In which subjects have your dcs been recognised as being gifted and talented?

[Carrotsandcelery]

I know very little about the world of Gifted and Talented and I am intrigued.

Is it always Maths and English skills which result in a child being recognised as gifted and talented or do other subjects get recognised as well?

If other subjects are recognised what are they?

I think they were box ticking with DD as she got it in blummin everything, including RE - not bad for an atheist

At our schools (dd, secondary,ds primary) its called 'gifted and more able', not sure if its the same thing.

dd, in literacy. since she was teeny!

Speaking and listening (snort) . I could have told them that about the blardy speaking but I don't always see much evidence of the listening. In DS's school it is a load of rubbish really, blatant box ticking as there are exactly the same no. of G&t children in each class [hmm.]

I know kids at DC school who got on the G&T list for art or PE stuff (one of the y6 girls is amazing at sport). No special provision at DC school for G&T; either my kids are off the list or they've quietly shelved the programme.

Dials I hink the idea is to get the top 5% to make sure none get missed even at 'challenging' schools. So you would get 1.5 in every class of 30 for each subject.

ahh OK I thought it would be done over the whole year group rather than each class...

You might be right. Wouldn't it be difficult to judge if not the main class teacher , though?