Primary Extension and Challenge Program
Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC) is a part-time withdrawal program for upper primary school Years 5-6 students.
Identified gifted and talented students are selected to participate in differentiated programs offered in a range of delivery modes.
Delivery modes include:
- PEAC centres based within a district centre or office with a series of specialist courses or programs.
- Coordinators who establish courses in a range of schools and/or other sites, with teachers released to teach these.
- Allocation to schools where multi-age programs operate within schools.
- Online delivery of programs.
Programs focus on:
- Social interaction with gifted and talented peers.
- Intellectual rigour and challenge.
- Pursuit of excellence.
- Development of higher-order process skills.
- In-depth investigations of real problems.
- Open-ended activities that encourage choice and negotiation.
- Opportunities to interact with practising experts.
- Students working at their own pace.
- Self/peer evaluation and reflection of performance.
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