The Great Detective Challenge (Primary School)
26th-27th Sep (9am -3pm)
|Epping Boys High
Thinking Skills Enrichment Workshop
Time & Location
26th-27th Sep (9am -3pm)
Epping Boys High, Vimiera Rd Marsfield
About the Event
Workshop Summary:
The Great Detective Challenge is a two-day workshop that will develop and extend the thinking skills of gifted students based on a stimulating detective case investigation. Designed to challenge the logical reasoning and thinking abilities of gifted students, students will work together and compete in groups in deducing clues, tackling complex puzzles, solving real-life problems - with the aim of finding the ultimate culprit!
This is a multi-disciplinary thinking skills workshop that will combine English, Maths and Logic. The primary school stream is designed for Years 3-6 and will cover the following topics and skill sets:
Academic: logical thinking, problem solving, deductive reasoning, number sequencing and patterns, chance, spelling, non-verbal reasoning and understanding character intentions.
Communication: brainstorming, teamwork, persuasive/rhetoric, abstract thinking, presentation skills and understanding justice.
The workshop will be led by Ms Wong and Dr Kwok:
- Ms Wong is a high school English teacher in Sydney and a tutor and mentor for gifted students worldwide from countries including Australia, Hong Kong and the UK. Ms Wong is a member of Mensa and graduated with a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from UNSW with excellence.
- Dr Kwok is both an experienced educator and a gifted individual himself. He has a Phd from UNSW, is a member of Mensa and achieved a ATAR equivalent of 99+.
Tickets
The Great Detective Challenge
A Thinking Skills Workshop
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