Setting up a Gifted and Talented programme for MBS

I have finally got the time to be able to focus attention onto our students who are requiring extension. Creating a document which outlines our schools' coverage for G 7 T students has highlighted two things:
How many things we already do for these students- such as:

Opt in lunchtime groups

Specialist classes
After school groups
Classroom acceleration and curriculum compacting...though this one needs some PLD to ensure it is across the school

Classroom programmes

Mathex

Debating

Speech and Poetry competitions

However it has also highlighted some areas to work on such as:

Creating a set of selection criteria, with staff, students and also parent voice

Culturally responsive Gifted programmes built in collaboration with our local Iwi and parents of our Maori students

We also as yet do not accelerate through side along enrollment, which is an area we need to look to build as we often have intermediate students already able to sit NCEA maths and English

however these are all on the to do list

This week I got to start my extension Maths and Literacy classes and we had a ball. It's amazing how much you can miss being with kids, when most of your day is paperwork! 

It was total luxury to get to spend time with these amazing students, who took to the idea of a blog to share work and ideas, like ducks to water!and I am looking forward to the next sessions

MBS gifted blog

some pics of the maths fun making Pi from Pies