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//Our Definition of Giftedness: //
 A gifted student is a child who has outstanding abilities or a student who is capable of working at a significantly higher level than those of his/her age peers.

//Our approach: //
 Children are identified by their outstanding ability, by their teachers, their parents or by psychological assessment. We will endeavour to place children with “like minded” children in a regular classroom. They are placed with a teacher empathetic to their special needs and accelaration is considered on a case by case basis.They are moved with appropriate speed through the curriculum and work in a classroom programme that encourages higher level thinking, inquiry questioning, exploration of personal interests and the may include the opportunity for children to interact with experts beyond the school. They are encouraged to become independent learners using their own unique blend of intelligences.

 Enabling Skills, which include, Thinking skills, Multiple Intelligences and Goal Setting are taught to all children in the school but particularly enhance the learning of gifted children.

**We Believe: ** That with appropriate support and intervention all students can learn successfully in a normal classroom however there are times when we offer additional programmes because exceptional learners require exceptions to the normal curriculum. These may take the form of:
 * Creative Writing - Young Writers Workshops
 * Inquiry Based Focus Groups
 * Arts Enrichment
 * Music
 * Chess, and others as they become available or are relevant to specific needs.
 * Leadership roles
 * UNSW exams
 * ICT workshops
 * Visits to take part in off campus extension groups e.g. Science Alive


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