Saturday 24th March 2001

8:00 Foyer Registration
Session
Presenter and title
8:00  Foyer
Registration - tea / coffee
8:50 – 9:30 Raybould Theatre
Welcoming session – President and Minister for Education
9:30 – 10:30
Keynote Lecture
Raybould Theatre  55 min June O'dell Providing a Differentiated Curriculum for Gifted Students in the Mainstream and Regular Classroom: Ideas and Work Samples to Help You Get Started.
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 – 11:40  
Seminars
C201 40 min Sue Vasilevska 'Gifted', 'Talented': What do these words really mean to our school communities?
N201 40 min Rex Boggs and Col Stevenson AMSCO – The Accelerated Mathematics, Science and Computer Curriculum
N202 40 min Joan Trueman (co-presented by students from Pine Rivers SHS) Tomorrow’s Leaders
C203 40 min Tricia Becker Identifying Best Practice to Teach Gifted Students
11:45 – 12:45  
Key Note Lecture
Raybould Theatre   Anne Flood Making a Difference for Gifted Students in Secondary Schools - How it Can, and Must, be Done!
12:45 – 1:45  
LUNCH
1:45 – 3:15  
Workshops
C201 90 min Margaret Goss Ways of Knowing and Growing: Understanding and Using Multiple Intelligences Theory for Problem Solving Within the Classroom and Beyond
C202   Carol Archer The Enabling Skills Program at Dysart State School
C203   Carmel Diezmann and James Watters Ten Ways of Catering for Gifted Children in the Primary Classroom
GPS343   Harry Milne Developing a Combined Community, Home and School Approach to Create an Optimal Learning Environment to Realise Children’s Potential for Gifted Behaviour
GPS344   June O'dell
Programmes for Gifted Students in the Mixed Ability Classroom: A Practical Workshop
GPS224   Jennifer Riggs The Learning Edge: Kids Out of Sync
 3:15 – 3:45  
Afternoon Tea
3:45 – 5:15  
Workshops
C201 90 min Katrina Sims Problem Solving Approach to Teaching Mathematics
C202   Robyn Yared Mind Challenge
C203   Ingrid Holden An Exploration of Themes of Fascination through Stages of Development in Highly Gifted Children
N201   George Mastroyanis          Setting Ablaze the Fire Within
GPS343   Tony Ryan Promoting Active Citizenship
GPS344   Anne Flood The W.E.M. (Wagga Enrichment Model): A Practical Way to Cater for Gifted Students in a Comprehensive Secondary School.
GPS224   Marion Mackenzie and Annie Balzat Parents in Discussion
5:30 – 7:00  
Convivium
7:00 – 8:00  
General meeting

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