High potential and gifted education (HPGE)
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.
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
Discover the opportunities our students have at our school.
Learning
Find out about our approach to learning and supporting students to progress
At Bungwahl Public School, we are committed to the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) Policy, which ensures that students with high potential across all areas of ability are identified, supported and challenged to thrive. The policy recognises that students may demonstrate high potential — and the capacity for gifted performance - in one or more of four domains: intellectual, creative, social emotional and physical.
Our HPGE process includes a continuous cycle of assessment, identification, planning, implementation and evaluation, ensuring that all students with potential and giftedness are recognised and extended across all four domains. 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.
Through enrichment, extension, and extra-curricular opportunities, we provide engaging pathways to coach talent, build confidence and develop capabilities that prepare students for high school and life beyond.
Bungwahl HPGE opportunities include:
Intellectual
- Participation in extension literacy and numeracy activities
- Engaging in technology and digital literacy activities - RYSTEM days, meet the author workshops
- Involvement in extension or support programs including: Tell me a story writing competition, small schools debating, premiers spelling bee and reading challenge, ICAS tests
- Excursions and Incursions - theatre, wetland, Enviromentors, national parks koala study.
- Community Experts - local community members talk about their area of expertise, doctors, former TV children's host, shark scientist, film makers
Physical
- Participation in physical education classes
- Intensive swimming program Term 4
- Gals Days
- Expert coaches and volunteers to train students in swimming and state athletics
- PSSA sport - competitions in swimming, athletics, cross country, netball and soccer
- Gardening
Creative
- Involvement in visual arts and craft activities
- Participation in music and dance lessons
- Opportunities in dance, choir, dram and school performances
- Engagement in creative writing
- Kitchen Garden program - plan and prepare meals to share , hosting sharing lunches
- Student Leadership opportunities
Social Emotional
- Adult mentor/friend - every child identifies adults they feel comfortable to talk to, principal and SAM have an open office policy for students, mail box in office for communication rarely used as students come straight to staff. Staff listen to students and develop knowledge of student strengths and present opportunities for students to develop these strengths. Adult mentor coaches student in social skills.
- Engagement in buddy system including year 6 and Kindergarten Buddy program
- Student Leadership including school Leaders, Student Representative Council
- Fundraising and volunteering
- Leadership days - Sydney