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.
Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
- 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
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance
Our teachers find the potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.
- Penrith Valley Debating competition
- Penrith Valley Public Speaking competition
- MindQuest program participation
- Student Representative Council
- School & House Captain Leadership opportunities
- Peer Support program
- Peer Play program
- Peaceful Kids program
- PALS program (Playing and Learning to Socialise)
- Library Monitors
- Cambridge Park Student Voice initiative
- Blue Mountains Nepean Dance Festival
- Limelight Performing Arts Showcase
- Choir
- Dance groups
- Sustainability group
- School lunchtime interest clubs including Lego, chess, coding, art, Connect 4
Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
- NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee
- WriteOn competition
- APSMO Maths Olympiad & Maths Games
- Schools Spectacular
- Pulse Alive Dance and Choir
- PSSA Gala Days and Knockout competitions – various sports
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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