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French Gifted and Talented - Extension Activities
A bundle of resources to be used as series of lessons and/or standalone lessons at KS3 and KS4-5.
It comprises a Harry Potter Challenge Day for year 7, a News and Media Challenge Day for year 8 and a French literature series of lessons for KS4-5 students on Le Petit Prince.
Gifted and Talented - Ancient Greece
A series of activities on ancient Greece that involve higher order thinking skills. Suitable for extension work and as part of gifted and talented/more able provision.
Acknowledging the National Association of Gifted Children. (NAGC - UK)
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Gifted and Talented PE Reports
A rather detailed variety of report descriptions for a mixed age of gifted and talented childlren.
Gifted and Talented Music Cards
Cards for performing, composing and appraising which can be used by students at KS2 and 3 to further stretch and challenge them in lessons.
Usually printed on 3 different coloured cards, they can be selected by students when completing any work and they should be able to link the extra challenge to what they are completing.
Gifted and Talented Challenge
Produced for gifted and talented KS2 students to spark aspiration, and develop skills. As this is open-ended it could be used with students of any ability, as it has scaffolds and prompts to support thinking and investigation if needed.
Could be used over a long period of time, to drop in and out of, or as holiday homework. There are 10 challenges, which can be completed individually in isolation, as a complete set, and in any order. A range of topics are included to develop a wider range of skills, and to capture student interest.
Gifted and Talented Leaders Bundle
Resources for Primary school Gifted and Talented/Most Able Leaders. Resources include:
Staff Meeting presentation
Audit Tool to evaluate provision
Identification Framework to establish a Pupil Register
Skills Assessment of pupils working at a greater depth
Ideas for lesson provision in all subjects other than Literacy and Maths
Group Activities - based on Philosophy for Children
Independent Thinking Skills Activities
Religious Education - Gifts and Talents
A lesson plan offering a carousel of activities focusing on “Gifts and Talents"
Gifted and Talented Coordinator - Powerpoint
Useful for school leaders or Govt Education department education workers.
What a gifted and talented Co-ordinator will do.
I aim to start by looking at the aims of the Gifted and Talented Programme within the EIC.
Next I will look at the Vision and then relate it to reality.
I will then move on to show where we are at present and have used the information received in the Strategic plan to help with this.
I will then move on to the future and what effect a co-ordinator will have on the LEA, the school and governors, the parents and the pupils.
Gifted & Talented: Fantasy Unit
This unit of work and accompanying series of lessons was designed for a class of Gifted and Talented students in year 8. They were studying fantasy fiction in their general English classes, and withdrawn for 2 separate sessions a week to focus on these extension activities.
This unit can be integrated into a fantasy unit or taught separately. Details are as follows:
PBL, student-centred model
Culminating product is a fantasy narrative fiction
Lots of scaffolds, differentiation and stretch and challenge
Designed as an introduction to understanding literary theory
Built around fostering higher order thinking skills, critical and creative writing, and 21st century skills (collaboration, questioning etc).
Research and digital literacy- some lessons require independent research and inquiry.
Lessons included focus on the following:
Why have people dissed fantasy? Critical readings of Le Guinn and Tolkien
Introduction of project and need to knows
Process of creation: who was Tolkien and what were his methods?
Introduction of complex terminology relating to fantasy world-building
Breakdown of critical reading of “On Fairy Stories” and linking to ‘what is the purpose of fantasy?’
How to build a convincing fantasy world
How to create unique magic systems
What are the ethical considerations of fantasy?
Originally, this powerpoint was made using Google Slides, and students all had their own digital copy. This is why some of the interactive “portals” (pictures where students can right-click and will be taken to a separate resource) link elsewhere. I have included the resources in a different form so that you can give these to students in hard copy form instead.
