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?

Championing potential. Growing talent together.

Our band program empowers high-potential musicians through enriched learning, expert guidance, and opportunities to excel in performance.

Investigations that extend thinking and uncover talent.

Our investigative learning approach empowers students to explore big ideas, think critically, and pursue their interests, providing natural pathways for students with high potential to excel.

Where language, creativity, and high potential come together.

Through our English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD), Visual Arts, and High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) co-teaching model, students experience rich, hands-on learning that grows their confidence, skills, and expressive talents.

Showcasing excellence in the NSW Premier's Spelling Bee competition.

Students are encouraged to explore a variety of state-wide opportunities that broaden their learning and nurture their full potential. One of our students reached the state finals in 2025.

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

We offer differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.

Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Opportunities for abstraction, inquiry, and curriculum depth.
Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
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.

Across our school

Our school has a variety of supports available for students through a range of high potential and gifted opportunities.

Academic competitions
Public speaking competitions
Music ensembles
Visual arts showcases
Sport squads
House competitions
Peer mentoring
Student leadership (SRC)
Wellbeing programs
Kindy Helpers and Buddy Classes
Koori Connections
School band (Years 3 -6)
Recorder ensembles

Across NSW

There are a range of statewide programs that support student growth across the creative, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional domains of potential.

The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
Participation in music ensembles (e.g. State Wind Orchestra, State Choirs) hones our students’ musical skills, discipline and ensemble awareness.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
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 collaboration.