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
Recognised in the Rural South and West for innovative high potential and gifted opportunities for all students.
Tailored lessons
Student potential is at the forefront of program planning at an individual and whole school level
Rich opportunities and activities
Students take part in opportunities to develop their talents across the creative, physical, intellectual and social/emotional domains
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.
The school ensures that every student is engaged with evidence-informed teaching, leading to measurable learning progress and closing of equity gaps.
- Student and staff conferenced learning goals, considering student's awareness of their journey
- Advanced learning pathways are sought through collaborative partnerships outside the classroom
- Significant adjustments and differentiation to suit personal learning journeys
- Increase in the use of external intellectual opportunities for students from all backgrounds. For example: mathematics and writing competitions.
There is a shared commitment between school and community that supports high aspiration and equitable outcomes, so all high potential and gifted students achieve in all domains.
- Use of external intellectual opportunities for students from all backgrounds. For example: mathematics and writing competitions
- Use diverse school and external physical events and opportunities to create high aspirational goal setting. For example: sports carnivals, individual events and music workshops.
- We seek talent development opportunities to provide role models within the school and in the community in person and in virtual settings. For example: writing and STEAM workshops.
An embedded school wide approach informs and refines wellbeing practices which value student voice and consider perfectionism and forced choice dilemma.
- Source opportunities, for example, through the Arts Unit, to develop the talent of high potential and gifted students from all backgrounds for example, Creative Arts Camp.
- Implement procedures to ensure students participate in a vast array of sports that develop a range of physical skills and abilities delivered by players across a variety of sports.
- Source experts through school partnerships and community organisations to optimise talent development. For example: published authors.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
Our opportunities and activities are at point of need and interest of all students, ensuring an alignment to the school and student plans for success across key learning areas
Learning
Our school vision is driven by supporting all students through opportunities the provide 'the rising tide that lifts all ships'.