Victorian High Ability Program (VHAP)
The Victorian High Ability Program (VHAP) enables high-ability students in Years 5-8, at all victorian state schools, to be challenged and extended in a a supportive environment.
Virtual School Victoria delivers the Victorian High-Ability Program (VHAP) to high-ability students in Years 5-6 at Mount View Primary School. VHAP consists of ten-week online courses in Mathematics and English. Students engage in synchronous Webex classes with their teachers.
The VHAP classroom provides students with the opportunity to:
- explore and express their ideas freely
- make their own decisions about their work
- be inspired and challenged by each other
- gain confidence in their choices and abilities
- feel excited by their learning.
In the VHAP English course, students explores links between reality and fiction by observing the world around us and our journeys into fictional worlds. VHAP English empowers students through cultivating confidence and a willingness to take academic risks.
In the VHAP maths course, students embrace the “why” of maths, not just the “what”. Students and teachers dive into the philosophical implications of mathematical topics.
VHAP promotes development of key skills such as teamwork, collaboration and resilience. The program is a safe space for high-ability students to stretch their wings, encounter change and challenge, and confront fears around making “mistakes.”
International Competition and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)
Each year students in Years 3-6 have the opportunity to participate in the ICAS competition. ICAS is an optional competition designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Digital Technologies. The questions are engaging and fun and have been designed by psychometricians, education measurement experts and experienced teachers to push students to their academic limits, as well as test higher-order thinking and problem-solving abilities.
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