Gifted & Talented Visual Art
The Balcatta Senior High School Gifted and Talented Visual Art Program is a scholarship program offered to students identified as Gifted and Talented in the Visual Arts, usually in Year 6 for entry into Year 7.
Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Program
Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs extend and enrich learning and let creative talents flourish.
Applications for Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance programs for 2026 intake will OPEN on 14 October 2024.
Applications are OPEN to students who will enter Year 7 in 2026.
Limited places may also be available for students who will enter Years 9, 10 and 11 in 2026.
For more information or to apply, go to www.education.wa.edu.au/giftedandtalented
Key dates, applicant guidelines and information to support you through the application, testing and placement processes.
Key dates and guidelines are updated regularly and are subject to change.
- Key dates for the 2025 intake
- Applicant guidelines – Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance programs for entry to Years 7, 9, 10 and 11 in 2026.
GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION INFORMATION EVENT
The Gifted and Talented Secondary Selection Entrance Program extends and enriches learning and allows creative talents to flourish. Hosted by Balcatta Senior High School and presented by the Department of Education, this is a great opportunity to find out about key dates and application processes when applying for 2026 entry.
Suitable for parents of current Year 5 students. Limited vacancies may also be available for entry into Years 7, 9, 10 and 11 (for 2026) only. The information session will cover all Gifted and Talented programs at all available schools.
Date: Thursday 14 November 2024
Time: 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm
Venue: Performing Arts Theatre, Balcatta Senior High School
Address: 56 Amelia Street, Balcatta
Book online: SOBS – https://sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=536
Parking available through gates on Amelia Street.
If you have any booking problems, please contact the school by email balcatta.shs@education.wa.edu.au
Gifted and Talented Visual Art Program
The Gifted and Talented Visual Art program was established at Balcatta Senior High School in 1979. In 2019 we celebrated 40 years of excellence of our prestigious Visual Arts program.
Our Visual Art program provides students with outstanding creative opportunities to enrich and extend their artistic ideas, skills and processes. They learn through a differentiated curriculum with a variety of visual inquiry, studio work, exhibitions and critical and historical reflection.
This unique Visual Art program provides our students with the opportunity to engage themselves in a range of highly specialised studio areas during their Saturday morning art workshops. Students explore and experiment with a range of media including; Portrait painting in oils, ceramics, photography, digital art, animation, printmaking, sculpture, textiles and urban street art. They are all run by professional artists, designers, illustrators and practicing crafts persons.
Our students are exposed to traditional and contemporary Visual Art practices through excursions to current exhibitions and school workshop extensions by local and international artists.
For more information, view our Gifted and Talented Visual Arts Information booklet.
Application and Selection Process
The selection process is managed by the Gifted and Talented Selection Unit, through the Department of Education. If your child would like to apply for this program, applications can be made through the Department of Education Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Team.
Dates to remember
- Gifted & Talented Visual Art Camp – Monday 7 April to Thursday 10 April 2025
Dates Term 4, 2024
| GIFTED AND TALENTED ART – SATURDAYS TERM 4, 2024 | |||
| Week | Dates | BSHS | Young Masters |
| 1 | 14 October | Make up session | |
| 2 | 19 October | Week 1 | |
| 3 | 26 October | Week 2 | |
| 4 | 2 November | Week 3 | |
| 5 | 9 November | Week 4 | |
| 6 | 16 November | Week 5 | |
| 7 | 23 November | Week 6 | |
| 8 | 30 November | Big Art Day Out | |
| 9 | 7 December | ||
| 10 | 16 December | NO ART – SCHOOL HOLIDAYS | |
Dates Semester 1, 2025
| GIFTED AND TALENTED ART – SATURDAYS TERM 1, 2025 | |||
| Week | Dates | BSHS | Young Masters |
| 1 | 8 February | No– Art | |
| 2 | 15 February | Week 1 | Week 1 |
| 3 | 22 February | Week 2 | Week 2 |
| 4 | 1 March | Public Holiday | NO ART |
| 5 | 8 March | Week 3 | Week 3 |
| 6 | 15 March | Week 4 | Week 4 |
| 7 | 22 March | Week 5 | Week 5 |
| 8 | 29 March | Week 6 | Week 6 |
| 9 | 5 April | Week 7 | |
| 10 | 11 April | NO ART – SCHOOL HOLIDAYS | |
| GIFTED AND TALENTED ART – SATURDAYS TERM 2, 2025 | |||
| Week | Dates | BSHS | Young Masters |
| 1 | 3 May | Week 1 | |
| 2 | 10 May | Week 2 | Week 1 |
| 3 | 17 May | Week 3 | Week 2 |
| 4 | 24 May | Week 4 | Week 3 |
| 5 | 31 May | Public Holiday | NO ART |
| 6 | 7 June | Week 5 | Week 4 |
| 7 | 14 June | Week 6 | Week 5 |
| 8 | 21 June | Week 7 | Week 6 |
| 9 | 28 June | Week 8 | |
| 10 | 5 July | NO ART – SCHOOL HOLIDAYS | |
