Programs
Eureka!
2012:
Term 1 The Science of Big and Small
Term 2 You Can Count on Maths
Term 3 History Matters
Term 4 It's Hypothetical
Children have the opportunity to be introduced to a range of exciting and specialised topics and to work with others of similar abilities and interests for one day in a host school in their district. Workshops are presented by expert teachers.
Scroll down for the venues, dates, brochures and application forms for each term...
:: Term 1 The Science of Big and Small
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Eureka Venue Location Guide
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Gold Coast Festival of Workshops 2012
G.A.T.E.WAYS are planning to invite gifted and talented children to the 'Gold Coast Festival of Workshops' for Years 2 to 7 students again in 2012. The festival will be hosted by The Southport School and held on 24th and 25th of September, 2012. Enrolment details will be added closer to the date.
It’s the Icing on the Cup Cake with Debi Cohen (Years 6/7 2011):
Weird, Wild and Wacky – 3D Crushed Can Art with Debi Cohen (Years 6/7 2011):
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
The G.A.T.E.WAYS Challenge
The G.A.T.E.WAYS Challenge – An Overview
For our Term 4 mid-week program, we will invite schools to participate in The G.A.T.E.WAYS Challenge 2012.
The Challenge will extend children’s leadership, team work and problem solving abilities through a series of original, creative and exciting scenarios. Teams will participate in four morning workshops and an afternoon competition. Schools may register up to 4 teams at one venue of choice – see host schools and dates below.
Why enter in The Challenge?
The G.A.T.E.WAYS Challenge:
- Stresses teamwork over individual performance
- Encourages team members to interact in an efficient and cohesive manner
- Is about problem-solving - recognising / negotiating obstacles and, as a team, finding solution
- Challenges the participants across the curriculum
- Provides all participants with opportunity for leadership
- Practises the fundamental skills necessary for competent performance
- Gives satisfaction from the activities themselves as well as the outcome
- Emphasises having fun with learning
Where and when is it?
The G.A.T.E.WAYS Challenge is coming to a host school near you in Term 4.
10th and 11th October - Mountain Gate Primary School, Ferntree Gully
17th and 18th October - Highvale Primary School, Glen Waverley
24th and 25th October - Tintern Girls’ Grammar School, Ringwood East
31st Oct and 1st Nov - Brunswick South West Primary School
14th and 15th November - Parktone Primary School, Parkdale
21st and 22nd November - St Clement of Rome, Bulleen
28th and 29th November - Bialik College, Hawthorn
How do you get involved?
Check back here in Term 3 for more details about enrolling a team from your school.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Journeys
In these programs children
from grades 1 - 6 spend one morning a week for four weeks developing skills in
a specialised area of the curriculum. Journeys held "On Location" at venues other than schools are often held over one or two full days.
The program content is
presented at a more advanced level and at a faster pace than is often
possible in the regular classroom.
Teachers nominate children for Journeys. If your school does not normally organise students to attend G.A.T.E.WAYS, then phone 9894 2116 or email Denise to see how you can get involved.
Journeys are hosted by several primary schools around Melbourne
each term.
Schools hosting Journeys
provide three spaces for G.A.T.E.WAYS, as well as an area for
registration on the first day.
G.A.T.E.WAYS is happy to hear
from any school that would be interested in hosting Journeys.
:: Please visit the Journeys calendar for details on programs run in your area. Brochures for individual programs may be accessed via the links on the Journeys calendar:
CURRENT JOURNEYS CALENDAR
(Click on program names on calendar to read descriptions. Scroll down for On Locations.)
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Canberra Grammar Festival of Workshops - July 2012
G.A.T.E.WAYS and Canberra Grammar School are planning to invite gifted and talented children to our annual 'Canberra Grammar Festival of Workshops' for Kinder to Year 6 students.
The festival will be hosted by Canberra Grammar School, Monaro Crescent, Red Hill and held on 2nd and 3rd of July for Years 1 - 6 and 4th of July for Kinder.
Please check back here closer to the date for more details.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
End of Year Festivals
G.A.T.E.WAYS annually organise two End of Year Festivals and plan to do so again in 2012. The festivals are very popular. Parents may enrol their children directly.
The dates for the festivals this year will be 10th and 11th December for the Prep Festival and 13th and 14th of December for Years 1 - 6.
Staggered enrolments for the different Grade levels will commence mid October, and information on the enrolment process will be available here around that time.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
G.A.T.E.WAYS Mid-Year Festival of Workshops - June 2012
G.A.T.E.WAYS plan to invite gifted and talented children to the 'Mid-Year Festival of Workshops' for gifted and highly able Grade 1 to 6 students. The festival will be hosted by Firbank Grammar School and held on 27th and 28th of June, 2012.
This year G.A.T.E.WAYS also plan to hold a one day mid-year festival at Mowbray College, Melton, on 25th of June, 2012.
Details of the mid-year festivals will be added closer to the dates.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Brainwaves
The G.A.T.E.WAYS Brainwaves Club is based on the philosophy that highly able and gifted children have particular needs for stimulation and challenge that match their high level of curiosity and desire to learn. In addition, children with specialised skills and talents in advance of their age peers need both affirmation of these abilities and opportunities for talent development.
These children also need opportunities to mix with like-minded peers and to form rewarding friendships that further foster their interests, social skills and self-esteem. The need for a high level of mental challenge and stimulation is sometimes not fully appreciated with young children. They may not show advancement in all areas. G.A.T.E.WAYS clubs also seek to provide a setting that promotes positive social interactions, self-confidence and pleasure in learning. All curriculum areas- science, maths, language, technology, philosophy, creative arts and more are offered. Clubs are designed to be challenging, but most of all, fun.
