My exhibition is about game design and creativity. My aim is to be able to generate great ideas quickly. I hope that with all the information I take out of this, I am able to create games that my family and friends will like. I chose creativity because I think the skills will have a great impact on my future. Some skills I am trying to learn are how to think of ideas quickly, and how I can have amazing ideas that will actually be creative. I think most of the skills I’m learning are quite helpful skills to learn because they will help me solve problems, relieve stress, and approach tasks with a creative mindset.

My symbolic piece is two puzzle pieces. One with a dotted tracing, indicating it’s not there, and the other filled in with yellow, indicating that it is there. On the side with the dotted tracing, there’s question marks, with not creative symbols or words, and the background is white and boring. On the side with the yellow puzzle piece, there’s a colourful background, with creative and inspirational words and symbols.

My symbolic piece connects a lot to my journey because it’s all about being creative and not caring if your ideas sound silly or not. The side that’s boring is how I felt at the beginning of the exhibition, and the side with colour is what I’m feeling towards the end of the exhibition. The puzzle pieces represent the fact that I’m doing game design as my topic, and that you can’t complete a puzzle with a missing piece. You can only have a good exhibition if you connect all the pieces together.

I am doing public speaking because I get so nervous and shy when I speak in front of a crowd. So look, listen and enjoy the show.

What ATL’s I tried to improve on was my communication skills of course and my time management. I tried to improve my time management because sometimes I am not so organised. I think I have improved a lot because I have to plan what I’m going to say, I need to make a presentation and the pictures have to relate to what I’m going to say. I have definitely improved ve my communication skills because I can now speak in front of an audience and not be frightened.

This piece resembles my feelings at the start of year six. It’s me in the spotlight with everyone looking at me. It’s me the lonely chair with mr mic. 🎤 At the time It felt like I was all alone, I’m that lonely chair with people staring at me. This picture was my mind at the time, the other picture resembles how I feel now. A BIG spotlight and less people watching. The truth is that everyone in my public speaking group felt the same way at the start so I’m not alone. I decided to add some nice quotes that got me through the exhibition and to inspire someone else who’s doing public speaking.

Thank you for listening to my story behind my drawing. Please exit the stands quickly and quietly.

For My PYP exhibition I chose to write an autobiography. The reason I chose to Write this book was because I wanted to work on my focus. Sometimes It Is hard for me to focus In class. Well not just in class but in other stuff as well. This is a big thing for me and I need to work on getting where I want to be. The Exhibition is a great opportunity for me to improve my focus and get an experience of what writing is like. Also having an end goal and trying your hardest and trying to focus to get it done. It’s obviously hard to write a whole book in not a long time but it’s still possible and with focus and hard work I can get it done. It’s the same for anything in life. Without any focus or hard work it’s very difficult to get anything done. That’s one of the lessons I’ve learned throughout the exhibition. The best thing about it is there’s so many lessons to learn through exhibition and it’s great when things all fall into place.

My Artistic Piece is a symbol to represent my journey through my exhibition. There’s times in the exhibition where there’s highs and there’s times where there’s lows but I just have to battle through. The thing is when it's high it’s all great but the lows are a whole lot different. So my Artistic Piece represents my ups and lows, obstacles and having to weave through tight spaces to get where I want to. With focus as I said there’s time where you feel absolutely hopeless with it and time where you feel great and that has happened to me. In the exhibition I have felt a lot of different emotions. Happy, confused, upset. Things like that and sometimes I don’t know what to feel. This happens in life In general.

For exhibition I did sewing.When doing sewing I was trying to improve my creating and interpreting skills. Sewing was not an easy thing to achieve, not just because of the sewing itself, but all the extra planning and reflecting that goes into it. A huge success in my exhibition were the results, on the other hand, a challenge was getting over my fear of the sewing machine. My exhibition definitely hasn't been the hardest but certainly not the easiest. I have come out with three results. I have improved on my ATL’s big time. Turns out creating and interpreting is harder than it sounds, or for me at least.

The reason I did sewing was because I wanted to get better at interpreting and creating. I still have some trouble creating and Interpreting but I have gotten better at it. To show that, I have made an artistic piece. The piece explains my journey from the bottom of the mountain to the top.The colors at the bottom of the arch are how I felt at the beginning of the journey. Purple was for confidence, blue for scared, pink for hate and yellow for emotionless. At the start of my journey I was very confident, then after starting I got very scared. In the end I was extremely annoyed and then I just felt nothing, you could say emotionless but all was not lost. I ended up with three amazing results. A pillow, a bear, and an adorable flying squirrel.

My artistic piece is more than just a picture, it has meaning, it is my journey.I have definitely gotten better from where I was 2 months ago. Sewing was a big step up for me. I am really proud of my exhibition.