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Term 4, 2026
We’re on the home stretch for 2026!
Term 3 was another busy term of working with schools in Perth, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Melbourne, including short term professional learning, long term embedded professional coaching, and finishing our two day differentiation courses.
Have you listened to the new Growing Up Greatness podcast yet? Each episode discusses one bite-sized strategy for busy teachers and our latest episodes feature guest teachers Courtney Vale, a Year 5 teacher from Woodland Grove Primary School and Kendal Scott from Kingsway Christian College. We’d love you to listen and follow!
Our popular Leading Gifted Education one day course is coming up later this term and there are still places available. This is a great opportunity for school decision makers to spend a day focusing on gifted priorities and strategic direction. It will be a time to check if your marketing is matching your practice and if your good practice is being reflected in your public messaging. It is also a chance to plan future strategic goals for gifted and talented education at your school.
Our new NCCD Documentation & Planning day for Independent Schools is also coming up the term and is sold out. Please contact us if you would like to be placed on our waiting list for this event.
We are now in the throes of planning our event dates and host schools for 2027, so keep an eye out for our next newsletter later this term with 2027 PL information. If you would like to host one of our popular courses at your school, whether metro or regional, please get in touch!
What Can We Do Now to Set Ourselves Up for Next Year?
With assessments, reports, excursions and everything else that seems to happen at this time of year, Term 4 is also an important opportunity to make some strategic decisions that will set students and teachers up for success next year. Here are a few things worth prioritising.
For classroom teachers
Plan transitions: Prepare students with disability or additional support needs for their new classroom, year level or school.
Make handovers useful: Share what works for individual students, not just their assessment results.
Review Individual Documented Plans: Update goals, progress and adjustments for next year.
Document accelerated learning: Ensure the next teacher knows what gifted and talented students have already mastered.
For school leaders
Provide purposeful planning time: Give teachers opportunities to improve programs and assessments for next year.
Communicate next year's priorities: Explain the direction now and prepare middle leaders to support implementation.
Be strategic about class placements: Consider gifted student clustering, split classes and individual learning needs.
Manage teacher workload explicitly: What will new initiatives replace? What can teachers stop doing? How do the priorities connect?
You don't need to tackle everything on this list! But making one or two thoughtful decisions now could make a genuine difference next year. The aim isn't to finish the year having done more, but to set ourselves up for a more successful start to next year.
Read the full blog post for practical strategies and examples.
Professional Learning
Go to our Events page to see everything that is on offer both in person and online. We are always happy to add course dates if there is demand, so if you see an event that you would love to host at your school, please contact us. This can be a public event for schools in your area, or just for your staff. Professional learning can be adapted to suit your specific needs and school context, and we consider this our speciality, so always ask if your need specific support or professional learning.
NCCD Planning and Documentation in Independent Schools - 11 November - hosted by Kingsway Christian College
Leading Gifted Education - 25 November - Newman College
GAT Teacher Training for Schools - 2027 Dates TBC - Carey Baptist College Harrisdale
Differentiation in the Maths Classroom - 2027 Details TBC
Differentiation in the Primary Classroom - 2027 Details TBC
Differentiation in the HASS Classroom - 2027 Details TBC
Differentiation in the English Classroom - 2027 Details TBC
Gifted and Talented Online Professional Learning Series - Start online modules at any time of the year. Complete the whole course or just one or two modules.
PART: Predict, Assess and Respond To Aggressive/Challenging Behaviours - This course is available on request at any time of the year. Available in 1, 2 or 3 day options or a 1/2 or 1 day refresher.
If you would like to host a course at your school, or talk to us about designing professional learning that is tailored to your needs, please contact us. We also offer classroom observations, policy advice and teacher and school leader coaching.
These courses can travel!
If you would like to host any of our courses at your school in a regional area, please contact us. We would love to bring a course to you, either as is, or courses and professional learning can be adapted for your specific context.
Key Behaviour Strategies: Saying Hello
This episode is about the very first steps to creating safe classrooms and environments where teachers can manage behaviour and where students feel safe to behave well.
We explore key approaches, initial engagements when entering the classroom, and key takeaways for you to try in your classroom!
Stay in touch!
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Kylie Bice Director and Education Consultant Growing Up Greatness