Gifted

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Gifted Talented

• 23rd October 2008
• Welcome to Parents Carers

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Why you are here!

• Top bracket in terms of potential of either
  academic intelligence or significantly gifted in
  any single subject.
• Top 5
• Top 7
• Top 10

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What is a GT?

• Any student who is achieving significantly
  higher than their peers.

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Purpose of tonight

• To inform parents of what is available to your
  son / daughter at North Kesteven School in this
  academic year.
• To let parents know more about the national
  picture on GT support.
• To introduce the possibilities for the future.

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John F Kennedy

• All of us do not have equal talent, but all of
  us should have an equal opportunity to develop
  our talent.

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For all students

• We are aiming for
• Differentiated learning in all classes
• GT opportunities to be made increasingly
  available in all subject areas
• Parents to have a clear point of contact to
  discuss progress and development alongside the
  usual Head of year and tutor route.

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Extras open to all, especially GT

• Performing arts
• Specific GT clubs
• Space club
• Music tuition in both instruments and choirs
• Sport Ambassadors and sporting opportunities

• Summer schools
• NK held 2 summer schools
• 7 schools group has many more.
• Pacific theatre (History)
• Accelerated learning in MFL and Des Tech

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Why?

• Because very clever children need support
• So do their parents.
• Very bright children can be very difficult if
  their needs are not managed.

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NAGTY

• No longer exists

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YGT

• Young, Gifted Talented with a new website which
  has become live and exciting in September 2008.
  CfBT
• Top 10 and also open to those who may benefit by
  being members
• I would like to see a new wave of NK students
  joining this internet learner academy

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officially

• To raise standards and improve opportunities and
  outcomes for identified and potential gifted
  talented students
• To improve the attainment and / or performance,
  aspirations, motivation and self esteem of GT
  learners.

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Year 7

• Identification through SATs, CATs, teacher
  assessments, tutor knowledge and parental input.
• Streaming by Christmas in Science and Maths.
• GT opportunities from the CfBT in Lincs on
  Challenge Plus events with years 5,6 helping with
  transition.

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Year 8

• Further screening in individual subjects
• 30 selected as target generic group for
  voluntary enrichment classes based on
  recommendation from various sources.
• Interschool quiz team. Junior Challenge.
• Increased access to higher level thinking skills
  and tasks in the classroom
• Maths Challenge
• Space centre trip May 2008

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Year 8

• Student research programme with Ms Fox as part of
  student voice , learning research skills
  investigating educational experiences.

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Year 9

• Great courses in Year 8 and 9. Y8 extension
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• New approaches in the curriculum to allow more
  individual work to access higher level
  assessments such as personal research programmes.
• Early entry GCSEs.

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Year 10

• Early entry GCSEs English.
• English Speaking union for top debaters
• Trip to theatre in Sheffield to support GCSE
  studies
• Science trip
• Attendance at NAGTY run course on Forensics held
  at RP and Loughborough University for Sport GT
  day.
• Course specific support.

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Year 11

• Fast track maths group went to Birmingham to
  raise A grades to A at GCSE
• National Extension College courses (GCSEs done in
  the students own time at cost of 300 per
  subject)

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mentoring

• Students are able to access support from staff
  through the mentoring programme which can include
  GT students.

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Student voice

• A very notable addition to NK where many able
  students are able to express their opinions, take
  on research and present to people both in school
  and at regional levels.

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Year 12 13

• Oxbridge support in school and linking with other
  schools.
• OU modules in Science and Arts. Next one is
  science to start May 2008. Contact Miss Yarsley
  for more details.
• AS course on critical thinking.
• Awareness support of GT at this level.

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Intervention

• Meetings with parents carers to discuss
  progress and issues.
• Offers of opportunities to extend range and depth
  in selected areas both in school and out eg YGT
  and summer schools in either the county or more
  nationally advertised.
• I also target and interview GT students.

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Lincoln Specialist Schools Group

• 7 x GT Lead teachers meet regularly.
• Share good practice with departments across
  schools.
• Offer an even wider range of opportunities
• Work together to share guest speakers.
• Your children will be able to access
  opportunities at NK and other schools at various
  times. Watch this website and look for links to
  the LSSG.

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What Mrs Wood does!!

• Monitors and develops action plan
• Liaises with parents.
• INSET on GT to other schools (IQS)
• Leads the Lincoln Specialist Schools (7)
• Markets NKs GTs extensively eg Oxford Brookes
  University, YGT so that we are known nationally.
• Attends national conferences and gets invitations
  for national seminars.
• Actively seeks additional funding for GT
  ventures..

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The Future

• The School website holds further details,
  internet links and opportunities for GT under
  students / gifted and talented / links for
  parents to the ygt website.

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Aims for next 12 months

• Every department progressing with support for GT
  students in the classroom.
• Effective tracking and monitoring of the GT
  students and additional support given as
  necessary.
• Students feeling suitably challenged, not bored
  and knowing where to find new stuff.

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Parents can help

• Some parents have created opportunities for our
  GTs through their own contacts.
• If you have GT experience yourself, you might
  like to get involved with some of the new
  curriculum developments.
• You may know of exciting opportunities that I
  have missed. Please feel free to alert me to good
  things for NK students. email through
  enquiries_at_nkschool.lincs.sch.uk