Tag: school
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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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Schools for tomorrow
Activist leaders lead with love, care, and solidarity (McKay& Mills, 2022). They understand that education is not just about the academic outcomes of learners, but about nurturing humans. They build schools where students and staff feel valued, heard, and empowered to imagine new possibilities. https://community.acel.org.au/blogs/fiona-longmuir/2025/07/01/reimagining-schooling There are schools out there that are changing, but these…
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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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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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Adding depth to spelling
Perhaps the usual spelling lessons at school involve talking about the rule, playing some games in groups and then practising through writing. But learning remotely takes away the interaction and some hands on games for many children thus leaving spelling to more of a chore task than one which is often fun. Remote learning needs…
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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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Is your school catering for gifted students?
Every school should be able to cater for their bright and gifted students. Here is a quick list to think about: Are all of your lessons catering for the different abilities of students and challenging those who have already achieved the content? Do you regularly assess your students informally and formally to ensure that there…
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Student directed learning
When your bright and gifted students and moving beyond the curriculum through achievement of the outcomes or even when they are moving within the outcomes, we need think more creatively as to how we can support them so they develop skills as future problem solvers and creative thinkers. Weekly self check Rather than continue on…
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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 