Gifted & Talented
Online WA

About GT Online

An Initiative of Department of Education

The Gifted and Talented Selective Academic Program Online (GT Online)  has approximately 80 students (Years 7 to 10) from ~30 schools across Western Australia. These students live in a range of locations around the state, from Christmas Island to Cape Naturaliste, Kununurra to Katanning, and Exmouth to Esperance. The program delivers differentiated curriculum within an online learning community of like-minded peers who enjoy being challenged and connecting with each other.

Programs of study are offered in Mathematics, Science, English and Humanities & Social Sciences. Students usually enter either the mathematics and science stream or the humanities stream (English and HASS). A number of students choose to pursue studies in both streams, when offered the opportunity mid Year 7 or at the commencement of Year 8. Children study with other gifted students and follow a differentiated curriculum designed specifically for their needs.

The GT Online curriculum is differentiated to cater for the needs of gifted students using three broad approaches: acceleration, extension, and enrichment.

  • Accelerating learning by compacting the curriculum to exempt knowledge and skills that students have already demonstrated and increasing the pace to remove unnecessary repetition. This provides time to advance into content from a higher year level as well as for extension and enrichment activities.
  • Extending the curriculum to deepen students’ understanding of concepts and topics studied.
  • Enriching the curriculum to broaden learning experiences, sometimes beyond the curriculum and encourage expansion of knowledge and skills.
ABOUT GT ONLINE CONNECTING BRIGHT MINDS ACROSS WA

Online Provision for Gifted & Talented Students in Western Australia

The online version of the course has been in existence since 1996. Since that time, a large number of country students have undertaken the course and the course has seen a number of changes and updates in its delivery method. A number of students win awards in national and international competitions during their time with us as well as School Curriculum and Standards Authority awards at the end of Year 12. Many students build strong connections with their classmates and teachers and keep in contact with the learning community.

What GT Online mostly means is that students can undertake an academic talent program with other similarly talented students, while living at home and attending their local school,instead of  moving to Perth at a young age.

Who Can Participate in our Programs?

The program and support outlined on this website are for the use of students in all government schools in regional Western Australia, with the exception of Albany or Bunbury where there is access to a school based gifted and talented program in that region. Entrance to the program is only available by examination administered by Gifted and Talented (GAT) at the WA Department of Education.

Your Gifted & Talented Online Program Coordinator

Name: Sarah Mirco- Gifted & Talented Online Program Coordinator

Phone: (08) 9392 6818

Email: PerthModern.GTOnline@education.wa.edu.au

Students from the following schools have participated in GT Online Program in recent years

  • Boyup Brook District High School
  • Bridgetown High School
  • Broome Senior High School
  • Bruce Rock District High School
  • Busselton Senior High School
  • Carnamah District High School
  • Carnarvon Community College
  • Cape Naturaliste College
  • Central Midlands Senior High School
  • Champion Bay Senior High School
  • Christmas Island District High School
  • Cocos Island District High School
  • Collie Senior High School
  • Corrigin District High School
  • Dalwallinu District High School
  • Denmark Senior High School
  • Dowerin District High School
  • Donnybrook District High School
  • East Kimberley College
  • Esperance Senior High School
  • Exmouth District High School
  • Hedland Senior High School
  • Jerramungup District High School
  • Jurien Bay District High School
  • Kalbarri District High School
  • Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School
  • Karratha Senior High School
  • Katanning Senior High School
  • Kojonup District High School
  • Lake Grace District High School
  • Manjimup Senior High School
  • Margaret River Senior High School
  • Mount Barker Community College
  • Merredin College
  • Mukinbudin District High School
  • Narembeen District High School
  • Narrogin Senior High School
  • Newman Senior High School
  • Northam Senior High School
  • Northcliffe District High School
  • Pemberton District High School
  • Tom Price Senior High School
  • Toodyay District High School
  • Wagin District High School
  • York District High School

ABOUT GT ONLINE

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DIFFERENTIATED CURRICULUM

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