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

Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.

In our classroom

We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school.

Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.

We identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs and acceleration.

Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.

Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners. This is an area of focus for our School Excellence Plan and school improvement journey.

Across our school

Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom.

Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.

Our school identifies and supports students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension and extra-curricular opportunities such as debating, competitions, creative writing, art workshops at local galleries and STEM and coding clubs.

All our students, including high potential and gifted students, are encouraged to take on leadership roles through student representative council leadership, mentoring programs and running school clubs.

Student talent is celebrated and extended through school concerts, drama groups, visual arts showcases and creative writing groups.

Our students can take part in differentiated Physical Education programs and represent the school in various levels through team and individual sports. Our school also takes part in PSSA gala days and encourages students to trial for district teams.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.

Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.

Our students participate in local sporting opportunities through carnivals, inclusive sport competitions and through PSSA events and trials. 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.

We join together with local schools to offer a HPAG class run and hosted by local schools, where students can partner with local industries to extend critical thinking skills and solve world issues.

Our school takes part in local schools' choir, Southern Stars performances and Premiers Debating Challenge to encourage participation in the arts. The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.