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.
"This was such a great program, and really inspired Elena to enjoy learning and being challenged. Thanks for opening up the opportunity, FRPS!
Megan Richardson, Parent of Farmborough Road Public School
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 practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.
- Class sport/sporting schools
- Sports ready
- Brain breaks
- Swim School
- Recorder
- CAPA
- Digitech
- In class speeches
- End of year assembly
- Class SRC
- Second step
- Social skills
- PBL
- Leadership Programs (Year 5)
- Program differentiation
- Extensions in phonics (acceleration)
- Reading groups (Support Unit)
- Maths fluency
- Homework
- Numeracy and fluency plans
- Feedback practices
Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
- Run club
- COS/PASS opportunities/GALA days
- Coach visits
- Swim school
- School carnival
- Rep trials and rep knockouts
- Walk to school morning
- Choir
- Recorder
- Southern Stars
- Drama club
- Art club
- Coding
- Dance club
- Red Room Poetry Competition
- PBL rewards/merits
- SRC/Sports House Captains
- Fortnightly focus
- Mentoring & buddy systems
- Cultural groups
- Coding/robotics
- Lego
- Chess
- Public speaking
- Maths Olympiad
- Debating
- OC
Our students participate in a wide range of programs to extend their potential.
- District / State - Athletics
- Swimming
- Cross Country (CC)
- Southern Stars
- Representative teams
- Premier's Sport
- Recorder Ensemble
- Choral Festival
- Reconciliation Art Competition
- Red Room Poetry Competition
- Southern Stars
- NAIDOC Colouring Competition
- GRIP Leadership
- NAIDOC Day Celebration
- Be You Program
- Olympiad
- Premier's Spelling
- Debating - Premier's
- Multicultural Public Speaking
- CBCA Lunch
- YICTE
- HPAG
- ICAS
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
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Learning
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