{"id":14300,"date":"2025-08-05T18:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&p=14300"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:15:39","slug":"gifted-and-talented-report-50","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/gifted-and-talented-report-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifted and Talented Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Welcome to Week 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

MSCW girls really can do anything!<\/span><\/p>\n

How wonderful to see the array of talent in the musical – my congratulations to all involved and for sharing your talents with our community. It was so interesting to see different aspects of their talents – so many well rounded young ladies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Year 7 Newman classes have well and truly adjusted to high school and from my visits are enjoying being challenged by their deeper learning. I share with you photos of 7-4 conducting a science experiment and 7-1 engaged in a poetry lesson. I was so impressed by their vocabulary and descriptive language!<\/span><\/p>\n

Our best wishes to the Year 11 accelerated Maths students who will sit the Advanced Maths Trial HSC exam with the Year 12 cohort. These students were accelerated from Year 9 and have done a compacted curriculum- no mean feat! These students are up to 2 years younger than some of the Year 12 students. It\u2019s an intense pathway but they have consistently shown diligence and grit – you got this girls!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MSCW girls shine in dance! Congratulations to sisters Isabella and Amelia! Both sisters qualified for & competed at the ATOD Nationals championships in Melbourne and BOTH were awarded 1st place for the Jazz category! This was history making- sisters winning the same category in different age groups! Isabelle amazingly also won her Hip Hip section and placed 4th in Contemporary. Amelia also placed second in Tap which was phenomenal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is such an array of talent across all domains at MSCW. I love hearing about their successes!<\/span><\/p>\n

I take this opportunity to share also current research around gifted and high potential learners and definitions to help assist parents in understanding these distinctions. The information comes from the latest policy from the Department of Education. Through knowing these terms,\u00a0 students have a greater understanding of themselves. At MSCW we are so fortunate to be able to fund two Newman classes in Years 7- 10 to ensure we capture the array of potential- not just the highly gifted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Domains of potential<\/b><\/h4>\n

The domains of potential describe the four broad categories of natural abilities found in Fran\u00e7oys Gagn\u00e9’s adapted model of Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent DMGT 2.0 (2009). These definitions apply to all students, including high potential and gifted students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The domains of potential may not be mutually exclusive and are highly influenced by one another.<\/span><\/p>\n