Stretch

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Stretch Challenge

• Specific Subject Ideas

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Gifted Talented - Art

• Information and further research to support
  Gifted Talented students in Art.
• http//www.tate.org.uk/
• http//kids.tate.org.uk/
• http//andreajoseph24.blogspot.com/
• http//designmuseum.org/
• http//www.photonet.org.uk/
• http//www.vam.ac.uk/
• http//www.whitechapelgallery.org/
• http//www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
• http//www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/
• http//www.banksy.co.uk/
• http//www.mauricemagazine.com/
• http//www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/
• http//www.lomography.com/
• http//www.daydreamlily.com/
• http//www.number8.org/
• http//www.mikeperrystudio.com/
• http//www.pbs.org/art21/

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Gifted Talented - Art
Books The Polaroid Book Taschen
Series Drawing From Life, The Journal as Art by
Jennifer New By Hand, The use of Craft in
Contemporary Art by Joseph Magliaro, Shu
Hung Hand Made Graphics, Tools and Techniques
beyond the Mouse by Anna Way The Photo Book
Phaidon Series The Art Book Phaidon
Series Dogtown The Legend of the Z-Boys by Glen
E. Freidman Leroy Grannis by Jim Heirman Tim
Walker Fashion Photography Films David
Hockney Grand Canyon Step into Liquid
Surfing Billabong Odyssey Surfing Guy Denning
You Tube Videos Aardman Animation Wallace
Gromit The Genius of Photography
Key Artists David Hockney Andy Warhol Peter
Blake Damien Hirst Andrea Joseph Louise
Bourgeois Tracey Emin Frida Kahlo Francesca
Woodman Martin Parr Tim Walker Banksy Sheppard
Fairey
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Gifted Talented Business Economics
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Business and
Economics. www.tutor2u.net www.bized.co.uk/
www.economist.com www.startups.co.uk www.busi
nessstudiesonline.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gc
sebitesize/business www.necb.org www.bbc.co.uk/
news/business/ www.young-enterprise.org.uk.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
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Gifted Talented Business Economics
Books / Magazines Anyone Can Do It My
Story by Duncan Bannatyne The Armchair
Economist by Steven Landsburg Business
Stripped Bare Adventures of a Global
Entrepreneur by Sir Richard Branson The
Snowball Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder The Economist Business
Week Business Review / Economics Review TV /
Radio Programmes Dragons Den The Apprentice
Working Lunch The Money Programme Money
Box
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Gifted Talented English

• Information and further research to support
  Gifted Talented students in English
• www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/.../eng
  lish/.../index.htm
• www.teachingexpertise.com/resources/gifted-talente
  d
•  www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/.../cpdgifted/cpdresweb
  links.html
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  language/
• http//www.themanbookerprize.com/
• http//cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/
• http//www.poetsgraves.co.uk/index.html
• http//www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/poetsHo
  me.do
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profe
  ssions/poets.shtml
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/

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Gifted Talented English
Books Anything in bookshops that comes under
the heading Classics is generally good to
stretch and challenge. There are English reading
lists for each year group so we would supply the
reading list for the year above. Films/TV
Programmes The West Wing Frankenstein Any
adaptations of novels/plays Talking Heads
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Gifted Talented History
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in History www.spartac
us.net www.bbc.co.uk/history www.history.org www.3
2postkarten.com www.plaqueguide.com http//WW2Hist
ory.com www.hmd.org.uk/resources/survivor-stories/
www.bl.uk/timeline
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Gifted Talented History
Books Elizabeth by David Starkey A History of
Britain by Simon Schama History of Britain by
