High potential and gifted education (HPGE)
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.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
- Debating
- STEM and coding clubs
- School musicals
- Music ensembles
- Visual arts and drama showcases
- Student leadership
- Wellbeing programs
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
- The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
- The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
- Our STEM Enrichment Partnerships with industry and universities deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
High potential and gifted education domains
Our HPGE program supports students across four key domains: Academic, Creative, Physical, and Social-Emotional. Each domain provides tailored opportunities to challenge and extend students’ abilities, helping them reach their full potential.
This domain addresses the development of interpersonal skills, emotional awareness, and resilience. Gifted students may have heightened sensitivities or emotional intensities, so support focuses on helping them manage feelings, build healthy relationships, and develop self-confidence while navigating social environments.
The physical domain relates to advanced abilities in motor skills, coordination, and athleticism. High potential in this area includes talents in sports, dance, or other physical activities. Support involves opportunities to develop physical skills and achieve excellence through targeted training and participation.
This domain focuses on fostering students' ability to think imaginatively and innovatively. It encourages originality, curiosity, and the capacity to generate new ideas or approaches. Creative students often excel in artistic activities, problem-solving, and inventiveness.
The intellectual domain involves advanced cognitive abilities such as critical thinking, reasoning, and deep understanding. Students in this domain exhibit strong analytical skills and a capacity to grasp complex concepts quickly. Education for intellectual giftedness includes challenges that promote higher-order thinking and knowledge extension.
Intellectual
The intellectual domain involves advanced cognitive abilities such as critical thinking, reasoning, and deep understanding. Students in this domain exhibit strong analytical skills and a capacity to grasp complex concepts quickly. Education for intellectual giftedness includes challenges that promote higher-order thinking and knowledge extension.
Socio- Emotional
This domain addresses the development of interpersonal skills, emotional awareness, and resilience. Gifted students may have heightened sensitivities or emotional intensities, so support focuses on helping them manage feelings, build healthy relationships, and develop self-confidence while navigating social environments.
Creative
This domain focuses on fostering students' ability to think imaginatively and innovatively. It encourages originality, curiosity, and the capacity to generate new ideas or approaches. Creative students often excel in artistic activities, problem-solving, and inventiveness.
Physical
The physical domain relates to advanced abilities in motor skills, coordination, and athleticism. High potential in this area includes talents in sports, dance, or other physical activities. Support involves opportunities to develop physical skills and achieve excellence through targeted training and participation.
Student opportunities and activities
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Learning
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Help for your high potential child
If your child shows signs of high potential, contact us. We can share how our HPGE support can guide their learning journey.