MINUTES+-+1st+meeting+on+PYP+Exhibition+2011


 * MEETING MINUTES **


 * SUBJECT/AGENDA: Discussion of plans for the PYP Exhibition **


 * DATE: 18th October 2011 TIME: 9:50 – 11:00 am LOCATION: Common Room **


 * **ATTENDEES ** ||
 * Abhimanyu, Malini, Shalini, Mrinalini, Arpita, Seema, Kumi, Isha, Jim ** ||
 * **ABSENTEES ** || **Priya, Monica ** ||


 * POINTS DISCUSSED: **
 * **ITEM ** || **DETAIL ** ||
 * **General Reflections ** || * **Most teachers felt strongly about the strand of Migration and Personal Journeys for a variety of reasons: **
 * o We are a residential school and students come from different places
 * o Most children have lived in more than one country in the past and hence, it is relevant
 * o Parents keep relocating so they all have a journey to share
 * o Perspective on colonialisation and slave trade
 * o Birth of IB is also from the perspective of migration
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Students travel to new places for holidays
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Some migrants in different countries have been living there for generations
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Where are we exactly from and what are our cultural roots, ethnic roots
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Issues of passport and citizenship against ethnic backgrounds
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Third culture kids
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Isha shared a good CI on the same and it was clarified that we would have students create it ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Timeline ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Abhimanyu shared the timeline proposed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teachers made a note of the dates and its spread ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Grouping ** || * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Students: **
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The pros and cons of different grouping methods were discussed
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We have tried different groups in the past and this year, we felt we should let children form groups based on their interests
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To avoid students making groups with their friends, secret ballot can be used
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">To ensure the ES and SEN kids are grouped together, we can ask children to choose their 1st and 2nd preferences so that we can maneuver them as per our discretion


 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teachers: **
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teachers felt that working in pairs is more efficient and beneficial for students and themselves.
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We decided to group the teachers tentatively in pairs and all will depend on student groups, once formed in January ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Other details ** || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">It was clarified that though we are planning, we will have to go by what students wish to explore and inquire into
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">We will have each group come up with a different CI depending on their chosen strand and address all eight concepts through the unit
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">It was also proposed that in addition to the Blog, teachers and students also collaborate and reflect online using Wikispaces ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Some resources ** || * []
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 * [|http://www.xtimeline.com]
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">FOLLOW UP/ ACTION (if any) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Complete Pre Planning Sheet and submit to Abhimanyu during the Diwali break
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Teachers to do further research on the theme to find a variety of good resources
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Explore Wikispaces to become more comfortable with it


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Minutes By: Abhimanyu Das Gupta **