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

At Stratheden Public School, we acknowledge that high potential manifests in diverse ways among all students. We challenge our students to think, create, lead and grow every day.

Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students.
Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
We provide tasks that promote choice and creative thinking.
Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners

Across our school

Every student is individual, so the opportunities we offer are flexible and diverse.

Students deepen strengths through various incursions and excursions, competitions and STEM and coding pathways.
Talent is celebrated through school concerts, Choir, Casino/Kyogle Performing Arts Festival, along with opportunities to run school assemblies and school-based activities.
Leadership grows through SRC, mentoring and buddy programs, and GRIP Leadership.
Sport matters too! With PSSA sport, as well as talent pathways from school level through to state level opportunities in many individual and team sports.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.

Students participate in opportunities such as Premier's Reading Challenge, Premier’s Spelling Bee, Premier’s Sporting Challenge, Operation Art and CWA Country of Study.
Statewide and NSW Department of Education support is available for high potential and gifted students, and we help with entries.