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.
Signs of high potential
High potential and gifted children are advanced learners. They tend to:
- be intensely curious
- learn new ideas or skills quickly and easily
- display a good memory
- ask complex questions
- be creative
- enjoy thinking in complex ways
- require fewer repetitions when learning new things
- become intensely focused in their area of interest or passion.
Our high potential and gifted education opportunities
Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.
- Participation in extension literacy and numeracy activities
- Access to science experiments
- Engaging in technology and digital literacy activities
- Public Speaking Competitions
- ICAS
- Participation in physical education classes
- Swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals and sporting pathways
- District trials for representative teams
- Gala Days
- Swimming scheme
- External providers including Gymnastics, Soccer and Dancing.
- Gardening and animal care
- Engagement in buddy systems including year 6 and Kindergarten Buddy program
- Student Leadership including School Leaders and Sports Captains.
- Fundraising and volunteering
- Involvement in visual arts and craft activities
- Workshops with Ngununggula regional art gallery
- Opportunities in dance, music and school presentations.
- Engagement in creative writing
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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