High potential and gifted education

At Eastwood Heights Public School, we are committed to identifying, nurturing and challenging our high-potential and gifted learners. Through a combination of data-driven assessment and targeted support, we provide differentiated classroom programs and enrichment opportunities across the creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional domains. Teachers identify high potential in students using objective and reliable measures as part of formative assessment that supports and informs teaching and learning. We support advanced learners with engaging lessons and activities to help them grow and thrive.

The school offers a broad range of talent development opportunities across areas such as sport, music, the creative arts and student leadership, supporting the growth and refinement of students’ unique learning abilities.

Close collaboration with families and the wider community helps to ensure each student’s talents are recognised and developed. Our teachers engage in ongoing professional learning to build their capability to enhance growth and achievement for all high potential and gifted students.

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 classroom

Each classroom provides a dynamic and supportive learning environment where gifted learners can thrive:

Ongoing formative assessment to monitor growth and adjust learning strategies
Differentiated learning tasks involve varying levels of complexity
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving skills
High expectations embedded throughout teaching and learning programs
Flexible grouping and opportunities for collaborative work
A focus on student voice and promoting active learners
Social emotional learning programs and frameworks that encourage risk-taking, confidence and perseverance
Teachers engage in ongoing professional learning around high potential and gifted education

Across our school

Here are some of the opportunities available to support the talent development of students at Eastwood Heights Public School: