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.
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We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students. Our staff provide tailored learning programs and environments to support each learner to thrive.
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Staff engage in professional learning and robust collaborative systems to deliver evidence informed teaching practices that challenge and extend students.
At Wentworthville Public School, we provide the following ‘In our classroom’ opportunities:
- accelerated assessment
- dynamic analysis of data to monitor and inform learning for HPGE students
- personalised teaching and learning guided by the ‘9 Modes of HPGE Differentiation’
- cross-grade learning opportunities.
- Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom.
- Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
- Our school identifies and supports students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension and extra-curricular opportunities.
- All our students, including high potential and gifted students, are encouraged to take on leadership roles through various initiatives, mentoring programs and peer coaching.
- Our students can take part in sports training squads, coaching sessions, house competitions and differentiated Physical Education programs.
At Wentworthville Public School, we provide the following ‘Across our school’ opportunities:
- Student Representative Council (SRC)
- ICT Leaders & ICT Leader Workshops
- Stage 3 Leadership Program
- Stage 3 Leadership Camp
- Life Skills Go Program
- Peer Support Program
- SEAL Program
- Disability Inclusion Project
- Swimming, Cross Country & Athletics Carnivals
- Sporting Agency Programs & Visits: NSW Netball & GWS Giants AFL
- Creative Arts (CAPA) Showcase
- Drama Performance Groups
- Dance Groups
- Bollywood Dance Group
- Choir Groups
- Recorder Groups
- Crochet Club
- Cool Kids Music Program for Keyboard and Guitar (external user group)
- Chess Club (external user group).
- Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
- Statewide/NSW Department of Education level support is available for our high potential and gifted students.
- We provide access to local, state and national competitions and events to help students explore and extend their talents.
At Wentworthville Public School, we provide the following ‘Across NSW’ opportunities:
- Premier’s Spelling Bee
- Premier’s Sporting Challenge
- Maths Olympiad Competition
- Public Speaking Competitions
- What Matters Writing Competition
- Interschool Sport Gala Days
- Wentworthville-Seven Hills PSSA Zone Sports Trials
- PSSA Zone Athletics, Cross Country & Swimming Carnivals
- Sydney West Representative Teams & Carnivals
- Our Spectacular Dance Group/Competition
- Festival Of Instrumental Music (FOIM)
- Operation Art.
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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