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.
- Classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity, confidence, collaboration and resilience
- Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices that can be adjusted by pace and complexity
- Staff regularly use differentiated tasks within their programming to challenge and extend students adjusting pace, tasks and complexity
- Learning pathways are available for enrichment and extension programs
- Students have opportunities for leadership within the classroom
- Formative assessment is utilised to monitor student growth and adapt learning with students grouped flexibly to reflect this
- Students have targeted learning goals and receive strength-based feedback to cater to individual learning profiles.
- Learning tasks are provided that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking.
- Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners
At Cambridge Park Public School, we offer a variety of programs in the classroom and across the school to help students build new skills, make friends and explore new interests.
Our programs may include:
- Debating
- Lunchtime and interest-based clubs
- Academic competitions
- Critical thinking workshops
- Music ensembles
- Creative and performing arts groups and showcases
- School sport, athletics and inter-school competitions
- Performance-based movement groups
- Peer mentoring
- Student leadership opportunities (SRC)
- Wellbeing programs
- Excursions and incursions
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
Our extra-curricular highlights
Debating and public speaking
Students can develop their thinking, communication and teamwork skills through debating and public speaking.
Creative and performing arts
Our drama, music and art programs help students be creative and express themselves. Students have the opportunity to participate in dance concerts, art shows and drama club, choir and a range of art clubs.
Students also have access to broader opportunities beyond our school community, including:
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
- The PSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
- Statewide enrichment programs and creative challenges coordinated through the Department of Education
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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