1. THE GIFTED KIDSTHE GIFTED KIDS
PROGRAMMEPROGRAMME

2. Who are we?
• Run by the Gifted Children’s Advancement
Charitable Trust
• Founded by Christine Fernyhough and Craig
Anderson (Books in Homes) in 2000.
Providing –
• Day-school programme for gifted children in 8
units around NZ – 450 students
• Professional development for teachers
• Support for schools to develop their own Gifted
Kids Centres
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3. What do we mean by
gifted?
Gifted kids ...
• learn faster and think differently.
• are way ahead of others the same age
in some or many areas.
• are ‘uneven’ in their development, often
resulting in social and emotional
difficulties.

4. Day-school –
GIFTED KIDS PROGRAMME
Keeping bright young minds stimulated.
At GKP, children interact with
others of like mind to:
• Develop understanding of themselves as gifted
individuals.
• Experience and embrace new challenges.
• Explore and develop gifts, talents and interests.
• Engage in abstract and complex learning.
• Create and innovate.

5. CHALLENGES
• Critical thinking

6. • Creative thinking and problem-solving

7. • Philosophical discussions

8. •Experimenting

9. • Thinking deeply about content.

10. •Hands-on learning

11. USING OUR TALENTS TO
ENHANCE OUR LEARNING

14. ICT

15. LEARNING ABOUT
‘BIG IDEAS’
At Ambury Park Farm - economic
systems

16. At the Botanic Gardens –
eco-systems

17. At the Buddhist Temple –
belief systems

18. Discovery - ‘Mind Matters’

20. Micro-discoveries –
looking at germs

21. DNA Extraction

22. VISITING EXPERTS
• Hugh Gribben, Maths Department ,
Auckland University

23. Corrine Morris - “Mad Science”

24. Sarah Broome - poet

25. Melanie Hollingsworth –
mask-maker

26. FOREIGN LANGUAGE
AND CULTURE

28. Gifted kids together – like minds
sparking!

29. Gifted kids together – ‘someone
just like me’!

30. GKP
- part of the
puzzle for
meeting
gifted
children’s
needs

31. Wikispaces
• Creation
• Home – school interaction
• http://gkpwhangarei.wikispaces.com/

33. THE GIFTED KIDS PROGRAMME
www.giftedkids.co.nz
admin@giftedkids.co.nz