Category: Gifted Education
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Differentiate the culture
We need to focus on differentiating the culture of our classrooms – not just the content There are a myriad of resources out there about how to differentiate lessons and activities for our gifted and high potential learners, but how often do classroom teachers and schools differentiate the culture they are growing in these spaces?…
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Ways that schools help and hinder Gifted students.
The justification for gifted education is simple: Academically advanced children should be given work at their speed and level, both to nurture their talents and prevent them from becoming bored and disruptive in class. I came across an interesting article this week: 4 ways schools help or hinder Giftedness This does make links to schooling in…
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Starting the new year with Gifted Education
The start to the new school year is a great time to reassess what worked well in the past and the changes that can be made. However, most importantly, it is a time to connect with formally identified students and classroom teachers so that assessment and support can be started immediately. Supporting teachers through looking…
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The first six weeks – Gifted students
The first six weeks is vital in any classroom – for the teacher and students and seeing as this is a gifted blog – how can we make sure we are supporting our gifted students in the first six weeks? We still need to get to know them but go beyond just likes and dislikes.…
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Ways that schools help and hinder Gifted students.
The justification for gifted education is simple: Academically advanced children should be given work at their speed and level, both to nurture their talents and prevent them from becoming bored and disruptive in class. I came across an interesting article this week: 4 ways schools help or hinder Giftedness This does make links to schooling in…
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Remote learning and Gifted Education
Many of us in NSW have been suddenly thrown into stricter lockdowns and remote learning once again but we need to remember that there is so much opportunity to extend and challenge our gifted students when they are learning from home as it can be more self directed, higher challenge and much more opportunity to…
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Using the Kaplan model – novel studies
The Kaplan model is an excellent model to help you to add more challenge to your literacy lessons. This model was developed by Sandra Kaplan & Bette Gould with the underlying aim to develop students skills in different real life expertise areas. They looked at different experts from many disciplines and worked out which 11…
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Finding your child’s gift
Have you ever wondered if your child is gifted? Perhaps they taught themselves to read at an early age? Maybe they display empathy towards others beyond their years? Some gifted children can manipulate numbers ten years before their age peers. Being gifted can be seen in many different ways and although my blog has a…
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Adding challenge to a passion project
Passion projects are a bit of a buzz word and can be lots of fun for students to take part in – they get to choose what they study and also how the present it. But are they learning? When we create passion projects we need to make sure that there is: Challenge Limited amount…
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Programming for challenge
When we start a new year or a new topic most teachers are lucky enough to be given a program from the year before to use. This can be fantastic as it saves time and also inspires ideas for the current year but there are many things we need to do before we use the…
Extend, Empower, Enrich 