Nomination: G.A.T.E.WAYS requests that parents arrange for an appropriate person (eg.a teacher) to fill in the nomination section. This is to verify that the applicant is highly able. That way, parents and club leaders can be confident that the children will not only enjoy being members of the club but will benefit from the experience. In the past we have felt that some children were not able to cope with the program content which has impacted on their club experience. Further to this, DinoMites club members will require a teacher nominee to complete a checklist.
:: MELBOURNE
G.A.T.E.WAYS continues
its clubs' program for primary aged gifted and talented
children. The clubs operate once a fortnight on a Saturday afternoon at Ivanhoe Grammar School, The Ridgeway, Ivanhoe,
or Brighton Grammar School, Outer Cresent, Brighton.
Dates: Semester 1: 3/3 17/3 31/3 28/4 12/5 26/5 9/6 23/6
Semester 2: 28/7 11/8 25/8 8/9 13/10 27/10 10/11 24/11
Times: Club Meeting: 12:50 pm – 4:00 pm
Fees: Semester 1: $455.00 (includes GST) payable on application and confirmation of place
A 5% discount is available for each sibling member – $432.25
OR a 5% discount is available for annual fee payments in advance - non-refundable - $864.50
OR a non-refundable deposit of $100.00 before 23rd December 2011 to secure a place and
the balance to be paid by
31st January 2012.
Enrolments for 2012 are open:
To register for your preferred club, please read the club descriptions below and email meg@gateways.edu.au or phone Meg on 9894 2116.
Brainwaves Application/Consent Form (pdf)
Click on program names to read club descriptions - descriptions are in pdf format (download Acrobat Reader).
Meetings are reported in the Encephalograph Newsletter.
:: CANBERRA
Venue: Canberra Grammar School, Alexander Street, Red Hill, ACT 2603
Club Meeting Dates: Semester 1: 18/2 3/3 17/3 31/3 12/5 26/5 9/6 23/6
Semester 2: 11/08 25/08 8/09 22/9 27/10 10/11 24/11 8/12
Club Meeting Times: 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Fees: Semester 1: $455.00 (includes GST) payable on application and confirmation of place.
A 5% discount is available for each sibling member – per semester- $432.25
OR a 5% discount is available for annual fee payments in advance - non-refundable - $864.50
OR a non-refundable deposit of $100.00 before 23 December 2011 to secure a place and the balance
to be paid by 31 January 2012.
| Focus |
Year |
Canberra Grammar
2012 Clubs
|
| Cross Curricular Activities |
1 |
DinoMites |
| Books/Writing/Drama/Philosophy |
2/3 |
Apprentices |
| Maths/Science/Technology |
2/3 |
Scispies |
| Books/Writing/Drama/Philosophy |
4/5/6 |
Tolkiens |
| Maths/Science/Technology |
4/5/6 |
Einsteins |
If you are
interested in joining, please phone Winifred Hanson on 02 6260 7447 or 0409 099 374. Or email canberra@gateways.edu.au.
Canberra Brainwaves Application Form (PDF) | Canberra Brainwaves Flyer (PDF)
(Meetings are also reported in the Encephalograph Newsletter).
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Grade 6 'Next Step' Leadership Series 2012
G.A.T.E.WAYS will again offer the Grade 6 'Next Step' Leadership Series in 2011 at City Cite,
Level 12, 474 Flinders St,
Melbourne, in 2012. Dates this year will be 12th and 13th of April, 9th and 10th July, and 28th of September.
The 'Next Step' Leadership Series assists in motivating and preparing Grade 6 children for leadership roles and secondary school.
Further details on how to enrol your child will be updated here soon.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Out on the Town
Sadly 'Out on the Town' will not be offered in 2012. 2010 was our sixth annual 'Out on the Town' series of workshops for gifted and talented Year 7, 8 and 9 students. The program offered a range of enjoyable and challenging workshops in a number of different areas. These workshops provided you with an opportunity for challenge beyond what you are currently doing at school. It also gave you the chance to meet and work with outer 'like-minded' students.
‘OUT on the TOWN’ was hosted by various venues including City Cite, 12th floor, 474 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Circus Oz, 340 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, The National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Gene Technology Access Centre, 77 Story Street, Parkville.
G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Pilots on Probation 'On Location' - Canberra
Pilots On Probation is a G.A.T.E.WAYS program ‘on location’ at airports. It is for both boys and girls from Years 5, 6 and 7. It introduces students to the fascinating world of aviation – including hands-on flying in a plane and a simulator.
It is equally beneficial for those with a burning ambition to be a pilot, those interested in the mathematics and science of flight, and those who like to give things a try! The sessions are designed to entertain, involve and challenge the reasoning abilities of gifted students and to inspire them to follow their natural curiosity and innate instinct to learn.
Details of dates and locations for 2012 will follow when finalised.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
Parenting Gifted and Talented Children Conference
G.A.T.E.WAYS Parenting Gifted and Talented Children Conference was a unique opportunity for parents of gifted and talented children to come together and explore the characteristics, challenges and potential of these children. Presenters explored a range of options, skills and resources to assist parents in providing their children with the best opportunities and experiences.
No dates have been set for 2012.
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G.A.T.E.WAYS
PO Box 207, Blackburn VIC 3130 Australia
Phone 03 9894 2116 Fax 03 9894 2117
info@gateways.edu.au
Developing and extending children's special abilities
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