Gifted and Talented????
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Gifted and Talented????
I opened the post this morning and almost fell over when I read that my daughter (at local grammar school) has been assessed as being in the top 10% of her year group and so was entitled to go on the gifted and talented register.
Being a selective school anyway, the letter stresses that the school adopts an inclusive approach to g&t and so basically nothing would change at school but she could register online to something and get additional work materials etc.
Now this is not a brag (I am staggered seeing as she seems fairly in the middle of her class for everything and in any event, I can't take credit for anything she does now) and am only posting to see if anyone else has registered and is it worth it etc. The last thing DD1 is going to do is want extra work on anything and when I read the letter to her she just laughed, and went back to watch the television........
My immediate feeling is that it's all very nice but doesn't actually mean anything and I should just file the letter along with the last school report.
Any views?
Being a selective school anyway, the letter stresses that the school adopts an inclusive approach to g&t and so basically nothing would change at school but she could register online to something and get additional work materials etc.
Now this is not a brag (I am staggered seeing as she seems fairly in the middle of her class for everything and in any event, I can't take credit for anything she does now) and am only posting to see if anyone else has registered and is it worth it etc. The last thing DD1 is going to do is want extra work on anything and when I read the letter to her she just laughed, and went back to watch the television........
My immediate feeling is that it's all very nice but doesn't actually mean anything and I should just file the letter along with the last school report.
Any views?
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The guidance is the top 10% in any school - ie those at the top of the group you have in front of you.
All (state) schools have to submit names of G&T in the Jan school census.
There are school and classroom quality standards
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcs ... ndtalented
All (state) schools have to submit names of G&T in the Jan school census.
There are school and classroom quality standards
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcs ... ndtalented
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Hi,
In my DD school the whole year group and the year group below was encouraged to register online with the organisation/ website for gifted children as the school argued that they all were " G & T". I am not sure if the school had some funding boost through encouraging this?
You could always E - mail them in Sept and ask what this means in practice.
Good luck
In my DD school the whole year group and the year group below was encouraged to register online with the organisation/ website for gifted children as the school argued that they all were " G & T". I am not sure if the school had some funding boost through encouraging this?
You could always E - mail them in Sept and ask what this means in practice.
Good luck
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Gifted and Talented
Thanks all for responses.
As I thought - it does seem to be a bit of a waste of time, but quite nice to be told anyway!
As I thought - it does seem to be a bit of a waste of time, but quite nice to be told anyway!
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Re: Gifted and Talented
Your school might be wonderful at extending their G&T.It may be worth following up.2outof3 wrote:Thanks all for responses.
As I thought - it does seem to be a bit of a waste of time, but quite nice to be told anyway!
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What is the website address called?
Can anyone join this site? I find that whether you are G&T or not if you want extention work you should be able to get it without being assessed suitable.
As I posted on beyond the 11 plus. My daugther was on the G&T list at primary school and as she is now going to grammar, they will take her name of the list and make her start all over again
I really don't believe this, I mean is this website any different whether you go to grammar school or not?
They are basically saying if she didn't pass her 11 plus she would be on the list at a normal school but she wont at a grammar school. (She dosen't believe she will be anyway).
I just believe this is silly.
Can anyone join this site? I find that whether you are G&T or not if you want extention work you should be able to get it without being assessed suitable.
As I posted on beyond the 11 plus. My daugther was on the G&T list at primary school and as she is now going to grammar, they will take her name of the list and make her start all over again
I really don't believe this, I mean is this website any different whether you go to grammar school or not?
They are basically saying if she didn't pass her 11 plus she would be on the list at a normal school but she wont at a grammar school. (She dosen't believe she will be anyway).
I just believe this is silly.