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
At William Stimson Public School, we are committed to the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) Policy, which celebrates all child’s unique talents and abilities. We believe that all students deserve the opportunity to be recognised, supported, and inspired to reach their full potential.
The HPGE Policy acknowledges that students may demonstrate high potential - and the capacity to excel - in one or more of four key areas:
· Intellectual - thinking deeply, solving problems, and learning with curiosity
· Creative - expressing ideas, innovating, and imagining new possibilities
· Social-emotional - showing empathy, leadership, and strong interpersonal skills
· Physical - excelling in coordination, movement, and sporting pursuits
At our school, we follow a continuous process of assessment, identification, planning, and reflection to ensure that students with high potential are challenged and extended in meaningful ways.
Through rich learning experiences, extension programs, and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, we nurture talent, build confidence, and empower our students to shine - at school, in high school, and throughout life.
William Stimson Public School HPGE opportunities include:
- Participation in extension literacy and numeracy activities
- Access to mathematics investigations, science experiments and cooking lessons
- Engaging in coding and digital literacy activities
- Participation in Digital Olympics and Lego League
- Involvement in public speaking, debating, poetry competitions, Premier’s Spelling Bee, and Premier’s Reading Challenge
- Involvement in visual arts and craft activities
- Opportunities to engage in Art Club, Film Club or Lego Club - (lunchtime offerings)
- Opportunities in dance, choir, drama, and school performances
- Performance opportunities for singing and dancing through Pulse, Primary Proms, and Schools Spectacular including D’Arts
- Engagement in creative writing
- Jamie Oliver Program - cooking lessons
- Engagement in buddy systems including Year 6 and Kindergarten Buddy Program
- Student Leadership including School Leaders, Student Representative Council, Sports Captains, and Library Monitors
- Participation in Leadership by the Cowpasture - a cross-Network initiative
- Fundraising and volunteering
- Participation in the Top Blokes Program
- Opportunities to facilitate and lead wellbeing initiatives delivered through the Garden Club and the Buddies Program
- Participation in physical education classes
- Opportunity to enrol in Swimming Scheme - intense program
- District trials for representative teams
- Gala Days
- External providers delivering expert programs in Mindfulness, Athletics, Gymnastics and Dance
- Affiliation with Parramatta Eels Rugby League Development Program
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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