Bangkok--8 Oct--Brand Now
Bangkok Prep hosts an inaugural international workshop for gifted and talented children
Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School recently hosted the G.A.T.E.WAYS (Gifted and Talented Education) maths and science workshop for gifted and talented children aged 7-12 years.
G.A.T.E.WAYS have run programs throughout Australia since 1994 but this was the first time these workshops have been brought to Thailand to provide opportunities for highly able and gifted children with special educational needs.
The two-day workshop, held at Bangkok Prep on 1-2 October 2012, was designed to enable students to participate in activities that challenged them intellectually and nurtured their various talents.
Participating students from international schools throughout Bangkok enjoyed the opportunity to mix with like-minded peers and form rewarding friendships to further foster their interests, social skills and self-esteem.
When asked to comment on the experience at the end of the two days, a Bangkok Prep student remarked: “It was great. We learned lots of fun stuff and I even made a new friend.”
Bangkok Prep was delighted to be the first school in Bangkok to hold this event and looks forward to being the host school for future workshops.
About Bangkok Prep
Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School (“Bangkok Prep”) is a private co-educational school established in the heart of Bangkok in 2003.
The programme of study is based on the National Curriculum of England, offering a quality education to pupils from Nursery up to Year 12. Bangkok Prep offers a rigorous ‘IGCSE’ programme to Year 10 and 11 students as a precursor to the Cambridge-approved ‘A’ Levels available to study in Years 12 and 13, thus preparing students towards University education.
Bangkok Prep’s campus, situated adjacent to the Thonglor BTS skytrain station, makes it the most conveniently located international school in Bangkok. This mid-sized international school is very proud of its international outlook to education. Over thirty nationalities are represented in the school, celebrating cultural diversity. At Bangkok Prep, students will develop their own sense of identity whilst recognizing and empathizing with other cultures, traditions and beliefs.
A school-wide celebration is being held in 2013 to mark the school’s 10th year anniversary.
For further details, visit www.bkkprep.ac.th
About G.A.T.E.WAYS
G.A.T.E.WAYS (Gifted and Talented Education) was established in 1994 in Melbourne, Australia, to provide opportunities for highly able and gifted children with special educational needs. Like-minded students can participate in programmes that will challenge them intellectually and help develop their individual talents. Over the last 19 years G.A.T.E.WAYS has gained considerable recognition with teachers, parents and children in Australia for its high quality programmes.
G.A.T.E.WAYS believes that, as gifted and talented children are able to learn more quickly and can comfortably cope with instruction at a more advanced level than their chronological age peers, they should have access to programmes that are qualitatively different from those provided in the regular classroom.
For further details, visit www.gateways.edu.au