MindPlus

Where like-minds grow together

Now taking referrals for the 2021 year

Contact us for a referral pack today. 

Learn more at our MindPlus Entry Selection Information Session

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we are offering online Information Sessions

This session will outline the entry process and provide information about the MindPlus programme for those considering a 2021 start.

Please contact our Head Office for details - admin@nzcge.co.nz or 0800 769 243 for the link. 

About MindPlus

MindPlus is a programme for gifted 6-13 year olds that provides intellectual, creative, social and emotional learning and support. Children come together, with a specialist teacher, for one day each week. Together they engage in differentiated, strength-based learning experiences to further develop their gifts and talents and a greater understanding of themselves. 

Referrals to MindPlus are welcomed from parents or a child’s school. (We welcome referrals from home-schooling parents, too.)

Information regarding a child’s intellectual, creative, and personal abilities and traits is collected from their home and school, and from the child themselves at an entry selection workshop.

This information is analysed to determine whether there is a good match between the child’s strengths and the MindPlus programme.

See more in our Information Pack here

Have more questions? Refer to our FAQ page here,or see more below. 

Why MindPlus is great for creatively and academically gifted children:

• Children connect with like-minded peers who think like them and understand each other.
• Learning is challenging and applied, and stretches children’s abilities and ways of thinking.
• Small class numbers enable personalised learning that focuses on each child’s strengths and interests.
• Our specialist teachers understand gifted learners and what makes them tick.

As with all of our programmes, MindPlus is guided by the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education Curriculum which focuses on these six learning strands:

• conceptual development;
• personal development;
• talent development;
• research;
• complex thinking; and
• communication.

The curriculum is developmental in nature and designed to increase, over time, the breadth, depth, sophistication and complexity of learners’ knowledge and abilities in these areas and their self-direction in learning.

Where we currently operate in New Zealand 

MindPlus currently operates out of 11 Units (classrooms) across New Zealand:

MindPlus classes are located in: 

• Auckland (Verran Primary School, Birkdale (North Shore), Bruce McLaren Intermediate, Henderson (West Auckland), Edendale Primary School, Sandringham (Central), Riverina Primary School, Pakuranga (Auckland East)
• Tauranga (House of Science)
• Rotorua (Kaitao Intermediate School)
• Manawatu (Palmerston North)
• Lower Hutt (Rata Street School)
• Wellington (Cardinal McKeefry School, Wilton and Evans Bay Intermediate, Kilbirnie)
• Christchurch (Riccarton High School)
• Mid-Canterbury  (Ashburton Christian School)
• Wakatipu (KingsView School)

Have more questions? Refer to our FAQ page here

Further Inquiries on MindPlus

To find out more about MindPlus and the entry selection process, contact our office on 0800 769 243 or email us through our website