❓ This parliamentary question seeks information about the features of the Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC) program run by the Education Department of Western Australia, and the answer provides a detailed overview of the program's structure, objectives, and resource allocation.
AnsweredQoN 1388Legislative Assembly
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What are the main features of the Primary Extension and Challenge programme run by the Education Department of Western Australia?
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Answered
14 March 2002
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
23 days
The Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC) programs provided by the Department of Education have the following features:
They are supplementary part time withdrawal programs for primary school children in Years 5, 6, and 7.
Programs provide enrichment and extension opportunities for exceptionally able primary school students identified as gifted and talented.
PEAC courses span many learning areas and are designed to extend students in their thinking and learning.
PEAC courses encourage intellectual rigour and challenge, higher order thinking, independent learning, problem solving and risk taking.
Identification is coordinated by each education district and seeks to provide for the top 2.5% of the target population.
The District Director is responsible for the establishment and operation of PEAC programs within each district.
Each district, through a merit selection process, appoints its PEAC teachers.
Models of PEAC provision vary from district to district depending on the needs and interests of the identified students.
Central support is provided through:
– teacher time for program implementation (expressed as Full Time Equivalent (FTE);
– clerical allocation; and
– financial allocation.
Resources are allocated to districts on a pro rata basis according to the number of Year 5, 6 and 7 students.
Some courses attract a fee to offset costs. However, students are not excluded for financial reasons.
Transport to and from PEAC sessions is the responsibility of parents.
Monitoring, assessment and reporting of student achievement in PEAC programs occurs within an outcomes framework.
Reports on student progress are provided to parents and the school at which the student is enrolled.
They are supplementary part time withdrawal programs for primary school children in Years 5, 6, and 7.
Programs provide enrichment and extension opportunities for exceptionally able primary school students identified as gifted and talented.
PEAC courses span many learning areas and are designed to extend students in their thinking and learning.
PEAC courses encourage intellectual rigour and challenge, higher order thinking, independent learning, problem solving and risk taking.
Identification is coordinated by each education district and seeks to provide for the top 2.5% of the target population.
The District Director is responsible for the establishment and operation of PEAC programs within each district.
Each district, through a merit selection process, appoints its PEAC teachers.
Models of PEAC provision vary from district to district depending on the needs and interests of the identified students.
Central support is provided through:
– teacher time for program implementation (expressed as Full Time Equivalent (FTE);
– clerical allocation; and
– financial allocation.
Resources are allocated to districts on a pro rata basis according to the number of Year 5, 6 and 7 students.
Some courses attract a fee to offset costs. However, students are not excluded for financial reasons.
Transport to and from PEAC sessions is the responsibility of parents.
Monitoring, assessment and reporting of student achievement in PEAC programs occurs within an outcomes framework.
Reports on student progress are provided to parents and the school at which the student is enrolled.
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