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?

In our classrooms

Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
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.
Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
Targeted learning goals for coordination, agility, and control.
Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
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.

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 catering to individual needs across the following domains in the classrooms, across the school and acrosss the state.

Intellectual Domain- maths groupings, differentiation, DART online learning, Spelling Bee, Acceleration in specific key learning areas, culture/language, Learning Alliance events including science and STEM, STEM kits, fortnightly HPGE sessions with small schools drawing on teacher expertise

Social-Emotional Domain- SRC Leadership, GRIP leadership, public speaking and debating, Learning Alliance events including Harmony Day and NAIDOC Day, Learning Dispositions, Life Skills Go, Zones of Regulation, Competitions and Eisteddfods, Leadership Conferences and workshops

Creative Domain- Conservatorium (Djembe), HOME Project, Dance Festival and Capers, Tamworth Show entries and Currabubula Art Show

Physical Domain- Sporting schools (exposure to a variety of sports including swimming, tennis, martial arts, gymnastics, basketball and dance), PSSA trials and knockouts across a variety of sports including touch football, soccer, netball, Learning Alliance events including Curra Come’n’Try sports Day, swimming carnival, cross country, athletics carnival