Action

**Action: how do we want students to act?** ﻿Making the PYP Happen says this about action, "An explicit expectation of the PYP is that successful inquiry will lead to responsible action, initiated by the student as a result of the learning process. The action component of the PYP can involve service in the widest sense of the word: service to fellow students, and to the larger community, both in and outside the school. Effective action does not need to be grandiose. On the contrary, it begins at the most immediate and basic level; with the self; within the family; within the classroom, the hallways and the playground."

Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education, International Baccalaureate Organization, 2009

Do your summative assessments include planning for meaningful action?