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.
· We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school.
· We identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students.
· Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
· Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners.
· We use explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
· Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.
We offer:
« Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
« Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
« Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
« Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
« Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
« Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
« Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
· Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom.
· Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
· We create inclusive environments to support all students by recognising, respecting and valuing diversity.
· At our school, high potential and gifted students from all backgrounds have access to quality learning opportunities that meet their needs and aspirations.
· We create a supportive and culturally safe learning environment. Our teachers use culturally responsive teaching methods, recognising that students’ cultural backgrounds influence their ways of knowing, thinking and communicating.
· We foster positive relationships with families and communities to support all students to reach their potential.
We offer:
« Visual arts and drama showcases
« Wellbeing programs
« Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
« Community of Schools (CoS) Public Speaking Competition
« Community of Schools (CoS) Junior Music Day
« Southern Illawarra Music Festival opportunities
· Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
We offer:
« Southern Stars is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
« 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.
« We provide access to local, state and national competitions and events to help students explore and extend their talents.
« The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
« The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
For all students:
· We strive to know our students to ensure that the full range of their abilities and needs is recognised.
· Our targeted support helps students to build confidence and develop the skills they need to succeed.
· We provide adjustments to ensure high potential and gifted students with disability can participate in learning experiences on the same basis as students without disability.
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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