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 Hambledon Public School, HPGE lives in everyday practice. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow into something powerful. We offer opportunities across all domains of High Potential and Gifted Education.

Intellectual Domain

· Differentiated classroom instruction

· STEAM / Coding Team

· Digi Ed

· Chess Club

· Darug Language

· STEM Projects

· Public Speaking and Debating

· After school coding program

Creative Domain

· Choirs and vocal groups

· Dance Groups

· Dance Sport

· Drumming and Recorder Groups

· After school music program

· Hambledon News Team

Social & Emotional Domain

· Student Representative Council

· Student Leaders (SRC, Sports Captains)

· Student service opportunities (Library monitors, buddy programs)

· Leadership development days and opportunities for students

· Gardening Club

· Buddy Programs

Physical Domain

· Interschool Sport

· After school sport clinics and programs

· School Carnivals (swimming, athletics, cross country)

· In school sport clinics

In our network

Every student is individual. We offer a range of opportunities in partnership with other public schools so to stretch the potential of our most talented students.

Intellectual Domain

· STEAM Team

· Interschool Chess Competition

· Hills Public Speaking Competition

· Cross School Debating Competition

· Maths Olympiad

Creative Domain

· Blacktown Festival of Performing Arts

· Hills Performing Arts Festival

· Quakers Hill High School Performance Showcase

· Hawkesbury Eisteddfod

Social Emotional Domain

· Quakers Hill Network Student Leadership Team

· Transition programs (preschool to Kindergarten, Year Six to High School)

· Prosperitas Program (in conjunction with Quakers Hill High School)

Physical Domain

· Gala Days

· Orienteering

· Zone Carnivals (swimming, athletics, cross country)

· Sydney West Carnivals (swimming, athletics, cross country)

· Sydney West Sporting Teams

Across NSW

As a public school, we proudly offer High Potential and Gifted students access to statewide programs and initiatives, providing opportunities to connect with peers across all public schools and enrich their learning experience.

Intellectual Domain

· NSW Premier’ Reading Challenge

· NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee

· Opportunity Class testing

· Selective High School Testing

Creative Domain

· The Arts Unit: Operation Art

· Schools Spectacular

· PULSE Alive

· Festival of Instrumental Music

· Boys Vocal “On Track” program

· Synergy Dance