St Paul’s School GATE program aims to assist and support the development of intellectual gifts into talents by:
- appropriate identification using diagnostic testing, particularly from year 4-6
- provision of well-planned extension (class withdrawal) programs that can include the development of a variety of skills including:
- independent working skills
- critical and creative thinking skills
- higher-order thinking skills
- research skills
- self-regulation theory and practice
- problem solving skills
- self-confidence and personal responsibility
- development and understanding of intrinsic motivation
- provision of external opportunities when possible and appropriate
- individual support where appropriate and possible
- support, when possible, for our school staff in gifted education