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Goal Events
Year 12 University Conference - The University of Warwick
The inside track for Year 12 Goal students on applying to university and making the right choices about the future. Sessions on UCAS, student life, personal statements, student finance as well as interactive skills sessions. Year 12 only.
Medical Sciences Mentoring - University of Oxford
A 12 week mentoring programme, in conjunction with Bright Journals, to find out more about studying at Oxford, studying medicine and careers in the medical professions. Years 9 - 12
Visit the events page for more information and booking forms:
Recommended Activities
Whiz Kidz Business Academy 2008 New
4-8 August 2008
The Business Centre, Onslow St Audreys School, Hatfield
Applications by 27th June 2008
Flyer
Letter
Application Form
Excellence East - Gifted and Talented Summer School - Science and Society New
University of East Anglia
4-8th August 2008
Years 7-9
Applications by 27th June 2008.
Information on the Summer School
Application Form
Sutton Trust Summer Schools 2008
The Sutton Trust Summer School gives Year 12 students a great opportunity to see what university life is really like and, what's more, it costs students absolutely nothing. From the travel tickets, to the accommodation and meals, the academic programme to the social programme, everything is completely free of charge. The Sutton Trust Summer School is open to 16 and 17 year old students at non-selective, maintained schools or colleges in the UK. The Summer Schools take place at the following universities: Bristol; Cambridge, Nottingham; Oxford. Applications will be available online from Monday 14 January 2008.
For more information please visit:
GT Vision
 The second issue of the newsletter of the Eastern Region Gifted and Talented Partnership has now been published:
Issue 2
The Eastern Region Gifted and Talented Partnership has also produced a useful guide for parents:
Issue 1
Recognising and Nurturing Giftedness in Early Years Conference Report - 16th November 2007
Professor Valsa Koshy, from Brunel University, a world authority on giftedness and high ability in young children and Director of the Brunel Able Children’s Centre (BACE) addressed the conference. She spoke about how to recognise and develop high ability in young children and based what she has to say on her extensive research experience, including several DfES research projects.
Delegates were able to develop an understanding of how to identify giftedness in young children through looking at strengths and interests rather than labelling and through the use of 'talent portfolios'. Professor Koshy and Early Years Adviser Sarah Kingham then took delegates through practical classroom based strategies which are designed to develop higher levels of thinking in Mathematics and Literacy.
A very useful and stimulating day which delegates found very thought provoking and it was particularly good to see other colleagues from across the region attending.
Leading Teachers for Gifted and Talented Education
Gifted and Talented education is at a watershed moment in September 2007, with two main changes and developments. Firstly, the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) is now no longer in operation and CfBT, a new contractor, has taken over the management of the National Programme which is entitled ‘Young Gifted and Talented’. More details of the new programme can be found at:
Secondly, there is now an alignment with, and involvement of, the National Strategies in the new G and T Leading Teacher programme. We sent out a letter last term which explained the background and context to this development and we are now in a position to outline our plans for Hertfordshire in the following documents.
Letter to schools with form to complete and return *
National Strategies - Support for Gifted and Talented - Developments in 2007
The Role of the Leading Teacher for Gifted and Talented Education
Young Gifted and Talented Update March 2008
The latest update on the YG&T Programme is available below:
More information on the website at:
The Heat Is On - Reflective Report on Pilot Workshop
The Heat Is On is the name of an educational project promoting global warming issue awareness and positive change amongst young people across the country. The inspiration came from a desire to tackle climate change by educating our next generation of business owners and leaders so they can develop new ideas for sustainable development in the future: In ten years time these children will be our science and humanities graduates; in twenty years time, our leaders and policy-makers. We felt we must start them on a career trajectory, which is climate-aware and which boosts our economy in an environmentally sound way.
 The workshop itself is inter-disciplinary and “fills the gaps” between subjects currently taught in the school curriculum. By approaching our subject through drama, we created a sense of reality amongst the children and encouraged thinking about sustainable development and global citizenship.
Read the full workshop report:
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