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Appendix D

 

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Appendix A

RECOGNISING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

Appendix B

GIFTED AND TALENTED REGISTER

Appendix C

GIFTED AND TALENTED NOMINATION FORM

 

 

This policy has been produced as an example and is intended to provide a basis for any primary schools that have yet to write their own policy.  It may also prompt some schools to review what they have previously written or inform work in progress.

 

In order to be of any use at all, a policy has to reflect specific practice within a particular environment.  Obviously, it is not possible to write a single catch-all policy in which every part of it will be applicable to all schools and I have tried to be mindful of this when writing this draft.  Although this policy is not intended to be prescriptive, of necessity I have had to be quite specific on occasion.  I recognise that certain sections of the policy are over-detailed � a strategy that is intended to furnish schools with useable ideas.  I anticipate that schools will want to omit, re-write or adapt certain sections of this draft to suit their own circumstances.  (Where sections are to be omitted, it is useful to consider replacing them with more accurate descriptions of what your school actually does.)

 

This draft policy was originally produced by myself in my role as Gifted and Talented Innovator within �The Zone� (the David Lister Learning Partnership Action Zone, Hull).  I am happy for schools to use this work to further the development of their own school policy so that it accurately reflects each school�s commitment to providing maximum opportunities for all pupils to realise their potential.  I would appreciate being informed how this policy has been used.

 

This draft policy is available as a Word document file or as a text file, on request.  Go to the Contact & Feedback page on this site.

  

John Fewings

April 2004

USEFUL BOOKS, REFERENCES, ADDRESSES, WEBSITES. 

 

�Effective Provision for Able & Talented Children�

Barry Teare

Network Educational Press Ltd.

 

 

�Effective Resources for Able & Talented Children�

Barry Teare

Network Educational Press Ltd.

 

 

"Able Children in Ordinary Schools"

Deborah Eyre

David Fulton Publishers

 

 

"Differentiation and Diversity in the Primary School"

Eva Bearne (editor)

Routledge

 

 

"Educating the Intelligent Child"

Victor Serebriakoff

Mensa

 

 

"Educating Able Children"

Catherine Clark & Ralph Callow

David Fulton Publishers

 

 

"Gifted Young Children - A guide for teachers and parents"

Louise Porter

OUP

 

 

"Teaching Mathematically Able Children"

Roy Kennard

David Fulton Publishers

 

 

"Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Children."

Michael Stopper

David Fulton Publishers

 

 

�Frames of Mind�

Howard Gardner

Fontana

 

 

The National Numeracy Strategy

Section: Introducing the Framework pp 19-21

(paragraphs on differentiation / setting / very able pupils)

 

Mensa Foundation for Gifted Children

St John�s House

St John�s Square

WOLVERHAMPTON

WV2 4AH

www.mensa.org.uk

 

National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE)

P O Box 242

Arnolds Way

OXFORD

OX2 9FR

www.nace.co.uk

 

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

Elder House

MILTON KEYNES

MK9 1LR

www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nagc/index.htm