Challenge

At Laburnum Primary School, in addition to our highly targeted and differentiated classroom learning experiences, we pride ourselves on offering high-ability students additional challenging and enriching opportunities.

RISE

As part of this endeavour, we offer RISE (Recognising Individual Student Excellence) workshops, where eligible students will be invited to participate in suitable opportunities which match their learning needs. 

Students are selected for workshops on a basis of their academic performance, classroom teacher observations and the suitability of the workshop to the individual. Parents will be notified in advance of RISE workshops, which are mainly targeted at Grades 3 - 6 students.

VHAP

The Victorian High-Ability Program (VHAP) is an enrichment program that addresses the needs of high-ability students to engage with challenging material in either English or Mathematics, and also to meet and exchange ideas with other students like themselves. This program is facilitated by Student Excellence in the Department of Education and is delivered by Virtual Schools Victoria.

Students in Grades 5-8 are selected on the basis of their academic performance and teacher observations to participate in an online virtual program run over the course of a school term.