High potential and gifted education

At Holgate Public School HPGE lives in everyday practice. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow into something powerful.

• Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs and acceleration.

• Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, perseverance and collaboration.

• Groups are flexible, students take lead roles and feedback is strengths-based with clear goals and self-assessment.

• Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners.

Every student is individual, so opportunities are flexible and diverse.

• Students deepen strengths through public speaking, academic competitions, STEM and coding clubs and groups, critical and creative thinking groups, visual arts showcases, creative writing groups, sporting teams, peer mentoring and mediators-student leadership, wellbeing programs and participation in whole school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

• Talent is celebrated through school expos and showcases such as concert and training bands, choir and dance group.

• Leadership grows through Year 6 Leadership program, Buddies program, mentoring and peer mediation and coaching, and wellbeing is made visible with Positive Behaviour for Learning awards and restorative justice program.

• School life includes an open library and structured play at lunch and student voice pop up activities.

• Sport matters too, with PSSA sport, training and coaching including sporting schools’ program and differentiated Physical Education.

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

• Students participate in opportunities such Premier’s Spelling Bee, ICAS Mathematics, English, Spelling, Digital Technologies, Science and Writing.

• The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.

• Our Environment Partnerships with Rumbalara deepens our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration on environment.

• Statewide and NSW Department of Education support is available for high potential and gifted students, and we help with entries, preparation and reflection so every experience feeds back into learning.