High potential and gifted education
At Green Valley Public School, we are committed to the NSW Department of Education’s High potential and gifted education (HPGE) Policy, which ensures that students with high potential across all areas of ability are identified, supported and challenged to thrive. The policy recognises that students may demonstrate high potential — and the capacity for gifted performance - in one or more of four domains: intellectual, creative, social emotional and physical.
Our HPGE process includes a continuous cycle of assessment, identification, planning, implementation and evaluation, ensuring that all students with potential and giftedness are recognised and extended across all four domains.
Through enrichment, extension, and extra-curricular opportunities, we provide engaging pathways to coach talent, build confidence and develop capabilities that prepare students for high school and life beyond.
Our high potential and gifted education opportunities
Across the four domains
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Participation in extension literacy and numeracy activities
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Engaging in technology and digital literacy activities
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Involvement in extension or support programs including:
- APSMO Maths Olympiad, Maths Games and Maths Explorer
- Extension writing groups
- public speaking competitions
- Premier's Spelling Bee
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ICAS Competitions including mathematics, writing, digital technologies and science
- Participation in physical education classes
- Athletics, swimming and cross country carnivals
- District representation for athletics, swimming and cross country
- Swimming scheme
- District trials for representative teams
- PSSA Gala Days, including sports such as touch football, netball, AFL, soccer, rugby league, basketball, softball and cricket
- Development days, including rugby league and AFL
- External providers including soccer, rugby league, AFL and basketball
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Student Leadership, including:
- School captains and prefects
- Student Representative Council
- School Ambassador program
- Children's Parliament
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Fundraising and volunteering
- Involvement in visual arts and craft activities
- Participation in music and singing lessons
- Opportunities in dance, choir and school performances.
- Extension art groups, with opportunities to enter competition such as the Liverpool Art Society Exhibition, AECG Mil-PRA Art Exhibition, and the Liverpool Young Archie competition.
In our classrooms, across our school and across NSW
- 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.
- Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
- Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
- Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
- Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance
- School performances
- Dance Groups
- Visual arts and dance showcases
- Sport opportunities
- Student leadership (SRC)
- Wellbeing programs
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.
- The Premier's Spelling Bee is an exciting annual competition designed to encourage students to improve their spelling skills, build confidence, and have fun with language through a series of challenging spelling rounds.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
- 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.
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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