Ascot State School is committed to high quality educational
outcomes for all students. Additionally, we acknowledge the diversity of our
student population and as such, we strive to provide an appropriate curriculum
to cater to the learning needs of all students. Students who are highly capable
are entitled to a curriculum provided at a pace, degree of abstraction and
complexity: and level consistent with their abilities so that they are
identified and supported with appropriate strategies and are not educationally
disadvantaged.
We:
- recognise that students who are gifted and
talented in one or more domains are present in every school.
- recognise that students who are gifted and
talented vary in achievement, that achievement may vary over time and that some
gifted students underachieve or experience difficulty translating their gifts
into talents.
- aim to provide identified gifted and talented
students with relevant and engaging learning opportunities drawn from the
Australian Curriculum and aligned with their individual learning needs,
strengths, interests and goals to engage, stimulate and develop their
potential.
Our Years 3 to 6 teaching staff and specialist teachers have
completed the Mini-Certificate in Gifted Education (GERRIC, 2018). They support student learning by providing
quality differentiated teaching, which incorporates an increasingly focussed
and personalised approach aimed at improving the achievement of every student.
Teachers use data and ongoing monitoring to differentiate what students are
taught (content), how they are taught (process), how students demonstrate what
they know (product) and the learning environment. For highly capable students
this increasingly personalised approach involves focussed and intensive
teaching, extension and enrichment.
It is our vision to enhance every student’s opportunity to
progress and achieve. Our objective for all students is that they feel valued
in a learning environment, which is both challenging and supportive. In
addition, we endeavour to provide students with a number of enrichment and
extension programs to help encourage and develop their critical and creative
thinking and skills.