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Gifted Awareness Week

About (GAW)

Gifted Awareness Week was founded in 2015 by the Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented (AAEGT) to raise awareness of the identification, support and learning needs of gifted children and to celebrate the dedication of individuals and educational bodies who are making a positive difference in the lives of gifted children and their families.

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    Gifted Awareness Week Australia is celebrated in May every year.

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  • Welcome.

    Help us celebrate and raise awareness by organising or getting involved in a local event, contributing or sharing blog posts, and using our resources to spread the word! 

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  • Thank you cards and certificates

    Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, or certificates, just $5 for each set. These are available all year round for you.

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  • Read our blogs

    Our blogs cover so many different perspectives via prose, poetry, video and audio.

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GAW will be held in May 2025


Plan your 2025 GAW event

Events can be registered from now until 5 days before the start of GAW.

Submit an event

Further resources are available to event organisers once your event has been registered. These include the GAW Logo, powerpoint and flyer templates and more! 

Planning your GAW event

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Purchase printable thank you cards and certificates

Our favourite

Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

For Dog Lovers

Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

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Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

Leaves

Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

Pot plants

Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

Thank you

Purchase, download and print our thank you cards, just $5 for the whole set.

AAEGT members may download these free from the Members Area

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Purchase, download and print our set of 4 Certificates of Appreciation, just $5 for the set.


AAEGT members may downlod these free from the Members Area

Past themes

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2024 - Unlocking Potential

2023 - Diverse Faces of Giftedness

2022 - Like Minds

2021 - Thriving as gifted

2020 - Wellbeing - A no limits approach

2019 - Belonging

2018 - Acceptance: Diversity and Equality

2017- Diversity: recognise, realise, respond

2016 - What Giftedness means to me

2015 - No limits

Spread the Word!

Why not put an image on your social media, or in your email signature? Or share an article with your colleagues?



There is a vast amount of information and research in the field of gifted education. These images and links are just some ideas to get you started so that together we can raise awareness. 

Blog

Can you contribute to building a national resource on gifted education? Tell us what is working well in your school, or share a great gifted education resource.

Read guidelines and submit your ideas
View all GAW blog articles

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