At Corinda, we believe it is important to develop our academically gifted students, just as we do students who possess skills in music, sport or other talents. Our goal is to engage each student in learning at a level that provides challenge suitable to their skills.
We model our Gifted and Talented Program on Gagne's Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent. Students who are Talented in specific skills or fields have the opportunity to enter one of our Programs of Excellence. Additionally, students who are Gifted and require an acceleration of curriculum are provided an individual curriculum plan to ensure appropriate challenge is offered.
Our Excellence and Honours Programs provide extension in their field beyond the mainstream classroom. The program allows students to become autonomous learners who are actively engaged in the development of their skills and talents.
Our teaching team is comprised of staff who are experts in their fields. They stay abreast of current and emerging research to ensure that their curriculum is dynamic and engaging. We have professional partnerships with Griffith University, QUT and UQ to ensure our programs have real world applications. All staff who teach our Gifted and Talented students undergo GERRIC training allowing them to:
- Identify Gifted and Talented students
- Differentiate the curriculum for high ability students
- Understand Gifted Education best practice
Our programs on offer include:
- Platinum Honours
- Maths / Science Honours
- English / Humanities Honours
- Engineering, Design and Technology Excellence
- Culinary Excellence
- Music Excellence
- Visual Art Excellence
- Dance Excellence
- Football Excellence
- Tennis Excellence
- Year 10 Honours (Please refer to program information below)
Date Claimers
23 July 2024
Excellence Information Evening (Enrolments 2026) August 2024 (various dates)
Term 3 Academic entrance exam and Golden Opportunity Days for Football, Dance, Music, Art, and Culinary (Register here)
End of Term 3 2024
First round offers for 2026 students
End of Term 1 2025
Second round offers for 2026 students
End of Term 2 2025
Final round offers for 2026 students
*2025 Academic entrance exam and Golden Opportunity Days will be released in January 2025.
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23 July 2024
Excellence Information Evening (Year 10
Honours 2025 / Enrolments 2026)
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23 July 2024
Excellence Information Evening (Year 10
Honours 2025 / Enrolments 2026)
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Application Process
New student enrolment
Select program(s) of interest after reviewing the program information.
- Submit enrolment application form, including all relevant documentation. The form allows students to select their chosen program. Please note, students are required to select in catchment application or out of catchment application form based on their primary residential address.
- Attend a schedule Excellence Entrance Examination or Golden Opportunity Day
- Application reviewed and outcome communicated
- Program Acceptance
1. Select Program(s)
Our Programs of Excellence fall into three categories: Academic, Elective and Sporting. Students may submit an application for any combination of programs across and within categories.
Once accepted, students may participate in up to three programs, combining programs from the different categories with a maximum of one program per category.
Academic Programs
| Elective Programs
| Sporting Programs
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Maths/Science Honours
| Engineering, Design and Technology Excellence
| Football (Soccer) Excellence
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English/Humanities Honours
| Culinary Excellence
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Platinum Honours (includes Maths/Science and English/Humanities)
| Visual Art Excellence
| Dance Excellence
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Music Excellence
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Tennis Excellence
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2. Submit Application
All applicants must submit:
- Program of Excellence Application form
- Corinda State High School Enrolment form (if not previously provided)
- Copy of two most recent academic report cards
- Copy of most recent NAPLAN report
- Additional supporting documentation required for program (details in application form)
- Attend an Excellence Entrance Exam or Golden Opportunity Day
3. Excellence Entrance Exam or Golden Opportunity Day
Depending on the Program of Excellence, students are required to participate in either:
Excellence Entrance Exam
| Golden Opportunity Day
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A general aptitude exam (externally delivered and assessed, fee applicable)
| Engagement workshops for audition and trials (fee applicable)
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Programs requiring exam:
- Academic Programs
- Engineering, Design and Technology Excellence
| Programs requiring participation:
- Elective Programs (excluding - EDT) Sporting Programs |
Dates and information are published on the school website. Students may also participate in Golden Opportunity Days to learn more about our programs or just to enjoy the experience.
4. Application Reviewed and Outcome
Led by the Deputy Principal for Programs of Excellence, the Corinda Excellence Panel review each candidate's submission against the Entry Requirements for admission to the individual programs.
At the completion of each round of offers, applications will receive a communication regarding the outcome: program(s) acceptance, waitlisted, additional information required, or does not meet entry requirements.
5. Program Acceptance
Once successfully accepted into Corinda's Program of Excellence, the applicant will confirm their acceptance. Students will receive invitations to participate in a range of engagement activities as they become embedded and enriched as part of our school community
Following the review of a student's application outcome, the Excellence Panel may extend an additional or alternative invitation to a student demonstrating excellence in a program they did not originally request in the application.
If students are accepted into multiple programs within the same category, they have the opportunity to select their preferred program; however they may only select one per category.
Year 10 Honours
Program Information
The Year 10 Honours Program is designed to build a strong foundation for highly capable students in preparation for an academic ATAR-eligible senior pathway.
Honours students are enrolled with their like-minded peers upon consideration of their suitability for the course, which encompasses results from diagnostic tests, academic records and a high standard of behaviour and effort.
Students undertake a customised program of study in subjects that are tailored to enhance, enrich and extend student's deep conceptual understanding across the curriculum. In undertaking Year 10 Honours, students are not fixed into certain subjects for Year 11 and 12 through SET planning.
However, enrolment into the Honours course indicates that students would likely have a high degree of success if choosing to undertake the identified subjects below in their future course of study.
Two streams of the Year 10 Honours Program are offered, focussing on general academic core subjects (Academia), or a maths/science discipline specific approach (Quantum).
This
class is designed to enrich student’s learning across all core subjects, whilst
also building the capability to pursue more than one language in senior.
| - Literature
Mathematical Methods Chemistry Physics Economics Philosophy Language Selection 1 (French, German, Spanish) Language Selection 2 (Other)
| This class is designed to extend highly capable students who are passionate about perusing careers or senior courses of study that require advanced maths and sciences.
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*Any student enrolled in Sporting Programs of Excellence will have a slight variation to their timetable in Honours to facilitate both programs.
Application Process
For further information about Year 10 Honours in 2025 you can: