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About the author
Simon Davidson currently works as independent educational consultant, supporting schools with evaluation, leadership and curriculum development. He has had a variety of roles in international education, including founding the International School of Como as headteacher and working as a principal in Germany. He was editor of the book Taking the PYP Forward, with Steven Carber, which reviewed a wide variety of areas of current best practice for PYP schools.
Stefanie Waterman is a PYP teacher with over 15 years experience in international education. She has had a variety of roles, including PYP coordinator of Southbank International School Kensington in the UK.
Summary
PYP Springboard inquiry boxes can be used flexibly by teachers and students of the International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme, supporting a school's inquiry programme and the teaching of the units of inquiry.
The Our School and Community Inquiry Box is for ages 6-9. It contains a collection of mixed-ability non-fiction books to enable students to practise research skills and explore their own lines of inquiry within the unit. The teacher's manual gives guidance and support offering:
- Links to the appropriate transdisciplinary themes and skills, key concepts and PYP attitudes
- Suggestions for central ideas
- Questions to ask the students to provoke meaningful discussion and inquiry
- Ideas for learning engagements
- Flexible assessment sheets and research organisers
- Formative and summative assessment ideas
- Links to the learner profile
- Links to other disciplinary concepts.
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Foreword
The Our School and Community Inquiry Box is part of the PYP Springboard series for teachers and students of the International Baccalaureate® Primary Years Programme.
