TLI and High Ability @HEPS
Free Parent Seminars
An Exceptional Exchange: Necessary Ingredients for Thriving
September 8, 2025 (17:00 - 19:30)
Come and listen to the voices of gifted and high ability young people as they discuss the topic: ‘Necessary ingredients for thriving’
Light supper will be provided. Participants will also have the opportunity to tour the CHES facility. Suitable for educators, parents, students and therapists
FREE seminar funded by the DET Victoria. Please note - this seminar is in person at CHES. CHES (Centre for Higher Education Studies, 669 Chapel St, South Yarra VIC 3141)
Registrations essential by Monday 1st September, 2025.
Book here - https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1426818
Games and Holiday Ideas
Wednesday 13 November, 20247.30pm - 9.00pm online
Join Victoria and Kathy to explore some games suitable for gifted children and families along with some holiday ideas. There will be an opportunity to share your favourites too.
Registrations and book details coming soon
VHAP
The Virtual School Victoria (VSV) delivers the Victorian High-Ability Program (VHAP) to high-ability students in Years 5-8, at all Victorian State Schools.
VHAP consists of ten-week online courses in Mathematics and English for both primary and secondary levels. Students engage in synchronous Webex classes with their online teachers. They can also engage with the course material on VSV Online outside of the class time.
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, we explore 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.
There are opportunities for differentiation within the course. Students can choose to work at a pace comfortable for them or be extended.
VHAP promotes the 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.”
VHAP Masterclass
Students who participate in the Victorian High-Ability Program are provided with the opportunity to meet other students in their local area who are undertaking the same course, in a masterclass. The masterclass provides opportunities for students to connect with like-minded peers across their region to reflect on their experiences and delve further into ideas related to the course.
We have been lucky enough to have created a masterclass association with local primary schools such as Great Ryrie, Ringwood North, Croydon Hills, Eastwood, and have recently extended the invitation to Marlborough. These days are an opportunity not only for students to meet other students, but also for teachers to watch and share practice.
Our next masterclass is happening in Term 4. Further information will be provided next term.