Andrew Marr The Cheese and the Worms The Cosmos
of a Sixteenth-Century Miller by Carlo Ginzburg
Russia by AntonChekov War and Peace by
Tolstoy Films/TV Programmes Please check age
certification Cecil B. De Mille's Biblical and
Roman Empire Epics Ghandi Patton Passage to
India The Last Emperor The Killing
Fields Nixon Malcolm X Ed Wood Evita
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Gifted Talented ICT
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in ICT http//www.gre
enfoot.org/ www.bbc.co.uk (various ICT news
stories, latest technology, good multimedia
product examples) www.teach-ict.co.uk (covers the
full ICT syllabus) http//www.xtranormal.com/ (ani
mation) http//scratch.mit.edu/ (programming/anima
tion) http//tv.adobe.com (Adobe tutorials for
Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and
Photoshop) http//www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ (HTML
coding tutorials) http//www.schoolicons.com/eng/i
ndex.html (free computer icons) http//www.homeand
learn.co.uk/ (various software tutorials) http//w
ww.smartwebby.com/ (loads of web based info and
tutorials) http//bestanimations.com/index.html (f
ree animated gifs) http//www.computing.co.uk/ (ma
gazine format for all current ICT news
stories) Pivot Stickman Animator (download free
from a range of websites)
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Gifted Talented ICT
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in ICT http//www.gre
enfoot.org/ www.bbc.co.uk (various ICT news
stories, latest technology, good multimedia
product examples) www.teach-ict.co.uk (covers the
full ICT syllabus) http//www.xtranormal.com/ (ani
mation) http//scratch.mit.edu/ (programming/anima
tion) http//tv.adobe.com (Adobe tutorials for
Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver and
Photoshop) http//www.htmlcodetutorial.com/ (HTML
coding tutorials) http//www.schoolicons.com/eng/i
ndex.html (free computer icons) http//www.homeand
learn.co.uk/ (various software tutorials) http//w
ww.smartwebby.com/ (loads of web based info and
tutorials) http//bestanimations.com/index.html (f
ree animated gifs) http//www.computing.co.uk/ (ma
gazine format for all current ICT news
stories) Pivot Stickman Animator (download free
from a range of websites)
Films/TV Programmes Click (technology
programme available on BBC iPlayer)  The Gadget
Show Channel 5
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Gifted Talented Maths
Books Maths Challenge Book 1-3 - Tony
Gardiner Mathematical Challenge Tony
Gardiner More Mathematical Challenges Tony
Gardiner The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and
Interesting Numbers David Wells Taming the
Infinite The story of Mathematics Ian
Stewart Cows in the Maze and other Mathematical
Explorations Ian Stewart Films/TV
Programmes The story of Maths (TV series)
Marcus du Sautoy Good Will Hunting (film) A
Beautiful Mind (film)
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Gifted Talented Maths
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in. http//nrich.ma
ths.org/public/index.php http//nrich.maths.org/st
emNRICH http//mathschallenge.net/ http//www.myma
ths.co.uk/ - A Level section or A to A booster
pack
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Gifted Talented MFL
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in MFL www.france24.
com 24 hour news website www.lequipe.fr Sports
results and articles www.allocine.fr Trailers of
all the latest films www.linguascope.com Games
and Puzzles in lots of languages Ngfl.northumberla
nd.gov.uk/languages/ Classic fairy
tales www.tf1.fr News website similar to the
BBC www.atantot-extra.com Games
website www.goethe.de German Cultural
site www.heute.de - 100 second daily news
reports http//german.about.com/ - access to
whole range of newspaper, magazine, radio news
links
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Gifted Talented MFL
Books Le petit prince by Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry Nathan und seine Kinder by Mirjam
Pressler Films/TV Programmes Au revoir les
enfants Mon père ce héros Jean de
Florette Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques The
Lives of Others (German) Sophie Scholl-The
Final Days (German) The Edukators 'Goodbye
Lenin' 'Lola rennt' 'Der Untergang' 'Das Leben
der Anderen'
Other Paris-Match (French) Stern (German) Hola!
