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WiseOnes is a support program for gifted children in their own schools. The service is provided by very experienced teachers who are parents of gifted children themselves.

Some fast learners do not show their true potential at school, by deliberate choice to appear the same as others, or perhaps because they lack vitality due to some health issues or maybe they have “turned off” through lack of challenge or from being misunderstood.

Parents are more correct than anyone else about their child’s potential. In fact they are over 75% correct. Testing is needed to make sure.

For online at home achievement testing of school learning look at www.testmychild.net. This suits all levels of ability aged 6-14 and is more inclusive than most tests.

WiseOnes provides a support service for high potential children, in your primary school and in school time or out of school programs for secondary gifted or special needs.  School leaders can check the Power Point Presentation below. Anywhere we can have an Area Development Officer or Education Manager, who may like to teach as well, we can provide the program. If you are a qualified teacher, and interested, get in touch and we can explore the possibilities for you.  info@wiseones.com.au

Our qualified, registered, experienced and happy teachers attend the school weekly to deliver special needs, specifically designed curriculum for these children.  It is for fast learners so is not conencted to the national or the state curriculum.These children need more and different learning ahead of what their classroom is doing and maybe ahead of the resources available at the school.

All students in the program are assessed to prove their high potential. Not all children express potential in a way that is recognisably gifted, but the assessment has uncovered the potential of these students. Our assessment is not based on literacy but on quality of thinking and its play style nature makes the young people relaxed. 

What is it like to be gifted?

School Leaders- watch the quick Power Point presentation and contact us.

   10 point presentation 2010    double click on the title. Next screen - double click and wait for PPT to start. Be patient – it is a bit slow.

Parents of Children in the WiseOnes Program

For the lastest news and information on the WiseOnes program, such as class schedules, please visit the Parent Notices.

The WiseOnes website is updated periodically to provide you with the latest information on giftedness and education.  Please contact us if we can assist you further.

Latest News: International Womens Day

I’d like to honour two women who had a significant effect on my life and therefore on WiseOnes.  Australia’s first saint, Mary McKillop, founded a teaching group of women with the vision of educating the poor.  I once visited a remote aboriginal community,  in a stony desert area in West Australia, as far from anywhere else as you could get, and there were two of her group, living in an ancient caravan and running a  school so the influence of Mary McKillop three quarters of  a century later was still felt. For me another amazing women was Sr Edmund, probably born after Mary’s death, but who was filled with Mary McKillop’s vision and with a great sense of humour.  Sr Edmund taught me in Grade 5, recognized my potential, organized free psychological assessent, coached me for free after school towards gaining a scholarship.  I passed the scholarship that year so missed grade 6 and also Grade 7. After a very hard year doing grade 8 , I gained a government scholarship and completed years 9 to 12.  For several years only one  other girl from my primary school at Frankston completed year 12. I found out later that my parents had gone without food to pay my train fare to secondary school.  Yes, I do appreciate that parents make sacrifices to provide the WiseOnes program for their fast learners.

  So now you know why all WiseOnes Education Managers agree to provide a scholarship, from their own resources, to poor families with fast learner children. In the 12+ years so far that would be one scholarship per term per school for all WiseOnes schools, or 49 times the number of schools, well over 1500 scholarships and still going.  Thank these two amazing women teachers, Mary McKillop and Sr Edmund, whose passion for justice and equity in education and in opportunity for the future, combined with disciplined hard work and self sacrifice still lives on.  Mary has been dead for over 100 years and I’m sure Sr Edmund must be dead too, but their influence is still here.  There must be many others, inspired by their ideals, who are doing great things in our communities.

I’d like to express my appreciation of all the wonderful teachers who have worked and are workng with WiseOnes. Their contribution to the welfare of those who are difficult to provide for in schools,  ought to be recognized.  There is  a  great deal of unusual preparation in the work of a WiseOnes teacher but also great satisfaction and pleasure.  Please thank your WiseOnes teacher this week.  Pat Slattery

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