Inspire – 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?
Inspire – 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.
- Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension lessons.
- Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
- Groups are flexible, students take lead roles, and feedback is strengths-based with clear goals and self-assessment.
- Staff engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners
- Our classrooms are supported by intervention staff that assist in the delivery of explicit teaching methods that address student needs.
We recognise the four domains that underpin HPGE; creativity, sporting prowess, academic and social emotional. To cater for our students across all these domains, we;
- Provide the opportunity for students to engage in Southern Stars Choir, Corrimal Choral Festival, daily lunch clubs, Art competitions, Amplify Music, Dance & Drama.
- In the sporting arena, our students compete in our athletics, cross country and swimming carnivals, with many being selected to represent at district, regional and state levels. We engage in PSSA sporting competitions and encourage students with demonstrated talents to pursue selection at higher levels of competition.
- Academically, our students are challenged through extension groups, school and network public speaking, language classes, the HPGE class for year 5 students, Community of Schools Stage 2 STEM challenge and Y6 Future Makers: STEM program.
- Students extend themselves through their involvement in the school and network SRC. Our student leaders participate in leadership development days. Students lead initiatives to raise funds or resources for local and national charities.
- Social emotional development is extended through our TOPS United Wellbeing Program, focusing on the values of Connect, Succeed and Thrive. Students have opportunities to enhance their social-emotional learning through daily yarning.
Our students like to be challenged and are provided the opportunity to participate in;
- Premier's Spelling Bee
- Multicultural Public Speaking
- Premiers Reading Challenge
- Nagoya Art Exchange
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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