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 identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking
- The use of formative and summative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning for individual student needs
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance
- Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners
- Our school has a variety of supports available for students through a range of high potential and gifted opportunities.
- Talent is celebrated through school productions and showcases such as our bi-annual school play, our end of year Tathra's Got Talent, SCLC Performing Arts Festival, SCLC Music Camp, SCLC Visual Arts festival, Year 4 Guitar Groups, 3-4 choir and Stage 3 band
- Leadership opportunities are encouraged and nurtured from K-6, with our Student Representative Council (SRC) classroom leaders, Lunchtime Trash Trackers, Year 5 Leadership Program & Walk, Year 6 Peer Support Program, Year 6 School Parliament Ministers, Sporting House Captains, Lunchtime leadership and wellbeing programs including sport competition and Robotics, and wellbeing is made visible with PBL awards presented by our Year 6 leaders on morning assemblies.
- Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
- Students participate in opportunities such as Aurora College, Premier’s Spelling Bee, ICAS, Premier’s Sporting Challenge and Representative School Sport Pathways and PSSA events
- Strong connection to our South Coast Learning Community (SCLC), primary and high schools through Stage Bands, Music Camps, Performing Arts Camps, STEM Challenge and Mathematics Challenge opportunities
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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