High potential and gifted education

• Our classrooms are safe, supportive environments that promote belonging and encourage confidence, creativity, risk-taking and perseverance.
• Learning environments that foster exploration, curiosity, and ongoing self-reflection.
• Feedback and goal setting that build on students’ strengths and support meaningful progress.
• Classroom-based leadership opportunities that promote responsibility and initiative.
• Structured peer collaboration and guided reflection to deepen understanding.
• Differentiated learning tasks that vary in pace, complexity, and cognitive challenge.
• Formative assessment practices that track growth and inform next steps in learning.
• Learning experiences that offer choice, real-world relevance, and opportunities for critical and creative thinking, including cross-curricular projects.
• Opportunities for students to lead in demonstrations, modelling, or team strategy discussions.
• Supportive environments that build confidence and encourage positive risk-taking and perseverance.
• Wellbeing programs nurture confidence, resilience and positive relationships.
• Targeted skill development focusing on coordination, agility, and physical control.
• Cultural learning is a valued part of our approach, with Aboriginal students engaging in identity-building and Elder-led opportunities that develop strengths across multiple domains.

• A specialist science program enriches learning for students by providing hands-on experiences and advanced knowledge that inspire curiosity, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts.
• Academic Competitions – Opportunities for students to extend themselves through maths, writing, and general knowledge challenges.
• Critical Thinking Workshops – Targeted sessions to build higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Student Leadership Programs – School parliament provides opportunities to build initiative, communication, and responsibility in high-potential leaders.
• Wellbeing Programs – Schoolwide initiatives that support resilience, engagement, and the social–emotional needs of high-potential learners.
• Individualised music instruction - opportunities that extend students’ musical confidence and technical ability.
• Aboriginal Dance and Yidaki Programs – Cultural performance programs enabling students to develop skill, expression, and cultural knowledge.
• Bro Speak and Sista Speak programs empowers Aboriginal students to build confidence, develop communication skills, and foster positive connections within their communities.
• School Sporting Competitions – Pathways for students with strong athletic ability to challenge themselves in a variety of competitive settings.

• Specialist cooking classes enriches school experiences by engaging students in practical life skills, promoting creativity and teamwork, while also enhancing their understanding of nutrition and healthy living.
• School choir enriches school experience by building community, boosting confidence, and enhancing musical skills.
• Experiential learning is enriched through stage excursions, Outdoor Education programs and Environmental Education initiatives, including Garden Club.

Our students participate in a range of NSW Department of Education programs and statewide opportunities that extend and enrich student potential.

• The Premier’s Sporting Challenge promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
• The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment, and collaboration.
• The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
• Students may also take part in the Star Struck, celebrating creativity and performance across NSW public schools.
• Aboriginal students are supported through meaningful, Elder-led cultural learning opportunities that extend across the region, strengthening identity, leadership, connection to Country and community.