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 are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student can thrive at our school.
- Staff regularly use differentiated tasks within their programming and teaching that adjust pace, tasks and complexity.
- Flexible groupings for collaborative ideation and presentation, targeted learning goals, and strengths-based feedback is used to cater to individual learning profiles.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
Our staff regularly engage in professional development to ensure the most current research-based practices are being used.
Students are able to engage in opportunities including:
- Debating
- Robotics
- Student leadership opportunities
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
- Cultural activities
- Excursions and incursions
- Creative and Practical Arts program
- Visual arts and drama showcases
- Academic competitions
Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
- Our Enrichment Partnerships with universities deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.
- 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.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
Rube Goldberg STEAM Challenge
Congratulations to our 3-6 students on their outstanding achievement in winning the Rube Goldberg Small Schools Challenge! This exciting competition invites students to design and build intricate machines that complete simple tasks in the most creative and complex ways possible. Our talented team impressed the judges with their innovative ideas, teamwork, and engineering skills, showcasing the creativity and problem-solving abilities nurtured in our school’s HPGE program. Well done to all involved—this win is a testament to our commitment to fostering curiosity and critical thinking in every student!
Small Schools Art Competition
We are extremely proud of our K-6 students who came together to win the Small School Collaborative Art Competition. Their artwork, created entirely from recycled materials, highlighted the important theme of Protecting Our Marine Life. As part of the project, students took action by cleaning up our local beaches and transformed the collected rubbish into a stunning piece of art—integrating it into the shell of a sea turtle and the legs of an octopus. This achievement beautifully demonstrated our students’ creativity, environmental awareness, and commitment to making a positive impact on our oceans. Congratulations to all our young artists for their amazing teamwork and dedication!
Debating
Our Stage 3 students participated in the Small Schools Debating Challenge, collaborating fortnightly via Microsoft Teams with peers from Comboyne, Bungwahl, Mount George, Mitchells Island, Coopernook and Lansdowne Public Schools. Through structured debates on varied topics—from school uniforms to home pets—students developed confidence, critical thinking, and teamwork skills. Following the Premier’s Debating Workshop, they refined their techniques, preparing arguments collaboratively within limited time and learning to balance strong content with engaging delivery, all while receiving constructive feedback.
This experience not only enhanced their public speaking and argumentation abilities but also fostered active listening, respectful disagreement, and personal growth. The competition bridged distances through technology and built meaningful connections across communities, showcasing the benefits of small-school collaboration.
We are proud of their progress and look forward to seeing their debating skills continue to flourish!
PSSA Swimming Relay Team
Our mixed Year 3-6 relay swim team made an incredible achievement by qualifying for the PSSA North Coast Carnival! Demonstrating determination and teamwork, our students trained together weekly in the lead-up to the competition, pushing themselves to improve and support one another. Their hard work and commitment shone through on the day, representing our school with pride and spirit. Congratulations to our swim team on their fantastic effort and success!
Kendall Community Art Show
Congratulations to Abigail, Billy, and Zara for receiving Highly Commended awards at the recent Kendall Show Society Art Competition! Their creative talents and dedication were recognised among many talented entrants, showcasing the exceptional skill and passion fostered in our HPGE program. We are incredibly proud of their achievements and look forward to seeing their artistic journeys continue to flourish!
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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