High potential and gifted education

Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may shine in creativity, thinking, leadership or sport.

Many students have high potential, and we are dedicated to growing that potential into something powerful.

Our teachers are skilled at identifying this potential and nurture our students to achieve their very best.

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 supporting high potential and gifted students, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school.

Strengths based feedback leads to challenging learning goals in literacy and numeracy.
Data informed, differentiated tasks that progressively increase in complexity and promote higher-order thinking.
Opportunities for leadership, structured peer collaboration and reflection within the classroom.
Safe learning environments that promote a sense of belonging, confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school

Our school recognises that every student is an individual, offering flexible and diverse opportunities for them to explore and enhance their strengths across all areas of learning.
Our school identifies and supports students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension, and extra-curricular activities, such as debating, academic competitions, and STEM initiatives.
Student creativity is celebrated and extended through various outlets such as school musicals, drama groups, visual arts showcases, choir and band and creative writing groups.
Students can take part in representative sports teams, sports training and skill development, targeted coaching sessions and house competitions.
We encourage all our students to take on leadership roles through student representative council leadership, the Peer Support mentoring program and whole school wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

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

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 teamwork.
The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive environment.
The Premier’s Debating Challenge equips our students to build logical arguments and gain confidence in public speaking.
“Shine On” is an iconic local performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across the Great Lakes Learning Community of public schools.