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.
Our classroom practices support and challenge high potential and gifted students through:
- Explicit Teaching
- Daily Reviews
- Student feedback
- Personalised Learning Plans
- K-2 InitiaLit
- Data triangulation and goal setting
- Amplify music
- Open-ended, critical thinking projects
Our school delivers diverse whole-school initatives aimed at fostering student development through:
- Extension mathematics
- Learning and support team
- Leadership opportunities
- Public Speaking competition
- 'Tell Me a Story' writing and illustration competition
- Events- science fair, art competitions
- Teams- debating, sport and choir
- The Resilience Project
Our students take part in numerous programs aimed at expanding their capabilties, including:
- Premiers Debating Challenge
- Premiers Reading Challenge
- Premiers Sporting Challenge
- PSSA knockout, gala and individual sports
- Competitions- ICAS, Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition
- Data triangulation and goal setting
- Positive Behaviour for Learning
- Tailored sporting instruction e.g. golf, frisbee, football
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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