Volume 26 Issue 18 23 Jun 2017 29 Sivan 5777

Gifted and Talented 7 – 12

Suzanne Plume – Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator, 7-12

Gifted and Talented program – term 2

Term 2 has been packed with activities for the large numbers of gifted students who revolve through the doors of our busy program.

Some of our verbally talented students have completed Round 4 of the HICES debating competition and, under the guidance of our experienced coaches, have met with a notable degree of success. At this stage, we are looking forward to the elimination and subsequent finals next term with most of our teams still in contention.

Meanwhile, Sonia Redman and Liahm Simon have both progressed to Round 2 of the Mikolot Public Speaking Competition, supported and judged by Rabbi Siegal and Morah Harvey.

Year 11 Da Vinci team 2017

Our creative and academically high achieving gifted students competed with up to 75 other schools in the Da Vinci Decathlon at Knox Grammar and, despite exceedingly busy schedules, performed with much enjoyment and achieved creditable results.

Our technology-minded gifted students have embarked upon a mentorship program, held in the Makerspace under the leadership of Ryan Chadwick. These students are currently engaged in building and creative problem solving with encouragement and inspiration from Engineering students from UNSW.

Our organisational skills program has again been helpful to a number of our gifted students, providing scaffolding which enables the building of personalised study and homework routines which are both successful and achievable.

The Emanuel Academy, our speaker program for students, has already featured Jake Widjaya, who told his interesting life story and shared his tips for maximising school and university experiences. We look forward to hearing from Brad Hastings on 28 June who will share some provocative questions as well some inspirational stories from his personal quest for adventure.

As our teachers continued to put the needs of students at the centre of the learning equation they were addressed by Fiona Smith and Helen van Vliet from Gifted Minds who discussed the social-emotional needs of gifted students.

Next term looks to be equally busy and fulfilling as we strive as a community to support our students both in the realisation of their potential and their development as well-rounded, happy individuals who enjoy contributing positively to our world.

 

Natasha Gering – Year 10

HICES round 4 Debating report

Last Tuesday the Emanuel Debating team were pitted against a multitude of prestigious debating schools including Moriah College and Thomas Hassel College, to name a few. I am proud to announce that every single division of the Junior, Middle, Senior and Opens’ were triumphant. The only debate our teams lost was an Emanuel team vs another Emanuel team! Every member expressed class, pride, a display of character and learnt from the opposing teams – as well as having fun in the process. These were all the key elements to their successes last week and I commend them for their efforts.

Open Debating team

Middle Debating team