[Oz-gifted] UPDATE re: Sounds promising...

[Ellen Hrebeniuk]

You might remember that DS1's classroom teacher was trying to 
organise a meeting between herself, the head of K and the head of 
Stage 1 (1st and 2nd grade) regarding meeting DS1's needs next year. 
She also wanted the principal present, but the meeting has proved 
hard to organise.  Anyway, the principal has now asked for DS1 to 
have an assessment, which will be conducted by the school counsellor. 
Given that I am in the NSW public system, does anyone know of what 
this will consist, eg is there a standard suite of tests that they 
use?

Any comments from those who have been down this road?

They seems to have been considering grade acceleration but to be 
hesitant -- and TBH I'm hesitant about that too, given that DS1 is 
only in K.  Subject acceleration in literacy and maths is looking 
very likely, however, and that is more what I was hoping for.

The teacher tells me that DS1 works very well on his own, and that 
self-paced learning packages would be great for him, but she doesn't 
have the internet access in her (portable) classroom to provide them. 
Most of the class work is in groups, and when he's in a group, DS1 
talks and talks instead of doing his work!
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Ellen Hrebeniuk
Sydney, Australia

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