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.

In our classroom

Differentiated learning: tasks that adjust pace, complexity, and challenge to meet individual student needs in all four domains - intellectual, physical, creative and social emotional.
Ongoing assessment: formative assessment and strengths-based feedback guide growth, goal-setting, and next steps.
Advanced opportunities: pathways for accelerated, compacted, or inquiry-based learning that deepen curriculum understanding.
Physical development and leadership: differentiated movement tasks, targeted goals for coordination and agility, and opportunities to lead in demonstrations or team strategies.
Critical and creative thinking: explicit teaching of problem-solving strategies, cross-curricular projects, and authentic tasks that promote student choice.
Collaboration and leadership: flexible grouping, structured peer reflection, and opportunities to take on leadership roles within learning and team activities.
Supportive environments: safe and encouraging classrooms that foster confidence, risk-taking, perseverance, and self-assessment.

Across our school

Debating
STEM and coding clubs
Academic competitions - ICAS & Newcastle Permanent
Critical thinking workshops
School musicals
School podcast production
Music ensembles - band, choir and guitar group
Visual arts and drama showcases
Sport squads - PSSA Football, Rugby League & Netball
Performance-based movement groups - dance group
Student leadership (SRC)
Year 6 Buddies
Wellbeing programs - Resilience Project (2026)
Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
Star Struck is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across Hunter Central Coast public schools.
Participation in music ensembles (Bandfest and Choralfest) 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.
Participation in Hunter Dance Festival develops our high potential and gifted dance students’ technical skills, performance presence and physical expressiveness.