High potential and gifted education
At our school, we recognise that some students demonstrate exceptional abilities whether in academic learning, creative thinking, leadership, or physical pursuits. These high potential and gifted learners often grasp concepts quickly, think deeply, and show a strong drive to explore and achieve.
We are committed to identifying and nurturing these talents early, creating learning environments where advanced learners are challenged, inspired, and supported to reach their full potential.
Through enriching lessons, targeted extension activities, and inclusive opportunities, we help high potential students grow in confidence, stretch their abilities, and thrive both in and beyond the classroom.
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.
- Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners
- Formative assessment allows teachers to monitor growth and adjust and extend student learning
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies
- Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration
- Streamed Mathematics learning groups (Yrs 3-6)
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom
- Student leadership
- Student Representative Council (SRC)
- Choir
- Dance
- Gimbawali Festival - Combined public schools network performing arts concert at the Opera House
- Debating and public speaking
- Art competitions
- Arabic and Chinese language learning
- ICAS assessment program
- Premier’s Spelling Bee
- PSSA sport
- School based competitions, such as volleyball, handball, basketball and table tennis
- Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth, such as drama, drumming, Lego and other creative clubs, and the annual Granville's Got Talent!
- The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings
- The Premier's Reading Challenge promotes engagement and enjoyment through reading
- Gimbawali Festival is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across public schools in and around the Auburn network.
- The 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 and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
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Learning
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