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.

In our classroom

At Narwee Public School, we support high potential and gifted students by providing learning experiences that challenge their thinking and promote growth. We design tasks that are appropriately paced and challenging, focusing on developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills through meaningful, cross-curricular projects. We use ongoing assessments to monitor progress and offer constructive feedback to help students set and achieve clear learning goals. Our classrooms foster a safe and flexible environment that encourages collaboration, independent thinking, and a willingness to take risks. In PDHPE, students work on specific skills such as coordination and agility and have opportunities to take leadership roles in team activities. Overall, we aim to create a supportive space where students build confidence, creativity, and resilience.

Across our school

At Narwee Public School, our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) programs are designed to provide enriched and challenging learning opportunities that cater specifically to the abilities and interests.

Students are able to engage in opportunities including:

Drumming Group
Choir
Music Festival
Dance Groups
School Swimming and Water Safety Program
PSSA
Student Leadership (SRC)
Peer Support
Fund Day
Belonging/KARI Program
Year 6 Leadership Team
Kindy/Year 6 Buddies Program
Library Monitors
School Camp
Debating
Academic competitions
Wellbeing programs
Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

At Narwee Public School, we offer a wide range of opportunities to support and enrich our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) students both within the school and the wider community. Our students take part in system wide opportunities such as:

The Premier’s Spelling Bee which promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
Our Enrichment Partnerships with local high schools deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.
The Primary Schools Combined Music Festival and the Bankstown East Hills Dance Festival celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students through singing, dancing and drumming.
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.