High potential and gifted education

At Chatsworth Island Public School, we recognise that some students learn faster and more easily than others. Our practices align with the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy, which highlights the importance of supporting giftedness across four essential domains:

Creative Domain: Supporting students to develop original ideas and express themselves through creative thinking, problem-solving, and artistic pursuits.

Intellectual (Cognitive) Domain: Offering challenging learning experiences that nurture advanced thinking, deep inquiry, and intellectual development.

Physical Domain: Encouraging physical growth and wellbeing through activities that improve coordination, health, and physical skills.

Social-Emotional Domain: Promoting emotional resilience, self-awareness, and positive social interactions to support the wellbeing of gifted learners.

Our dedicated teachers and leaders engage in ongoing, evidence-informed HPGE professional learning to recognise and nurture the strengths of our advanced learners. Through differentiated and enriching lessons, targeted extension activities, and inclusive opportunities, we empower high potential students to grow in confidence, extend their abilities, and thrive both in and beyond the classroom.

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 Chatsworth Island Public School, HPGE is embedded in our everyday practice. We challenge our students to think critically, create with purpose, lead with confidence, grow as lifelong learners and responsible citizens.

Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.

Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school

We offer a wide range of enrichment programs designed to inspire students to pursue their passions and potential. These opportunities support personal growth, creativity, teamwork, and leadership across a variety of areas.

Some of the programs students can get involved in include: