Primary Gifted & Talented 2009 - London

Programme

9:00 – 9:45	Registration & refreshments
9:45 – 10:00	Chair’s Welcome and Introduction Dr David George, Educational Consultant and First Chairman and President of NACE
Keynote 1 10:00 – 10:30	Essential policy update: a major change for G&T in 2009 Tim Dracup, Gifted and Talented Lead, DCSF
Keynote 2 10:30 – 11:00	Raising the profile of G&T amongst staff to develop provision on a whole-school level Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented
11:00 – 11:10	Question and answer session
11:10 – 11:40	Morning refreshments
11:40 – 12:40	Streamed Sessions 1
1A		1B	1C	1D
Strategies for leading effective G&T provision under time constraints Margaret Sutherland, Project Leader: Scottish Network for Able Pupils and University Lecturer		Criteria and strategies for accurately identifying G&T children Jane Hobson-Pells, AST for G&T, Stockport School	Handling parental involvement: involving parents with G&T provision and maintaining a distance where necessary Mehtab Hashmi Culling, Education Consultant, NAGC	An introduction to leading G&T: developing your policy and action plan and gaining support from senior staff Anne Bridgland, G&T Consultant
12.40 – 13:40	Lunch
Keynote 3 13:40 – 14:10	Case study: developing effective G&T provision in every classroom Ian McNiff, Director of Education, Clifton Diocese
14:10 – 15:10	Streamed Sessions 2
2A		2B	2C	2D
Monitoring and evaluating progress in G&T: using data to make interventions and raise achievement Margaret Sutherland, Project Leader: Scottish Network for Able Pupils and University Lecturer		Engaging G&T pupils in learning: motivating them to succeed and creating an environment where they will thrive Dr David George, Educational Consultant and First Chairman and President of NACE	Tackling underachievement: making progress with disadvantaged children, reluctant learners and SEN/G&T children Sue Soan, Principal Lecturer and Leading Academic G&T	Differentiating learning for G&T children in lessons: activities to create challenge in a mixed ability class Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented
15:10 – 15:40	Afternoon refreshments
15:40 – 16:40	Streamed Sessions 3
3A		3B	3C	3D
Primary enrichment activities to take away: out of hours learning and ideas for learning trips Sarah Philo. G&T Consultant		Cost-effective strategies for G&T provision: getting the most out of a limited G&T budget John Peet, Lead Teacher Gifted & Talented, Cheadle Hulme High School	Developing G&T children as independent learners by teaching them personal, learning and thinking skills Anne de A’Echevarria, Director, Thinkwell Consultancy	Overcoming limited subject expertise when teaching G&T: solutions to providing challenge in every subject Liz Worthen, Teachers TV Training Manager & Graham Watts, Director of Tomorrow's Learning
16:40	Conference close