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Finding your child’s gift

Have you ever wondered if your child is gifted? Perhaps they taught themselves to read at an early age? Maybe…

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Adding challenge to a passion project

Passion projects are a bit of a buzz word and can be lots of fun for students to take part…

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Programming for challenge

When we start a new year or a new topic most teachers are lucky enough to be given a program…

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Encouraging creative thinking

All children need to be encouraged to think creatively but our gifted learners are able to really go beyond what…

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Aussie STEM Stars Junior Fiction series

Wild Dingo Press have created three great books as part of a new series called Aussie STEM stars. The three first scientists in…

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Higher Order Thinking: Changing perspective

You may have heard of the Kaplan model and possibly used it in the classroom so in this blog today…

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Adding Depth and Complexity to your writing program

Many teachers often look at this concept and worry that they will have to overhaul their whole program to make…

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Asking open ended questions

Open ended questions and activities are what gets kids moving, excited and engaged. What are open ended questions? Open ended…

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Ease off the drill and practice

In this time of remote learning I have noticed one of my children has been set a lot of drill…

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Mathematics and Gifted Education

Many educators and parents are often quick to jump onto online games, free worksheets and you tube tutorials to help…

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