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.

In our classroom

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

Staff use differentiated tasks within their programming and teaching that adjust pace, tasks and complexity.

Flexible groupings for collaboration and presentation, targeted learning goals, and strengths-based feedback is used to cater to individual learning profiles.

Across our school

Our staff regularly engage in professional development to ensure the most current research-based practices are being used.

Students are able to engage in opportunities including:

student leadership opportunities
participation in whole school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
public speaking
learn to swim
cultural activities
excursions and incursions
Musica Viva
networking with other small schools
STEM
lessons with Sporting School's instructors

Across NSW

Our Enrichment Partnerships with universities deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.

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.

The Arts Unit provides opportunities for students to showcase their talents in visual art.