For more than 30 years, G.A.T.E.WAYS have been supporting schools, teachers and parents to nurture gifted and high-ability students through challenging, engaging and interactive learning experiences with like-minded peers. The G.A.T.E.WAYS Horizons is an online based program designed for highly able students in Years 3 to 6. Students have the opportunity to participate in a range of challenging and engaging workshops across a broad range of topics in outside the curriculum. Horizons eliminate the additional costs and logistics of face-to-face presentations.

 

The G.A.T.E.WAYS Horizons Program offers schools and teachers an online way to support their high-ability students:

• Developed by our team of specialist in gifted education and presenters who are practicing experts in their fields – who come to you virtually!

• Provides genuine challenges for your high-ability students through high quality, enriching workshops.

• Raise your school’s profile in the local and wider community while meeting expectations from the Victorian High‑Ability Policy** and aligning with the Victorian Curriculum (Version 2.0)

 

Important information for participating in the program:

• This program is hosted online via Zoom during school hours for Years 3–6 students.

• The program runs over four-week consecutively in a term and students participate in

• 60-minute-long workshops each week.

 

We offer:

• Hands-on workshops

• Hour long sessions during school time

• Teacher nominated students from your school and surrounding schools

• Students are grouped into Years 3&4, 5&6

• $36 per session per child ($144 per Horizons program) typically paid by parents

• A  pre-recorded training video will be provided explaining how to manage common tech issues and troubleshooting pertaining to running Horizons in your context.

 

You need to:

• Nominate your students and pass on the nomination letter that will provide login details

• Discuss the payment options with your head of school (parent pay, school subsidised, school pays)

• Provide a learning space

• Teacher or learning assistant to supervise

• Provide devices, headphones 

 

G.A.T.E.WAYS will:

• Provide a Zoom link and two online presenters and a facilitator with all materials and resources

• Manage contact with surrounding schools (other like minded and like ability students may also be involved in the program)

• Supply all information to participating schools and parents

• Enrolment and registration through G.A.T.E.WAYS

• Give schools access to our portal so teachers can view enrolled students

 

Please note that a minimum number of student registration will need to be reached in order for the program to go ahead.

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If you are interested in hosting a Horizons program, please call Kathryn, our Horizons

Program Coordinator via email online@gateways.edu.au or phone 03 9100 1222. We will

guide you through the process and answer any questions you may have.