(Spanish)
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Gifted Talented Music
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Music
General Information www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music www.wikipedia.org www.bbc.co.uk/music www.bbc.co.uk/blast www.classicfm.co.uk www.youtube.com www.oxfordmusiconline.com Music Technology and Music Software www.sibelius.com www.steinberg.net www.vstplanet.com www.audacity.sourceforge.net www.propellerheads.se www.midi.org www.recording.org www.soundonsound.com
Music Theory www.musictheory.net www.8notes.com/theory www.musictheory.org.uk www.abrsm.org Listening www.apple.com/itunes www.spotify.com www.naxosmusiclibrary.com www.listen.grooveshark.com
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Gifted Talented Music
Books Grove Dictionary of Music Copies in the
library and PA3 Rhinegold Dictionary of Music in
Sound Harmony in Practice Anna Butterworth An
Introduction to Music Technology Dan Hosken The
Pop Music Textbook Edition Peters A Guide to
Music Around the World Peter Dunbar-Hall Big
Bangs Howard Goodall The Composers Handbook B
Cole Orchestral Technique G Jacobs Music/TV
Programmes/Other All BBC radio stations and
BBC4 TV Classic FM, Jazz FM Classic FM, BBC
Music and Sound on Sound magazines There is a
whole world of music just waiting to be
discovered. Go and watch a live concert,
re-tune the radio to a new station, listen to a
new band, composer or style of music. Do it
with open ears and an open mind!
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Gifted Talented Performing Arts
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Drama Performing
Arts http//www.ericdigests.org/2003-4/gifted-st
udents.html Integrating the Arts into the
Curriculum for Gifted Students.  www.youngplaywrig
hts101.com www.produceaplay.com  http//www.krying
sky.com/Stan/Biography/bot.html http//web.archive
.org/web/20040619012630/www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/oldglo
be/oldglobe_index.htm http//www.getintotheatre.or
g/ BTec Performing Arts http//www.artscouncil.o
rg.uk/ For applying for grants http//www.equity
.org.uk/ To Protect performers in the
workplace http//www.gumtree.com/ Networking
and Advertising Shows/Performances/Exhibitions www
.edinburghfestivals.co.uk For a place to
perform Shows http//www.festivalofworldcultures.c
om/ For Networking and performing shows
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Gifted Talented Performing Arts
Books Theatre of Cruelty - Artaud The Theatre
and its Double - Artaud Theatre of the Oppressed
- Boal An Actor Prepares Stanislavski Plays
by Brecht e.g. Mother Courage Ibsen A Dolls
House Chekhov The Seagull Films/TV
Programmes Sky Arts Culture Show BBC modern
Shakespeare Series Film adaptations of plays
Other Theatre visits London and
Stratford Join a Drama group school and
locally Take part in the annual Festival Plays
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Gifted Talented Psychology
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Psychology An
interesting blog, run by a clinical psychologist,
that focuses on issues associated with clinical
neuropsychology.www.clinicalneuropsych.blogspot.c
omA brilliant new website designed to help
anybody looking for informed and detailed
information on psychology. Definitions, history,
topic areas, theory and practice, careers,
psychology Q A and study skills are all covered
in detail. www.all-about-psychology.comA
useful site run by chartered psychologists
offering products and information designed to
enhance how you feel, think and
behave.www.psychology4you.comA free, on-line
resource for randomly assigning participants to
conditions.www.randomizer.orgAn excellent
site, packed full with A Level Psychology
resources and up to date news of research
findings from a variety of journals.
www.alevelpsychology.co.ukPsychology blog run
by Adrian Frost, Mike Cardwell and Cara Flanagan.
www.folensblogs.com/psychcompanion/blogParticip
ate in on-line research and contribute to the
development of psychological knowledge.www.online
psychresearch.co.ukA site that provides
comprehensive information about the various
career options available in Psychology.www.career
sinpsychology.co.uk   
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Gifted Talented Psychology
Books Eysenck, H.J. (1977) Crime and
Personality, 2nd ed/ London Routledge and Kegan
Paul Harrower, J (2003) Applying psychology to
crime. London Hodder and Stoughton Kline, P.
