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 Soldiers Point Public School, High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is an integral part of everyday learning. Our dedicated teachers extend learning through enrichment projects, flexible grouping, and curriculum acceleration, ensuring every student’s unique abilities are challenged and nurtured.

Students engage with higher-order thinking, independent research, and authentic opportunities to showcase their talents. In our supportive classrooms, they are encouraged to set personal goals, take risks, and collaborate creatively, fostering resilience and a strong sense of belonging.

We use evidence-informed teaching practices tailored to individual learning needs, providing clear feedback and promoting self-assessment. Our educators continuously engage in professional learning to create dynamic and enriching pathways that empower high potential and gifted learners to thrive and achieve their best.

Across our school

At Soldiers Point Public School, we recognise that every student is unique, and we provide a wide range of flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and develop their strengths beyond the classroom.

Our school offers numerous whole-school programs that nurture student growth and celebrate individual talents. We actively identify and support students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension, and extra-curricular activities such as debating, public speaking, school band and rock band, musicals, chess club, and masterclasses.

All students, including our high potential and gifted learners, are encouraged to build leadership skills through participation in the Student Representative Council (SRC), school buddy programs, library monitors, Junior AECG and sports captain roles.

Students’ talents are showcased and extended through drama productions, art masterclasses, dance ensembles, gardening projects, and performances in concerts and competitions. Sporting opportunities are also abundant, with PSSA representative teams, specialised sport clinics, training squads, and differentiated physical education programs available to cater to diverse interests and abilities.

At Soldiers Point Public School, we are committed to providing enriching experiences that empower every student to thrive, lead, and shine in multiple domains.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential e.g. Premier's Reading Challenge, Arts Unit's Debating, Starstruck, Hunter Inter-Schools Primary Public Speaking Competition.

Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.