Whole School Staff Training : Able, Gifted and Talented
This powerpoint is based around the more able, gifted and talented across the whole school. The powerpoint explains what talented and gifted is, how to support them and classroom strategies
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Crash Course in Gifted and Talented Education for Australian Schools
This series of information sheets on aspects of Gifted and Talented Education has been used to establish a Gifted and Talented program in two New England NSW high schools. The bundle includes:
+ 1. What is Gifted and Talented Education?
+ 2. How do you identify a GAT student?
+ 3. What factors can make a student gifted or talented?
+ 4. Why should GAT students be encouraged to study Creative & Performing Arts?
+ 5. What is Gifted Underachievement?
+ 6. What are the best GAT teaching strategies
+ 7. Can I still use Bloom’s Taxonomy in a GAT class?
+ 8. What is a Personal Learning Plan?
+ 9. What are the stages of identifying GAT students?
+ 10. How can the School Counsellor help?
+ 11. How can competitions help GATE students?
+ 12. Are all GATE students easy to teach?
+ 13. What does it take for a student to be GATE?
+ 14. What is curriculum differentiation?
+15. Can GATE students have learning difficulties or disabilities?
+16. Is enrichment and extension the same?
+17. What are the characteristics of GATE learners?
+18. Why is perfectionism a problem for GATE students?
+ 19. What is the difference between a gift and a talent?
+ 20. Do GATE Aboriginal students need special provisions?
+ 21. What are the characteristics of GAT students with ASD?
+ 22. What is needed for a Music student to perform professionally?
+ 23. What are good teaching practices in a HSIE GAT classes?
+ 24. What challenges are faced by GAT students in rural areas?
+ 25. What can be done for GAT students in Technology?
+ 26. Is bullying different for GAT students?
+ 27. What are the advantages of individualised learning contracts?
+ 28. What research-based curriculum is suitable for Mathematically gifted students?
+ 29. What is creative problem-solving?
+ 30. How can teachers ask good questions of GAT students?
+ 31. What is the role of the GATE Focus Group?
+ 32. What is acceleration?
+ 33. What is curriculum compacting?
+ 34. How does curriculum compacting work?
+ 35. What are the early signs of giftedness?
+ 36. What is GERRIC?
+ 37. Why do GATE students have problems with homework?
+ 38. How can GATE students be used as tutors for other students?
+ 39. How can acceleration work?
+ 40. What are the types of acceleration?
+ 41. What is the latest with Multiple Intelligences?
+ 42. How should GAT students be counselled?
+ 43. What is meant by “twice exceptional” students?
+ 44. How can History be adapted to GAT students?
+ 45. What happened to HSC Distinction courses?
+ 46. What’s the latest research on GAT students in CAPA?
+ 47. Should GAT students be taught how to think?
+ 48. What is the latest research on language development in GAT students?
+ many more
History Gifted and Talented Policy for History department
History Gifted and Talented Policy for History department - editable.
Passport for HAP or gifted and talented pupils to record progress
6 sheets that form a passport booklets with ideas from each department of what your gifted and talented pupils can do to enhance their learning outside the curriculum. They collect stamps throughout the year the more stamps the better the destination the passport will take you! We did reward trips for stamps. Easy to use, each department has input and easy for pupils and teachers alike to track the additional activity's of their HAP or gifted and talented pupils
Second Grade Gifted and Talented Create a Sandwich Project
This is a project geared towards second grade G&T students. After doing a study on healthy eating, students will use the attached worksheet to create an original sandwich. They will then pair up to create a menu.
End of Year 6 report for Gifted and Talented child.
This is an end of year report for a Gifted and Talented child.
Gifted and Talented (differentiated bundle for girls and boys)
This bundle has questionnaires, presentations, a document with a researched videos and is great value for money (7 resources and hours of planning).
Key Stage Three Gifted and Talented Teaching Activities
The resource provides a range of teaching activities and ideas across topics related to Key Stage Three such as the Battle of Hastings, Religious Reformation, Black Death and Slavery. The resource is designed to be utilised by teachers to engage students with particular emphasis on supporting Gifted and Talented students (Higher Performance Learners). The resource also contains assignments for students to complete.





