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.
At Bullarah Public School, HPGE opportunities challenge students and enrich our everyday classroom practice.
We nurture each child's potential and support their growth to thrive and contribute as young Australian citizens.
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We provide individual learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs:
- Small Group Tuition
- Parent-partner reading program
- Creative arts grants and programs.
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Supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage creativity and collaboration.
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Groups are flexible, students take lead roles, and feedback is strength-based with clear goals and peer/self-assessment.
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Safe learning environments and smaller class sizes encourage confidence, risk-taking, resilience and perseverance.
Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth across the range of HPGE domains:
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Creative Arts showcases, including involvement in poetry writing and visual art-making as part of the Moree and Mungindi Shows
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Student voice and leadership, through our Stage 3 Student Parliament and K-6 Student Representative Council
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Involvement in Pulse Moree- a 3-day intensive Creative Arts workshop and performances
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PSSA Sporting pathways, through Zone and North West regional representation
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Other sporting pathways through involvement in Small Schools' Knockouts
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School 'Garden Grubs' club, and
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Participation in whole-school incursion / excursion and wellbeing programs and events, such as:
- Life Skills GO
- Harmony Day
- NAIDOC week.
- PSSA representation enables our students to trial and compete across many sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
- The Premier's Spelling Bee promotes our students' vocabulary development, attention to detail and confidence in competitive settings.
- The Premier's Sporting Challenge encourages students to participate in sport and physical activity to lead a healthy lifestyle.
- Participation in the annual ICAS Assessments, Newcastle Permanent Building Society Maths Competition and the International Day of Maths pitches our students against the best in Australia and provides independent sources for the triangulation of student data.
- Outreach visits by the University of Sydney and NSW 'Engineers' Without Borders' deliver interactive STEM workshops to inspire students about humanitarian engineering and sustainability.
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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