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:

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
  • Academic Top Classes – Years 7-10
  • Advanced English and Mathematics Classes
  • Acceleration Mathematics Class
  • Archaeological Museum Workshop
  • Aqua Innovate – water purification site visit
  • Big Science Competition – Years 7-10
  • Commerce School Market Day
  • Ecology Extension - Long Neck Lagoon Excursion
  • HSC Exam Technique and Revision Workshops
  • HSC Extension Courses - English, Mathematics, Science, History, Music
  • National History Competition
  • PASS Coaching Primary School Students
  • Surf Camp – PASS Elective Excursion
  • Visual Art Competitions
Across our school

  • Aboriginal Education Group

  • Blue Mountains Council Youth Focus Groups

  • Crochet Club

  • Debating and Public Speaking Competitions

  • Dorothea MacKellar Poetry Awards

  • Duke of Edinburgh Program

  • HSC Shakespeare Symposium

  • History Club

  • Homework Hub

  • Library Homework Hub

  • LGBTQIA+ Student Support Network

  • Library Games Day

  • Model United Nations Assembly (Western Sydney)

  • Maths Interschool Competition

  • Micro-credential Aviation Program

  • Overseas Excursions – Japan Sister School

  • Peer Support Leader Program – supporting Year 6 into 7 transitions

  • Public Speaking Competitions

  • Student Representative Council

  • School Hospitality Event Catering

  • School Spirit Day/Week – school team building activities

  • Taekwondo Martial Arts Training

  • Tournament of Minds -STEM problem solving

  • Varuna Writer's House School Program

  • WestWords Writing Project – author workshops and book publishing

  • White Card Training

  • Winmalee Medal Program

  • Year 8 Camp

  • Year 10 Leadership Ski Camp

  • Year 12 Mentor Program – individual student mentoring

    Creative and Performing Arts:

  • Blue Mountains Nepean Dance Festival

  • Dance Showcase

  • Dance Ensembles

  • Dance Company

  • Drama Ensemble - junior students

  • Music ensembles - Concert Band, Vocal Group, Jazz Band

  • Inspire Arts Challenge

  • School Musical Production

  • Synergy Dance Festival

    Sport:

  • Grade Sport Competition

  • Girls Touch Football

  • Football Wanderers Cup

  • Futsal Gala Day

  • Netball Development Program

  • 15's Girls Netball Sydney West Knockout

  • Open Girls Netball Sydney West Knockout

  • Open Girls Soccer Sydney West Knockout

  • 15's Boys Soccer Bill Turner Knockout Competition

  • Open Boys Volleyball

  • School Pom Competition Team

  • Open Boys Rugby League

  • Open Boys Soccer

  • Open Girls Rugby League

  • Open Boys Touch Football

  • Open Girls Volleyball

  • State of Origin Excursion

  • Under 15s Football

  • Ski Racing

  • School Carnivals - Athletics Carnival, Swimming Carnival, Cross Country Carnival

  • Lunch Touch Football

  • Nepean Zone Carnivals

  • Nepean Zone Gala Day

  • Junior Boys Rugby League

  • Junior Girls Rugby League

  • Primary School Carnivals - assisting with and leading events

  • Basketball NSW Open Basketball Tournament

  • Open Basketball Knockout

  • 15s Basketball Knockout

  • Basketball NSW 15s Basketball Gala Day

Across NSW
  • Arts Unit Ensembles and Company
  • Combined High Schools Sport Competitions
  • Netball NSW Gala Day
  • Pulse Alive – music and dance opp
  • Premier's Reading Challenge
  • Regional and State Music and Dance Ensembles
  • State Music and Drama Camps
  • Schools Spectacular – including choir, dance, featured vocalist, featured dancer
  • School Sport Unit Programs
  • State Sport Representation
Line of students in ski pants and jackets with helmets and goggles on snow with ski lift in background
Year 10 Leadership Camp
female singer on stage in black costume with dancers dressed in silver costumes behind
Biennial school musical
Male students playing trombone and euphonium with other students in background
Music ensembles
Line of dancers in black and gold costumes with black background
Dance ensembles
Female dressed in white taekwondo uniform and red belt doing high kick with male student assisting
Taekwondo martial arts training
six students dressed in black with table and round ball at STEM competition
Tournament of Minds - STEM problem solving
Male student serving ice cream to male student
Commerce School Market Day
Students and staff pictued with rows of crocheted beanies
Crochet Club
Female students in green bibs with netball
Netball Development Program
Male and female student being squired with coloured powder during school colour run
Spirit Day
Female students in school uniform on wooden floor
Drama Ensemble - Junior students
group of students in black blazers with red poppy brooches and school dog
Student Representative Council
Group of students performing on stage with alphabet blocks and spot lights
Biennial school musical
Group of students pictured at top of high sand dune
Year 8 Camp
circle of sandstone seats and tree
Aboriginal Education Group
Four students on skis with numbered bibs, helmets and goggles
Ski Racing
Male rugby league team
Rugby League
Line of students pictured on high rock with sunrise behind them on Duke of Edinburgh hike
Duke of Edinburgh Program
Male student and band members on stage at the Sydney Opera House
HSC ENCORE Showcase
Students in two rows in black tshirts pictured at Schools Spectacular 2024
Schools Spectacular - including choir, featured vocalists and featured dancers opportunities
Male volleyball team with female teacher
Volleyball
Male students running cross country track in the bush
Cross Country carnival
Female student holding framed certificate at CApture Film Festival
CApture Film Festival
Pom team at State championships in red and black costumes
School Pom Competition Team
Male basketball team wearing yellow jerseys
Basketball competitions
Female student holding painted goat artwork called Gabby
Visual Art competitions
Teacher, dog and student holding certificate on couch
Premier's Reading Challenge
Dance students in pink dance costumes
Inspire Arts Challenge Eisteddfod
Girls soccer team and teacher
Open Girls Soccer
Group of students at Western Sydney International Airport
Western Sydney University Micro-Credential in Aviation
Interschool mathematics days

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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