The Exhibition is a significant learning journey in the life of a PYP student and an important school and community event as it is the culmination of a student’s PYP experience. It is an 8-week unit which allows students the opportunity to show the attributes of the IB learner profile that they have been developing throughout their years in the PYP.
In Grade 5, students have been thinking about the passions and interests they may inquire into. This year the exhibition unit was under the transdisciplinary theme How We Express Ourselves. We are very excited to see where students will take their personal inquiries and how they would choose to express themselves at the end of the unit during the staging of the exhibition.
Students will need to create their own lines of inquiry along which they will focus their research, exploration and creativity. Students choose to work alone or with others and will meet with several members of the school community as well as their mentors throughout the duration of the unit.
Our Grade 5 students will need to show incredible commitment, self-management and focus, and through this process, we trust that they will grow as people and as learners. We believe that the lessons they learned during the exhibition process will serve them well as they move on to the MYP and the next chapter of their lives.
We hope that you will join us at the end of May when their exhibition is shared with the school community.
World Book Week is here, and at NISC and we've been diving headfirst into the enchanting world of stories! This year, our theme is "Reading is Magic," and it's been a week filled with wonder, imagination, and the sheer joy of books.
Action Learning Camps, or ALCs, are often cherished highlights of students' school years. Memories of playing team sports, roasting marshmallows, and sharing whispered conversations into the early hours of the morning leave lasting impressions. But ALCs are more than just fun—they're foundational experiences that support students’ growth in a number of ways.
We often associate gratitude with iconic moments, such as when our children are born healthy, we are offered a good job, a family member or pet survives an illness or operation, or when our children graduate from school. Events like these can be very moving and emotional, and sometimes even life changing. However, what if we made it a habit to include gratitude in our daily lives?
Lots of research points to a very common problem in student learning: Too much information!
Students can become overwhelmed and consequently processing and memory retention can become difficult. Not just for students with executive function challenges, or neurodiversity; for many neurotypical students too! Especially younger students. Feeling overwhelmed can also trigger stress and anxiety.
