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 Gifted and Talented Students

We are currently in the process of identifying gifted and talented students within our school. The first step involves a nomination process, and nominations can be made by teachers, parents, students or peers.

Traits which may be exhibited by a gifted and talented student may include;

Intellectual Traits

Personality Traits

Exceptional reasoning ability                              

Intellectual curiosity

Rapid learning rate

Facility for abstraction

Complex thought processes

Vivid imagination

Early moral concern

Passion for learning

Powers of concentration

Analytical thinking

Divergent thinking/creativity

Keen sense of justice

Capacity for reflection

Insightful

Need to understand

Need for mental stimulation

Perfectionism

Need for precision/logic

Excellent sense of humour

Sensitivity/empathy

Intensity

Perseverance

Acute self-awareness

Nonconformity

Questioning rules/authority

Tendency to introversion

                                                                                                            (Silverman, 1993)

If you believe your child is gifted, then please fill in the form found on this page and get your child to give it to Mrs Martin in the Science Faculty by June 2nd. Nominations will then be subjected to a screening process to compile a list of gifted students which will then be passed on to faculty heads for implementation into gifted and talented programs.

Please be aware that studies show that only 3% of the population are considered to be gifted and talented so a nomination may not lead to a child being identified.

 

S. Martin                                                                                                                                Open link to nomination form