High potential and gifted education

Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may shine in creativity, thinking, leadership or sport.

At our school, we recognise and nurture these strengths early. We support advanced learners 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 find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.

Tailored lessons

Each student has different abilities. Teachers respond to each student’s ability by providing extra challenges and extension activities to keep learning exciting and engaging.

Rich opportunities and activities

Students can take part in opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.

Opening doors to wider experiences

Our students can participate in a wide range of state-wide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich student 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 strategies 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

At our school, the targeted HPGE Numeracy and Literacy skill groups are carefully tiered according to each student's skill level to provide support precisely at their point of need. This approach ensures that students are challenged appropriately, fostering growth rather than holding them back. Explicit teaching is embedded across all Key Learning Areas (KLAs), reinforcing essential skills consistently throughout the curriculum. Our literacy and numeracy assessments are designed to align with the format of NAPLAN and regular check-in assessments, enabling students to focus on demonstrating their knowledge and skills confidently rather than being overwhelmed by the process. Additionally, students can engage in programs specifically designed to improve their literacy and numeracy skills, ensuring that no student is left behind. They can also participate in targeted enrichment activities tailored to their unique skill sets, providing further opportunities to develop and excel beyond the standard classroom experience.

High potential and gifted education In our classrooms

Our teaching approaches support and challenge high potential and gifted students through a variety of opportunities, including:

Grouping students by readiness and learning needs to differentiate literacy and numeracy instruction.
Encouraging peer feedback and personal reflection to enhance learning.
Engaging in STEM activities.
Using differentiated teaching methods as part of a quality teaching program.
Providing opportunities for leadership roles in physical activities.
Opportunity to participate in the ‘Wild at Art’ competition.

Across our school K-12

Our school provides a variety of whole-school programs designed to promote student growth. These opportunities include:

Participation in school sports teams.
Opportunities to try out for sporting teams beyond the school level.
Cold-write writing assessment program to identify students' current levels and determine next steps in writing development across K-12.
QuickSmart
MacLit
Engaging students in interactive, game-based activities that develop critical thinking and scientific skills.
Engaging in agricultural field days.
Visiting universities and attending career expos.

Across NSW

Science Challenges, engaging students in interactive, game-based activities that develop critical thinking and scientific skills.
Opportunities to participate in the 'Write a Book in a Day' program, fostering creativity, teamwork, and writing skills within a collaborative, time-challenged environment.
NSW Premier’s Spelling Challenge.
NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge.
NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge.