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 Oxley Vale Public School we proudly follow the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy, which values the diverse abilities and needs of gifted and high potential students. Our commitment is to create an inclusive, stimulating learning environment where every student is challenged and supported to excel across all domains—intellectual, creative, physical, and social-emotional. Through evidence-based teaching practices, enrichment programs, and personalised learning opportunities, we strive to nurture each learner’s unique strengths. By embracing a holistic approach to giftedness, we prepare our students not only for academic success but also for lifelong growth, wellbeing, and meaningful contribution to their communities.
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.
Our classroom teachers support and extend high potential and gifted students.
- Learning tasks that change pace and difficulty to suit different needs.
- Advanced options, like moving ahead faster or covering more in less time.
- Opportunities to lead within the classroom.
- Feedback that focuses on strengths and helps set goals.
Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
- Debating and Public Speaking
- Academic competitions.
- Sport events
- Student leadership (SRC).
- Cultural leadership opportunities
- Interest groups
- Spelling competitions
- Kindness group
- Excursions and incursions
- Creative art groups including cardmaking and CAPERS
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend their potential.
- The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA/CHSSA events give students the chance to compete in sport at higher levels and build commitment and teamwork.
- Events such as CAPERS, interschool debating competitions and interschool spelling competitions
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.
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