Welcome to Able, Gifted and
Talented Pupils
Teacher in Charge: Mrs E Adams – Advanced Skills
Teacher/Able, Gifted and Talented Coordinator/
Academic Mentor for Gifted and Talented Pupils
| Aims |
| Within Carnforth High School the value of our AG+T cohort is constantly growing. Engagement in learning is central to the provision made and pupils and parents are kept informed through a range of data.
The AG+T Coordinator and the Academic Mentor for Able Pupils work to ensure that all pupils within the cohort fulfil goals and achieve to the best of their ability. A range of techniques are used to ensure that our students feel challenged by their work whilst achieving highly within key areas of the curriculum.
Firstly every student within the school who is identified as being Able, Gifted and/or Talented is given an Individual Education Plan (IEP). This allows everyone involved to be aware of how the individual is working and their targets for improvement. The targets that are set for students within Key Stage 3 are shared with class teachers to encourage progress. |
| Curriculum |
| Within our provision for AG+T students have the opportunity to undertake GCSE subjects before they reach Year 11. These courses are extra curricular and run after school. The demand is high and courses fill very quickly. General Studies: GCSE AQA 2 Years Group Limit: 30 Students KS3 Within this subject students undertake two years of study. The selected cohort is taken from across KS3 which allows the AG+T network to develop throughout the school. |
| Year 1 |
| Students prepare for Paper 1 of the exam and cover a range of themes such as:
Political and Economic/Aesthetic and Communicative/Scientific and Technological/Spiritual and Cultural |
| Year 2 |
| Students undertake their coursework research in preparation for the summer exam. Themes for the coursework must fall within five categories:
Aspects of Freedom/Town and Country/The Changing Face of the World/Problems and Solutions/Quality of Life
Coursework examples and guidelines are provided. |
New
Media Studies: GCSE WJEC 1 Year Group Limit: 10 Students KS4
Within this subject students undertake one year of study. The selected cohort is taken
from across KS4 which will allow the AG+T network to continue to develop throughout the
school.
Year of Study: Students will complete a written exam at Foundation of Higher Tier entry; this will be supported by three pieces of coursework based on:
Textual Analysis/Pre-production/Production/Coursework can be developed through IT software specifically for this purpose - Media Stage.
Coursework can be developed through IT software designed specifically for this purpose - Media Stage
Pupils are already registering for these courses and places are filling up quickly.
Visits Many visits are organised in order to broaden the academic understanding of AG+T students and to develop a cross curricular awareness of the subjects they study. Visits that have taken place so far:
Summer School
The school has operated a Summer School for Gifted and Talented Students for a number of years and a selection of students were taken to the Able, Gifted and Talented conference where they delivered a workshop that advised other schools how Summer Schools could be successfully managed.
Leading Edge
The AG+T cohort is also part of the Leading Edge Group and takes part in a range of activities hosted by Lancaster Girls' Grammar School.
The most important message that every student should remeber is that:
‘It’s Cool to Achieve’.
Mrs E Adams