aged 10 to 12 who are in their final year of the primary years programme are expected to carry out an extended, collaborative inquiry project, known as the exhibition, under the guidance of their teachers.

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. It is a culminating experience marking the transition from the PYP to the Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Schools are given considerable flexibility in their choice of the real-life issues or problems to be explored and investigated in the exhibition.

First off, I was able to mentor two students who so passionately researched their topics and created displays full of interesting findings.

Who knew grade 5 students could do such amazing work!?

Human explosion

Blood diamonds and minerals

Also, I helped guide my French students in preparing an item for the opening ceremonies. They opted to make things complicated, much as I would probably do myself, and make a short play followed by a song, dance and short movie they all created themselves. Though they had some rough moments coming to agreements as a team, everything turned out absolutely great in the end.

The students made me so proud!

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