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?
Intellectual
Developing critical thinking, problem-solving, and advanced learning.
Creative
Fostering artistic expression, innovation, and original ideas
Social
Building leadership, collaboration, and strong interpersonal skills.
Physical
Promoting physical skills, wellbeing, and healthy lifestyles..
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.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
- Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
- Writer’s Festival – showcase your writing skills
- Maths Games – challenge your problem-solving abilities
- Public Speaking – develop confidence and communication
- FilmBy – engage in media and film projects
- Far North Coast Dance – express creativity through movement
- Talent Show – perform and share your unique skills
- SRC and Leadership Roles – grow leadership and teamwork
- PSSA Sporting Opportunities – participate in competitive sports
- The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
- The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
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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