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The GKP Curriculum
Model: TALENT,
owes its inspiration to a range of established
and researched curriculum models for
gifted and talented learners. It promotes
the development of individual talent
whilst developing in-depth thinking
skills, and cultivating the growth of
personal values and characteristics.
It is delivered using conceptual themes,
which allow for the development of critical,
creative and caring thinking skills
in an enriched and quality resourced
based responsive environment. |
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GKP staff believe
“A gifted child is one who has the
innate ability to achieve at an exceptional
level, in relation to his/her same age
peers, in one or more areas.” Students
are referred to the programme based
on outstanding academic and/or creative
ability or potential ability, identified
by their school and/or family and following
a workshop with the specialist GKP Entry
Selection team. Data from multiple sources
is gathered, triangulated and compared
to prior collated GKP Entry Selection
benchmarks. |
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The programme's
core cohort is Year 4-8 students with
the more recent development of GKP Junior,
a further adapted Year 2-3 programme.
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Through our
unique and differentiated TALENT curriculum,
GKP supports students to interact with
students of like minds to:
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develop an understanding of themselves
as gifted individuals
• explore
and develop their gifts, talents and
interests
• engage in abstract
and complex learning
• experience
and embrace new challenges
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create and innovate
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The four main
areas of the GKP Curriculum are:
• Mental Edge: creative, critical,
caring thinking; questioning and metacognition
• Talent Development: identification
and development of individual talents
and passions
• Conceptual
Curriculum: a yearly concept is chosen,
generalisations are formulated and contexts
within that concept are explored. Recent
concepts include: Patterns, Systems
and Change
• Affective Development:
giftedness and its associated issues
are explored as well as the lives of
gifted people from the past. This leads
to exploring ways gifts can be shared
to make a positive impact on the world.
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Acceleration,
enrichment and extension are used to
meet individual needs. |
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TALENT
celebrates the journey as well as the
final destination, process is an integral
focus of the programme whilst conceptual
aspects provide for the inclusion of
advanced, meaningful, relevant content.
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