High potential and gifted education

At Pendle Hill Public School the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy guides our approach in supporting the diverse strengths and needs of gifted and high potential students. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment that challenges and nurtures every learner, ensuring they remain engaged, motivated, and able to achieve their full potential. Opportunities extend the curriculum and are tailored to recognise and cultivate high potential across a range of areas. By adopting a broad understanding of high potential and giftedness, we strive to promote excellence not only in academics but also in creativity, physical development, and social skills supporting and extending student potential.

We focus on four domains of creative, intellectual, physical and social emotional to support high potential and giftedness.

In the Creative Domain we offer students a broad range of opportunities to develop creative and artistic expression. These include opportunities which extend the curriculum in music, dance, drama and other areas of creative expression.
In the Intellectual Domain we provide enriched learning experiences that encourage critical and higher-order thinking and in-depth inquiry throughout the curriculum.
In the Physical Domain we support students in improving their coordination, fitness, and physical abilities through focused and varied activities and sports.
In the Social-Emotional Domain we support students to engage in opportunities which develop social and emotional intelligence, leadership skills, well-being and resilience.

We are committed to implementing the NSW Department of Education’s HPGE policy by delivering a comprehensive, student-focused approach that fosters the potential of every learner across these four domains.

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 Classrooms

Teachers support all students to build and extend their skills so they reach their potential. Our teachers work together to support the learning needs of all students and provide tailored learning to support each child's development. Programs are offered to support intensive teaching or extension to support an area of identified talent. Specialist staff work with class teachers to provide targeted teaching tailored to student need.

Across Our School

Our programs may include:

school sport, carnivals and inter-school competitions
creative and performing arts groups and showcases
cultural activities
excursions and incursions
public speaking
lunchtime and interest-based clubs such are scrabble club, robotics, art club, environmental group
student leadership opportunities such as peer support, SRC, buddies
activities that support high potential and gifted learners

Across NSW

A wide variety of district and statewide opportunities are available to our students to extend their opportunities. These include:

Programs with other local primary and high schools extending curriculum and other areas.
District and regional sporting opportunities are on offer including district cross country, swimming, athletics and PSSA sport.
Opportunities in creative and performing arts, leadership and higher order, critical and creative thinking.