High potential and gifted education

In our classrooms, students are encouraged to think deeply, collaborate, and take ownership of their learning.

• Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
• Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
• Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
• Opportunities for abstraction, inquiry, and curriculum depth.
• Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
• Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
• Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
• Targeted learning goals for coordination, agility, and control.
• Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
• Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
• Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
• Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
• Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school, we celebrate student strengths through programs that inspire innovation, creativity, and teamwork. Statewide, students engage in enrichment opportunities that promote high achievement, collaboration, and personal growth beyond the classroom.

• The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
• The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
• The Nepean Valley Public Speaking Competition strengthens students’ public speaking and critical thinking skills in a supportive, competitive environment.
• Involvement in the Game Changer Challenge empowers our students to solve future-focused problems using design thinking.
• The Schools Spectacular is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
• The Festival of Instrumental Music highlights students’ recorder talents through collaborative performances with schools from across the state.
• Operation Art provides students with an opportunity to create artworks that express joy, hope, and care, with selected pieces exhibited at the Sydney Olympic Park and shared with hospitals across NSW.
• The Nagoya Art Exchange celebrates cultural connection and creativity, with students’ artworks representing NSW in an international exhibition alongside pieces from schools in Japan.
• The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
• The Nepean Shield events enable our students to trial and compete in sports with schools in our area, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
• Creative writing groups held during break times nurture students’ imagination and storytelling skills, providing a supportive space to collaborate, share ideas, and develop confidence as young authors.