Re us ed.
PYP in Action
Term 2 | April 2014
STUDENT LED CONFERENCES
Sharing the learning
Communicating achievements and progress
Comments regarding our student led
conferences included:
“I learn so much about what happens in
the classroom – I could have stayed all
day” (Parent)
“Seeing how confident the children are on
the day as they demonstrate their
learning makes all the hard work leading
up to it worthwhile!” (Teacher)
“I can’t believe my mum and dad didn’t
know how to do that!” (Student)
It was wonderful to see so many
parents attend as another way to show
how much you support and value your
child’s learning development.
Oanh Crouch|PYP Coordinator
We have used student led conferences at St. Andrews for over 5 years now; where
the student is the guide in a discussion or explanation about different aspects of
their learning. Students are encouraged to use a common language – whether it
be in English or their mother tongue language to communicate. Hearing a range of
languages being spoken as learning is being discussed is certainly one of the
highlights of a student led conference at an international school setting. The
teacher’s role is to prepare the student before the conference, but on the
conference day the student acts independently; communicating, evaluating and
reflecting on their progress, accomplishments and next steps for future learning.
It was a fantastic atmosphere last Tuesday as another successful and highly
effective student led conference took place where I saw children:
take an active role in their learning
take ownership and responsibility for their work
see progress and development over time
become more aware of their own learning processes
I heard Parents asking key questions and posing comments with the child/ren,
including:
What does this piece of work show you have learned?
What are you most proud of?
This looks hard… Explain how you did this.
What did you find easy and/or hard about this? How could you improve
on this?
You have taught me something new!