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?
At Anna Bay Public School, we are passionate about recognising and nurturing the unique talents and abilities of every student. Aligned with the NSW Department of Education’s High potential and gifted education (HPGE) Policy, we provide an inclusive and stimulating learning environment designed to support students with high potential across intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical areas.
We celebrate each learner’s individual strengths and offer a wide range of opportunities to identify, support, and challenge high potential and gifted students from an early stage. Through personalised teaching approaches, enrichment programs, and targeted support, we empower our students to achieve their highest potential and thrive both academically and personally.
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.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
- Debating
- Gardening
- Academic competitions
- Drama
- Screenprinting
- Painting
- Film by the water film creation
- Critical thinking workshops
- Creative arts/ dance showcase
- Creative writing groups
- Sport teams
- Student leadership (SRC)
- Junior AECG
- Wellbeing programs
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
- Culture Program
- Gathang language lessons
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
- The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
- The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
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