High potential and gifted education

Engadine Public School actively aligns our approach with the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) Policy, which emphasises identifying and supporting high potential and gifted students to achieve their potential. We are committed to ensuring that students from all backgrounds have access to an inclusive learning environment that meets individual needs and ensures that all students are suitably challenged and extended to reach their full potential. We embrace a view of giftedness that focusses on the whole child, fostering excellence in academic, creative, physical, and social pursuits. This broad approach actively cultivates lifelong success and promotes positive wellbeing. At Engadine Public School, we are committed to delivering the HPGE policy through a comprehensive, student-centred approach that nurtures the potential of every learner across all four domains.

Creative Domain:
We offer students various opportunities to cultivate innovative thinking and creative expression, promoting originality and problem-solving through engaging artistic and creative activities.

Intellectual Domain:
We provide challenging and enriching learning experiences that encourage higher-order thinking, deep inquiry, and the development of advanced knowledge across all areas of the curriculum.

Physical Domain:
Recognising the importance of physical wellbeing, we support students in improving their coordination, fitness, and motor skills through purposeful physical activities and internal and external sports programs.

Social-Emotional Domain:
We are committed to supporting the social and emotional growth of our students by fostering resilience, self-awareness, and positive relationships, helping them to flourish within our school community.

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 Classroom

At Engadine Public School, HPGE is embedded in everyday practice.

Teachers identify students' learning needs, differentiate learning and provide extension across all learning areas.
We offer enrichment programs in literacy and numeracy.
Our supportive classrooms encourage a growth mindset and collaboration.
Students take on leadership roles within classrooms that offer explicit learning intentions, success criteria and personal goal setting.
All staffengage in PL to support the diverse needs of all students, including HPGE students.

Across Our School

Opportunities are varied.

Students engage in public speaking, STEAM, coding, Lego club and Chess club.
Talent is showcased in our Year 6 musical, whole school visual arts program, drawing club, choir and extra-curricular dance supported by our student IT crew.
Leadership is developed through ouyr SRC, Peer support, Captains, Vice Captains, Prefects as well as our leaders in training for year 5 students.
Our playground spaces offer diverse experiences and include a quiet library, a sensory garden and an organised area for chess and connect 4.
PSSA sport, swimming, athletics and cross country and differentiated school sport options such as tennis, martial arts and pickle ball.

State wide

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.

Students participate in opportunities such as