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.
- Learning environments that foster exploration, curiosity, and ongoing self-reflection.
- Feedback and goal setting that build on students’ strengths and support meaningful progress.
- Classroom-based leadership opportunities that promote responsibility and initiative.
- Structured peer collaboration and guided reflection to deepen understanding.
- Differentiated learning tasks that vary in pace, complexity, and cognitive challenge.
- Formative assessment practices that track growth and inform next steps in learning.
- Learning experiences that offer choice, real-world relevance, and opportunities for critical and creative thinking, including cross-curricular projects.
- Targeted skill development focusing on coordination, agility, and physical control.
- Opportunities for students to lead in demonstrations, modelling, or team strategy discussions.
- Supportive environments that build confidence and encourage positive risk-taking and perseverance.
- Specialist Visual Arts Program – High-level creative lessons with coordinated entries into regional and state art competitions.
- Specialist Cooking Program – Structured culinary sessions allowing students to develop and showcase advanced cooking skills.
- Academic Competitions – Opportunities for students to extend themselves through maths, writing, and general knowledge challenges.
- Critical Thinking Workshops – Targeted sessions to build higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
- Musical Showcases – Regular performance opportunities that extend students’ musical confidence and technical ability.
- Aboriginal Dance and Yidaki Programs – Cultural performance programs enabling students to develop skill, expression, and cultural knowledge.
- School Sporting Competitions – Pathways for students with strong athletic ability to challenge themselves in a competitive setting.
- Student Leadership Programs – Opportunities that build initiative, communication, and responsibility in high-potential leaders.
- Wellbeing Programs – Schoolwide initiatives that support resilience, engagement, and the social–emotional needs of high-potential learners.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge 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.
- Our mentoring programs connect our students with trusted adults including school alumni to build confidence, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
- The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
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.
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