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 Griffith Public School, HPGE lives in everyday practice. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow into something powerful. HPGE in the classroom includes:

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
Flexible grouping for collaborative work and presentation
Opportunities to demonstrate excellence in identified areas of interest
Targeted learning goals to meet individual need.

Across our school

Our school’s HPGE program supports gifted and high-potential students by providing enriched learning opportunities across the four domains: intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical development. HPGE across our school includes:

Debating
Premier’s Spelling Bee
Lego League
KROP (Kids Rapped on Performing)
Academic Competitions - ICAS
Tournament the Minds (TOM)
STEM Academy
School Art Show
Creative Writing & Poetry Competitions
Sporting Teams in the NSWPSSA knockout competitions
Dirty Dozen (Gardening Club)
Whole school production
Fortnightly class assembly performances
School Choir (Senior and Junior)
Aboriginal Dance lessons and performance
Aurora College - STEM Enrichment program
Young & Deadly Mob - Mathematics and Science enrichment program for Aboriginal students
NAIDOC and Multicultural Public Speaking Competition
Student Leadership (SRC)
Leadership opportunities
Peer support

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential. HPGE across our state includes:

New South Wales Virtual STEM Academy
The Premier's Spelling Bee promotes our students' vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
The Premier's Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
NSW Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition enables students to present arguments to a large audience.
Th 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 events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and learning.