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.
We are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student can thrive at our school. At Condong Public School, we challenge our students to think, create, lead and grow every day.
Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration. Staff regularly use differentiated tasks within their programming and teaching that adjust pace, tasks and complexity.
Flexible groupings for collaborative ideation and presentation, targeted learning goals, and strengths-based feedback is used to cater to individual learning profiles.
Every student is individual, so opportunities are flexible and diverse. Students are able to engage in opportunities including:
- Public speaking
- Music with a specialist teacher
- Small Schools Talent Showcase
- Creative Arts Camp
- Visual arts
- Learn to swim
- Cultural activities
- Excursions and incursions
- Sport with accredited coaches
- PSSA
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
- Festival of Performing Arts
- Student leadership opportunities
Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in sport and physical activity, encouraging students to lead healthy and active lifestyles.
The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) encourages students to read for pleasure and to exposes them to a wide variety of quality literature, personally challenging each student to read more and read more widely, with the goal of fostering a lifelong love of reading.
The 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.
Our mentoring programs connect our students with trusted adults to build confidence, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
Public Speaking
Our whole school public speaking competition is a key opportunity that encourages students to develop confidence and effective communication skills.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
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