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.
At Boronia Park Public School, we acknowledge that students can demonstrate high potential in a wide range of ways. Our HPGE approach is woven into daily teaching and learning, grounded in formative assessment, evidence‑based strategies, and purposeful differentiation to support the individual needs of every learner.
Some of the evidence-based teaching strategies used in the classroom to support all students:
- use of formative assessments to track student progress and adjust learning
- differentiated learning and higher order thinking tasks
- flexible grouping and peer reflection
- learner qualities and high expectations embedded in lesson planning
- student leadership and voice
- staff ongoing professional learning and collaboration
We value the individual strengths of every student and foster their development through flexible, varied, and enriching opportunities that promote growth across academic, creative, social, and physical areas.
Some of the opportunities available to support the talent development of students are:
- Music program (band, strings and recorder ensembles)
- Interschool and representative sport competitions
- Student Representative Council
- Public speaking and debating
- Mathematic enrichment groups
- Dance groups
- Choir
- Young In Art
- Wellbeing programs
- Athletics, cross country and swimming carnivals
- G.A.T.E.WAYS program
- Field of Mars - Enrichment programs
Our school takes part in a range of statewide competitions and activities, giving our students meaningful opportunities to extend themselves and strive for their personal best.
Opportunities available to support the talent development of students at Boronia Park Public School:
- School Spectacular
- Ryde School’s Performing Arts Festival
- Choral and instrumental festivals
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge
- The Premier’s Reading Challenge
- Australian Problem-Solving Mathematical Olympiads (APSMO)
- Representative School Sport and PSSA
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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