High potential and gifted education
- All NSW public schools have a range of differentiated learning opportunities, enabling students to thrive and reach their potential.
- High potential and gifted education is delivered in our schools through a combination of in-class, whole school and system level programs, practices and procedures.
- The department is committed to ensuring equitable access to high potential and gifted education for all students, regardless of background or location.
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.
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 in SSP settings
Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) offer unique learning environments that support high potential and gifted education for students. The messages below are examples of ways to highlight the strengths of SSPs and their HPGE offerings.
- Our staff have embraced HPGE through a shared lens for recognising potential in students with complex needs.
- Our school has active links with other nearby schools and their local communities.
- Our school partners with other 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.
- Our school works with other SSPs to share our expertise and classroom resources for the benefit of all students.
- We connect our students to positive role models in areas of interest to them.
- We use technology to provide different ways of learning that help students develop their talent, as a part of supporting their overall learning needs.
- We include parents and carers and community and use their expertise to ensure all students have opportunities to develop their potential.
- We ensure our teachers have time to engage in professional learning to build their experience and ensure they can assess and recognise potential in the classroom and school setting.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
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Learning
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