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.

In our classroom

We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school.

To achieve this we provide:

caring and creative classrooms where students feel safe, included and confident to try new things and work together
personalised learning programs that support and challenge each student based on their needs and strengths
learning activities that allow students to work at their own pace and do their very best

Across our school

Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and develop their strengths.

Term 1 students participated in the National Parks and Wildlife's Koala project.

Students collaborated to plan and create a video aimed at saving the koalas. HPGE Koala project
Term 2 each week our students collaborated to develop their interviewing, presentation and recording skills.
Term 3 our students participated in the Taree Small Schools Goldberg Challenge K-2 Goldberg challenge Y2 Goldberg challenge Y4-5 Goldberg challenge

During Education week students recorded and showcased their special talents which ranged from drumming, hoola hooping to painting.
Term 4 the physical domain was integrated with the creative domain. Students collaborated to create brainbreaks that incorporated fundamental skills. The brainbreaks were presented to our virtual network of small schools. Small school brainbreaks

Across NSW

Our school partners with other small schools to deliver teaching and learning experiences and opportunities for all students to develop their potential in all domains: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional.

Our school is part of the Taree Small Schools collective. In 2025 the Taree Small Schools particpated in:

In addition, our school is member of a virtual Small Schools collective comprising of Yarrowitch PS, Niangala PS, Murrundi PS and Upper Lansdowne PS. In 2025, the collective of virtual Small Schools participated in:

In collaboration with our neighbouring small school, Lansdowne Public School, our students composed and recorded an original song, which was entered into the 2025 Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) Song Competition.

The combined schools were awarded first place in the ACMF Primary School category. - song link