MindPlus March 2015
2015 brings some changes to our one-day programme and we hope this update will
help with any queries you may currently have. Our classes have started for the year and
have only a couple of weeks left before we close entries for this term however we have options for new referrals throughout 2015.
INFORMATION PACKS:
If you’d like to find out more about what we offer please email us on [email protected] for an information pack.
PROGRAMME ENTRY:
Students who have previously attended or been accepted for Gifted Kids or One Day School receive automatic entry in 2015.
Prospective students have two ways of entering in 2015:
a)
Compete a selection workshop (no cost) in March for a term 2 start.
b)
Complete an individual assessment (parent cost) at any stage to start at the closest appropriate term.
START DATES:
To maximise the benefit for students and minimize class disruption, MindPlus will have 3 entry dates for 2015. Entry is only
guaranteed at this time if an appropriate place is available for the student.
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Term 1: the week beginning 9 or 16 February 2015
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Term 2: the week beginning 20 April 2015
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Term 3: the week beginning 20 July 2015. Referrals after this date will begin the following year.
Gifted learners who attend MindPlus attend 38 one-day sessions per year. Our specialist staff strongly recommend full year
attendance to truly benefit from the programme and for this reason we ask that families do commit to the full year. We advocate
inclusion in the programme for at least two years for children to derive maximum benefit. Our expectation is that children will
attend and participate for as long as they are benefitting from the programme. For some children this may mean participation in
MindPlus for three, four or even five years on the programme.
CURRICULUM:
MindPlus is a one-day programme that provides intellectual, creative, social and emotional support and replaces the existing One
Day School and Gifted Kids classes. The programme brings together like-minded individuals who appreciate the support to discover
what it means to be gifted and who thrive on intellectual and creative challenge. The programme is delivered via the NZCGE
curriculum which focuses on conceptual development, personal development and talent development and is supported by
developing processes relating to research, complex thinking and communication.
Students will have choice, they will be able to be creative, and they will be learning about a universal concept, in 2015 the concept is
CHANGE.
A ‘topic’ unit will spread across several weeks, allowing for greater depth in understanding, and the universal concept will be the
focus of the year’s learning in conceptual development. There will also be time spent each day on developing individual children’s
talents and in explicitly teaching aspects of personal development related to giftedness, with the end goal that students understand
what giftedness is, how it relates to them and how they can manage issues connected to their giftedness, and self-advocate.
Infused through all of this will be what we are calling learning processes - skills in research, in thinking, and in communicating which will be taught explicitly when needed and then integrated through content.
SITES: In 2015 MindPlus will operate from the following Units (sites) in NZ:
District
School
Area
Unit known as
Staff
Auckland
Whangaparaoa School
Whangaparaoa
MindPlus Whangaparaoa
Debbie Thompson
Orewa School
Orewa
MindPlus Orewa
Sara Meadows
Manuka School
North Shore
MindPlus North Shore
Kirsten Turner
Fruitvale School
New Lynn
Mind Plus Auckland West
Sandi Purdie, Andrew Munn
Waikowhai Intermediate
Waikowhai
MindPlus Auckland Central
Madelaine Armstrong-Willcocks, Susan
Stanhope Road School
Tamaki/Panmure
MindPlus Auckland East
Charlene Barnett, Charmain Cloete
Waikato
South City Christian School
Hamilton
MindPlus Hamilton
Mary St George
Bay of Plenty
Sunset Primary School
Rotorua
MindPlus Rotorua
Sue Bufton
Wellington
Miramar Central school
Wellington
MindPlus Wellington South
Nomi Wald
Cardinal McKeefry School
Wilton
MindPlus Wellington West
Anne Rose
Rata Street School
Lower Hutt
MindPlus Hutt
Vicki Adam, Sarah Kirby
Kapiti Primary School
Paraparaumu
MindPlus Kapiti
Wendy van Belle
Tasman
Henley School
Nelson
MindPlus Nelson
Linda Rogers
Canterbury
Cobham Intermediate
Christchurch
MindPlus Christchurch
Anja Naughton , (new appointment)
Jackson, Reema Saluja
COSTS:
These costs have been updated to all be inclusive of gst if applicable are slightly reduced from initial projections.
2015 All students need to complete a referral from before their preferred Entry option can be arranged (please contact the
NZCGE office for this).
Entry 1:
Workshop - no cost (optional report $57.50 gst inclusive)
Entry 2:
Individual Assessment $345- gst inclusive- includes a written report
Entry 3:
Review of External Ed Pysch Report - no cost
Child:
$70 per session (38 sessions offered per year- $2660 gst inclusive full year)
Child:
Discount for full year if paid by Feb 28 2015- $2300 gst inclusive, non-refundable
Child:
Voluntary donation request $15 per term or $50 per year for consumables (no gst on a donation)
School Membership:
Sliding scale beginning at $1000 for 3 students – NZCGE discusses this with schools however if schools
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do NOT become members a fee of $10 per session(gst inclusive) is added to the parental cost.
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All fees are non- refundable as a place is being taken by your child, this applies for sickness or attendance at school events or family holidays
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Families can apply for subsidies and scholarships, and the child can start the programme when funding becomes available- most funding
available has a fixed time allocation. Subsidies are not available on an ongoing basis and must be reapplied for each year.
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No automatic sibling or automatic staff subsidies are available.
PAYMENT
NZCGE will invoice families at the start of each term. Payment can be made by internet banking, by weekly/fortnightly automatic
payment, by cheque or by credit card. Details will be on the invoice.
SUBSIDIES
We apply to a variety of sources on an ongoing basis for financial support for families who are unable to meet the full cost of
attendance for their child. These subsidies arrive at different times and are for different amounts. Parents can request support by
emailing the office for a subsidy: partial payment support form. Subsidies are limited to funding available. Subsidy priorities as
stipulated when we apply for funding from our donors.
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Child will attend the MindPlus full 2015 year programme.
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Basic home information and the child’s school decile rating will indicate level of need (unless the family wish to give proof of
income and expenditure)
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Child already attending the programme prior to 2015
Application forms are available at the NZCGE office on [email protected] or 04 589 5095 / 0800 457 543
Please feel welcome to contact us if you have any further questions. Deborah Walker, CEO