(1984) Psychology and Freudian Theory An
introduction London Methuen Lange, J. (1929)
Crime as Destiny. London Unwin Maslow, A.H
(1962) Toward a Psychology of being. New York
Van Nostrand McGurk, B.J and McDougall, C. (1981)
A new approach to the theory of the criminal
personality New York Academic Pinel, J (2003)
Biopsychology, 5th ed Boston Allyn and
Bacon. Price, J. (1968) The genetics of depressed
behaviour London Hodder and Stoughton Rokeach,
M. (1960) The Open and Closed Mind New York
Basic Books Sarafino, E. (2006) Health
Psychology New York. Wiley West, A.N (1973) Who
Becomes Deliquent? London Heineman Films/TV
Programmes Other CSI The Psychology
Review Magazine One Flew Over the Cuckoos
Nest British Psychological Society Silence of
the lambs The Centre for Investigative
Psychology Surviving Peter Sutcliffe One year
on- Investigation into the Rachel Nickel
case Cracker My Mum, Heroin and Me Strange
phobias
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Gifted Talented Philosophy Ethics
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Philosophy and
Ethics. Education is what survives when we
have forgotten all that we have learned B. F.
Skinner http//www.thinkingeducation.co.uk/philo
.htm - Will Ord P4C www.philosophyonline.co.uk/
A source of information http//www.philosophyofr
eligion.info/ Pitched at first year degree/A2
level http//www.philosophersnet.com/games/
This can give you headaches! http//www.philosop
hyexperiments.com/ And this one!
http//www.friesian.com/valley/dilemmas.htm
Ethical/Moral Dilemmas Practice thinking, it
does not really matter what with (apart from your
brain of course!)
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Gifted Talented Philosophy Ethics
Books Easy reading? Sophies World - Jostein
Gaarder Basic introduction to the history of
western philosophy The Life of Pi - Molitor
Patel Exploration into the role of faith and
perception The Consolation of Philosophy- Alain
De Botton Some people like it! General watered
down thought. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance- Robert M. Pirsig Critique of
Western Philosophy Primary sources! The Republic
(Book VII) Plato Philosophical and political
essay concerning state of humanity De anima
Aristotle Philosophical work on the nature of
life the universe and everything
including us. Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius Why dying to think is better than
living to consume. Meditations on First
Philosophy Descartes I think therefore I am
and other unfortunately illogical gems.
Films/TV Programmes Brazil Terry
Gilliangham Metropolis- Fritz Lang The Matrix-
Wachowski s
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Gifted Talented Science
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Science
Chemistry http//scienceblogs.com/moleculeoftheday http//blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist www.rscweb.org/blogs/cw www.chemheritage.org www.rsc.org/chemsoc www.nhm.ac.uk www.at-bristol.org.uk www.thinktank.ac.uk Physics http//advancingphysics.iop.org/ http//www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl http//www.stimulatingphysics.org/ http//www.lhc.ac.uk/ http//www.nasa.gov/ http//www.jpl.nasa.gov/ http//www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ http//www.darvill.clara.net Biology http//www.cellsalive.com/ An interactive site on microbiology, cell biology, immunology and microscopy http//www.beep.ac.uk/content/327.0.html An excellent website on genetic engineering and modification, cloning etc http//www.ygyh.org/ An interesting website on the causes and effects of genetic conditions http//learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html A really fun but very informative website on drug effects on the brain containing some very complex science. http//www.abpischools.org.uk/page/student.cfm An excellent website containing information about modern advances in medical Science http//www.ygtactivities.org.uk/ActivityList.aspx?subject_id2 Villiers park activities for G/T students doing A level Biology http//nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/landsteiner/ A website containing some excellent interactive activities on a number of Biological topics including blood groups, malaria, MRI scans http//www.genome.gov/10000202 Information about the impact of the Human genome project
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Gifted Talented Science
Books A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill
Bryson Highly recommended a hugely readable
introduction to historical developments in many
areas of science. Eating the Sun How Plants
Power the Planet Oliver Morton An excellent
and thorough treatment of photosynthesis, the
evolution of the Earths atmosphere and the
changes brought about by mankind. Critical Mass
How One Thing Leads to Another Philip Ball Can we
apply physics to the behaviour of large numbers
of people? Gets tricky later on, but fascinating
throughout. Chaos James Gleick A classic.
