High potential and gifted education (HPGE)
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 can thrive at our school.
- Staff regularly use differentiated tasks within their programming and teaching that adjust pace, tasks and complexity.
- Flexible groupings for collaborative ideation and presentation, targeted learning goals, and strengths-based feedback is used to cater to individual learning profiles.
Every student is individual, so opportunities are flexible and diverse.
- Students deepen strengths through public speaking, competitions, and STEM and coding activities.
- Talent is celebrated through school performances and showcases such as the Monaro Performing Arts Festival, choir, and regular performances at community events and assemblies.
- Leadership grows Student Leader opportunities including the annual Grip Leadership conference, mentoring and peer coaching and organisation of student events.
- Daily life invites curiosity and belonging, with opportunities to organise morning fitness activities and gardening.
- Cooking class is held once a fortnight with a wonderful volunteer supporting students to prepare and serve a meal for the whole school.
- Sport matters too, with PSSA sport, training and coaching that include differentiated Physical Education, as well as additional sporting opportunities through Sporting Schools grants such as tennis or gymnastics.
Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
- Our school partners with other regional schools to deliver teaching and learning experiences and opportunities for all students to develop their potential in all domains: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional.
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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