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.
Carlingford Public School is committed to ensuring all students are known, valued and cared for. Our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) approach supports students who demonstrate high potential in intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains. We aim to nurture and extend student strengths through inclusive, evidence-informed and responsive teaching practice.
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.
Identification of high potential is ongoing and uses multiple sources of evidence including work samples, teacher observations and student interests. We recognise that potential can emerge at different stages and in varied contexts.
Our high potential and gifted education opportunities
Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.
Carlingford Public School offers a broad range of programs and extracurricular opportunities that enrich learning and extend student strengths. These include:
Academic enrichment such as maths extension tasks, enrichment groups, coding, robotics, and project-based learning.
EPIC 45 enrichment sessions, offering interest-based learning across intellectual, creative, physical, and social emotional domains.
Creative and performing arts opportunities including visual arts shows, choir, band, dance groups, drama and digital media activities.
Literacy and communication opportunities including WriteOn, Premier’s Spelling Bee, and Mulicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition.
Physical and sporting opportunities including school sport, representative pathways and participation in the Premier’s Sporting Challenge.
Student leadership opportunities, including prefects, sports captains, canteen monitors, reader leaders, technology crew and buddy class programs, which support students to develop confidence, teamwork, responsibility and social-emotional strengths.
Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition encourages primary school students to explore ideas of multiculturalism in Australia while they practise their public speaking skills and improve their confidence.
Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
Useful Information:
High Potential and Gifted Education in NSW public schools – a guide for parents and carers (PDF)
Parent-friendly overview of HPGE, the four domains of potential and how schools support high potential and gifted learners.
High Potential and Gifted Education website (NSW Department of Education)
Central hub for HPGE information, research and resources.
High Potential and Gifted Education Policy
NSW Department of Education policy applying to all NSW public schools.
High Potential and Gifted Education Policy (PDF)
Full policy document.
Differentiation Adjustment Tool (DAT)
Strategies and examples to support differentiated programming for high potential and gifted students.
Help for your high potential child
Carlingford Public School values strong partnerships with families and carers. We work collaboratively to ensure students receive the support, challenge and opportunities they need to excel.
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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