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PYP in Action

In the links below, you will be able to see some of the different aspects of the PYP in action. Learn about the Learner Profile, the PYP Exhibition, and what Inquiry looks like - or sounds like - at the Early Years level.

  • PYP in ACTION
    The following slide show is made up of photos taken this school year that give evidence of our efforts to continue growing as a PYP school. Thus, you will see  Central Ideas, students' questions, explorations, and inquiries. This is what the PYP looks like at Westlake Academy!     Download (.pdf).
  • What Does Inquiry Look Like at Westlake Academy?Download (.pdf).

  • Student Wonderings
    One of the most fruitful aspects of our staff development sessions over the past few months, has been the sharing of inquiry that has started each meeting. The more teachers become involved with the PYP, the more questions they have about what real inquiry looks like and sounds like. The enclosed transcripts demonstrate what inquiry sounds like: a consideration of other ideas, a thinking and wondering aloud, a tentative stance and, at times, a reconsideration of hypothesis in light of what others have said.   What do you think? KG Download (.pdf).  Life Cycles- KG Download (.pdf)
  • PYP Matters 
The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to continue developing our shared understanding of what learning looks like at Westlake Academy in  order to support our students as they develop and grow as independent thinkers, committed members of our community, and productive citizens of the world.
To access the 2007- 2008 PYP Matters please follow this link.