High potential and gifted education

At our school, every learner’s potential is our priority.

Our school offers a diverse range of opportunities across the 4 domains of potential: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional.

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 and extra-curricular activities 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

Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students. Opportunities include:

Peer feedback and reflection.
Public speaking and presentation skills.
HSIE museum task.
STEM activities.
Differentiated teaching strategies including high impact strategies.
Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical activities.

Across our school

Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth. Opportunities include:

School sporting team participation.
Performing in Starstruck and the school musical.
Debating and public speaking competitions.
Robotic and coding workshops
Science field days.
University visits and career expos.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of programs to extend their potential. Opportunities include:

Game Changer design thinking challenge.
The Premier’s Debating Challenge.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge.
The Representative School Sport Pathway and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels.