High potential and gifted education
Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may show natural abilities in creative, intellectual, physical, and/or social-emotional domains.
At our school, we recognise and nurture these strengths early. We support high potential kids with great lessons and activities to help them grow and thrive.
Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?
Recognising potential and developing talent
Our teachers have a diverse range of knowledge and skills which enhances their ability to recognise and nurture students with high potential.
Tailored lessons
We know all our kids have potential and special capabilities that can be developed with appropriate support and a nurturing environment.
Rich opportunities and activities
Our kids have opportunities to develop in their potential in all areas.
Opening doors to wider experiences
We have close community connections that provide additional opportunities as well as a wide range of state-wide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich potential.
What is high potential and gifted education?
High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is how our school supports students with advanced learning needs.
We do this through:
- effective teaching strategiesopen_in_new like enrichment, extension and acceleration
- tailored support during lessons that stretch, challenge and inspire
- access to a wide range of opportunities both within and beyond our school.
Our high potential and gifted education opportunities
Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
- Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Opportunities for abstraction, inquiry, and curriculum depth.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
- Signature leadership program
- Academic competitions
- Music tuition
- Chess
- Public Speaking and Debating
- Performances across all classes
- Visual arts and drama showcases
- Creative writing groups
- Peer mentoring
- Student leadership (SRC)
- Wellbeing programs
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
- Participation in music ensembles and our school band consisting of percussion, woodwind and brass instruments (e.g. State Recorder Group, State Compass Festival) hones our students’ musical skills, discipline and ensemble awareness.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
- The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
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