Introducing Chaos Theory and its implications for
mathematics and the sciences. Bad Science Ben
Goldacre An expose of poor or downright deceptive
science experiments and communication, mostly in
medicinal science. Measuring the Universe The
Historical Quest to Quantify Space Kitty
Ferguson A very readable account of the
development of our ideas about space. Kepler,
Galileo, Newton, Einstein all prominent. Einstein
s Universe Nigel Calder Does what is says on the
tin. How did Einstein arrive at his theories of
relativity and what implications did they
have? Life Ascending The Ten Great Inventions of
Evolution Nick Lane A biochemist looks at the
evolution of photosynthesis, warm blood, death
and other features of living things.
Advanced. Bully for Brontosaurus Stephen Jay
Gould One chosen more or less at random from the
many worthwhile publications of Gould, a master
of communicating biological science. This one
contains collected essays on a range of topics.
The Origins of Virtue Matt Ridley To what extent
is nice behaviour determined by genes? How do
humans benefit from behaving nicely to each
other? See also Genome and Nature via Nurture
genes, experience and what makes us human. The
Chemistry of Life Steven Rose An introduction to
biochemistry. Which molecules are essential for
life? What do they look like and what do they
do? The Periodic Table Primo Levi How chemistry
became intertwined with the life of a remarkable
man who lived through key episodes in history. A
classic.
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Gifted Talented Technology
Information and further research to support
Gifted Talented students in Technology www.ted
.com www.technologystudent.com www.spartacus.schoo
lnet.co.uk/REVdt.htm www.brainpop.com/ www.design-
technology.info/home.htm www.coolmax.invista.com w
ww.vogue.com www.design-council.org.uk www.bbcgoo
dfood.com - numerous ideas and
recipes www.jamieoliver.com Jamies campaigns,
ideas and recipes www.nigella.com
-recipes www.foodafactoflife.org.uk a wide range
of information on food and nutrition www.eatwell.g
ov.uk the Governments guide to healthy eating,
food hygiene, current ideas www.hairybikers.com
-recipes www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk information
on all aspects of school meals
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Gifted Talented Technology
Key Designers Ross Lovegrove Frank Lloyd
Wright Charles Rennie Mackintosh Gerrit
Reitveld Vivienne Westwood Matthew
Williamson Yohji Yamamoto Yves Saint Laurent Karl
Lagerfeld
Books 9 Heads A guide to fashion drawing by
Nancy Riegelman Exploring Textile Arts by Elaine
Perry Experimental Textiles by Kim
Thittichai Techno Textiles 2 by Sarah E Braddock
Clarke and Marie OMahony Manual Of
Nutrition-HMSO Desserts-James Martin Cooking
Explained-Barbara Hammond The Hairy Bikers Family
Cookbook (Mum knows best) Si King and Dave
Myers Cook With Jamie-Jamie Oliver Jamies
Dinners Jamie Oliver The Naked Chef-Jamie
Oliver How To Eat-Nigella Lawson Complete Cookery
Course-Delia Smith The Cookery Year-Readers
Digest Real Food-Nigel Slater English Bread and
Yeast Cookery-Elizabeth David Best Kept Secrets
of the Womens Institute Series
Key Artists David Hockney Andy Warhol Peter
Blake Damien Hirst Andrea Joseph Louise
Bourgeois Tracey Emin Frida Kahlo Francesca
Woodman Martin Parr Tim Walker Banksy Sheppard
Fairey