Gifted and Talented Provision

Gifted and Talented

"All students have the right to access a comprehensive curriculum that provides relevant, worthwhile educational programs, acknowledges differences in pace and learning style and enables them to participate, learn and experience success."

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South Island School endeavours to identify and provide opportunites for students who are talented and committed to realise their potential. This notion underpins our school aims:

• To produce enthusiastic, active, independent and lifelong learners
• To provide an excellent academic education through which our students can achieve their personal best
• To provide outstanding enrichment opportunities within and beyond the school curriculum

Gifted and talented students are identified using a range of objective and subjective criteria. The specific needs of these students can then be met by our flexible academic and co-curricular program.

The South Island Gifted and Talented Program incorporates some of the following:

• Differentiated curriculum delivery
• Enrichment/extension opportunities
• Annual internal identification and monitoring
• Standardised Benchmark Testing
• Subject acceleration
• Competitions at school, region and international level
• Tournament of Minds
• Future Problem Solving
• Debating
• Young Musician's Programme

The school's Gifted and Talented Coordinator is Mr Michael Evershed