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.

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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

Analysing assessment data to monitor and adapt teaching and learning.
Use of evidence-informed teaching practices (such as Zone of Proximal Development, Explicit Teaching and Cognitive Load Theory), with opportunities to challenge and extend students.
Explicit teaching to promote higher-order thinking and problem-solving.
Safe, orderly and supportive learning environments with a student-centred approach to learning.
Student learning goals, which are monitored, adjusted and re-set as needed.

Across our school

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School Concert
Kids Rapt on Performing (KROP)
Riverina Dance Festival
Creative Artworks and Writing entered into the Griffith Show (annually)
Sporting Teams in the NSWPSSA knockout competitions
Academic Competitions (ICAS)
Interest Groups (Term 4 each year)
Virtual STEM Academy
School Choir
Community Language Program - Italian
Student Leadership (School leaders, Year 6 Committees, Sports Captains and Student Representative Council)
Wellbeing Programs
Year 5 "buddies" program
NAIDOC Public Speaking

Across NSW

New South Wales Virtual STEM Academy.
The Premier's Spelling Bee promotes our students' vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
The Premier's Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
The Premier's Reading Challenge encourages students to engage with a variety of texts and develop a passion for reading.
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 learning.