{"id":58,"date":"2016-10-17T06:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T06:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-learner\/diverse-learning\/gifted-and-talented\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:03:55","slug":"gifted-and-talented","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-learner\/diverse-learning\/gifted-and-talented\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted and Talented"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p>Students identified as being gifted or talented are those who perform, or have the potential to perform, in one or more domains at a level significantly beyond children of the same age, culture or circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The College follows Gagn\u00e8s\u2019 model of giftedness and talent which demonstrates in a practical way, the links between aptitude and achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Identification is a key element to the provision of gifted and talented education. This takes place through a number of methods, including: educational attainment testing (Allwell), NAPLAN analysis, external testing, internal testing, teacher nomination and parent nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Provisions for talent development are made through: integrated differentiated programs, independent study programs, curriculum compacting, subject acceleration and class ability grouping. In Mathematics a compacted curriculum is offered for suitable candidates in Stages 5 and 6 over a three year period.<\/p>\n<p>Provisions external to the classroom include opportunities such as: The Australian Science Olympiads, the international Future Problem Solving Competition, academic gala days in a number of domains, the NSW da Vinci Decathlon, the study of Philosophy as an elective in Stage 5 and\u00a0participation in the NSW Philosothon and more.<\/p>\n<p>In the Junior School, an extension group operates for boys in both Years 5 and 6. The group is selected from a combination of standardised tests, school-based tests and teacher recommendation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about how we best identify, nurture and support our gifted and high potential students, please refer to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gifted-and-Enrichment-Overview-updated-Oct-2023.pdf\">Gifted and Enrichment document available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students identified as being gifted or talented are those who perform, or have the potential to perform, in one or more domains at a level significantly beyond children of the same age, culture or circumstances. The College follows Gagn\u00e8s\u2019 model &hellip; <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/our-learner\/diverse-learning\/gifted-and-talented\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18242,"parent":41,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18246,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/18246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}