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

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

Across our school

Our school has a variety of supports available for students through a range of high potential and gifted opportunities. We respond to identified student needs. For example, this year we had a Writer Extension Program and Maths Extension groups.
Talent is celebrated through school productions and showcases such as our bi-annual school play, our end of year Talent Show, Young Archies, Wild at Art, Mayor's Writing Competition and Enviromentors.
Leadership opportunities are encouraged and nurtured from K-6, with our Year 6 all being School Leaders, Stage 3 Narooma High School Leadership and Transition programs, Lunchtime leadership and wellbeing programs including: woodwork, chess, sport competitions and Robotics, and wellbeing is made visible with weekly Privilege awards presented by our Year 6 leaders at Monday assemblies.
Students in Years 3-6 participate in elective Club programs each Thursday. These opportunities include: band, sewing, building and construction, chess, Japanese, pottery, photography, scrapbooking, origami, STEM, robotics, karaoke, dance and teacher work experience.

Across NSW

Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
Students participate in opportunities such as Aurora College, Bournda Environmental Education Centre HPGE and immersion programs, Bird Olympics, Premier’s Sporting Challenge and Small School Representative School Sport Pathways and PSSA events.
Strong connection to our Bay to Bermi Learning Community, primary and high schools through Agriculture immersions, Performing Arts Camps, Robotics Challenge and Mathematics Challenge opportunities.