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.
Our classrooms are safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance. We provide:
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
At Booragul Public School we take pride in offering a range of HPGE opportunities to increase engagement and achievement across the four HPGE domains.
Intellectual Domain:
- Hunter HPGE Super Nova Camp
- Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition
- Stage 2-3 Maths Groups
- Battle of the Brains
- Awabakal Environmental Education Grime Scene Investigation
- STEM and coding
- ICAS competitions - English, Writing, Spelling, Maths, Science, Digital Technologies
Creative Arts Domain:
- Hunter HPGE Creative Arts Camp
- Star Struck Dance
- Senior and Junior Choir
- Drama Ensemble
- School Productions
- Young Dobell Art Competition
- Hunter / Central Coast Public Speaking
Physical Domain:
- Swimming Carnival
- Athletics Carnival
- Cross Country Carnival
- Football (Soccer) Gala Days
- Netball Gala Days
Social-emotional Learning Domain
- Year 5 Leadership RISE Program
- Dulli Program
- School Leaders
- Sport Leaders
Our school embraces state wide programs to extend and enrich student potential. Students participate in opportunities such as:
- Premier's Debating Challenge
- Premier's Spelling Bee
- Premier's Reading Challenge
- Premier's Sporting Challenge
- Premier's Multicultural Public Speaking
- NESA WriteOn competition
- Festival of Choral Music
- Art Gallery of NSW Young Archie Competition
- PSSA trials and events
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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