Inspire

All students require access to learning programs that meet their learning needs and support to aspire to, and achieve, personal excellence. Our commitment to high expectations for all students includes high potential and gifted students.

At Tuggerah Public School, we support every student to achieve their educational potential, regardless of background, through the provision of explicit teaching strategies and quality teaching in a supportive learning environment. We aim to optimise the growth and achievement of high potential and gifted students across all domains of potential including Intellectual, Social-Emotional, Creative and Physical domains.

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. This is done through evidence-based talent development opportunities and differentiated teaching and learning practices.

Tailored lessons

Teachers respond to each student’s ability by providing extra challenges and extension activities to keep learning exciting and engaging. Adjustments are made in alignment with ' The Differentiated Adjustment Tool'.

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 local, regional and state-wide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich student potential.

What is high potential and gifted education?

Inspire – 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

All teachers develop, design and implement differentiated learning programs to meet the specific learning needs of HPG students. Through ongoing data collection, teachers analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of differentiated programs and provisions. The 'Differentiation Adjustment Tool" could also be used by teachers to inform their programming.

Teachers use assessment data to implement flexible and purposeful grouping practices. Teachers are expected to offer differentiation to meet student needs, including HPG students with disability.

Flexible grouping strategies may include needs-based or task -orientated grouping - students may be grouped and regrouped frequently, according to formative assessment and learning progress. Extension groups may be formed for specific purposes, aimed at catering for students with particular strengths and talents.

In order to achieve their personal best, all students need to be challenged to learn and master new skills and feel a sense of success, wellbeing and belonging in a supportive learning environment. Some HPG students may experience specific social challenges related to their advanced ability and development, and this needs to be proactively addressed by all teachers in collaboration with parents and carers.

Enrichment Class

Tuggerah Public School currently provides one Stage 3 Enrichment class, taught by an experienced teacher in this field. This class is aimed at providing a specialised learning environment that enhances and broadens the curriculum and caters to the specific learning and wellbeing needs of identified HPG students.

Students are considered and selected based on a range of selection criteria. All criteria are considered to make an on-balance judgement about the students best suited to the class. Gifted students with a disability will be equally considered for possible inclusion, taking professional reports to account.

Across our school

Our school implements evidence-based programs and facilitates opportunities beyond the school to ensure HPG students are catered for. These programs include:

Visual Arts Competitions
First Lego League Challenge in conjunction with Macquarie University
Selected students compete in the Maths Olympiad
Student Interest Clubs for all students
Djembe Drumming and Beat Sticks Groups
Dance Groups
Yidaki Group
Sporting Teams
Debating
Student Parliament

Across NSW

The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.
The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
Our STEM Enrichment Partnerships with industry and universities deepen our students’ intellectual curiosity while developing innovation and collaboration.
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 and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.
Our mentoring programs connect our students with trusted adults including school alumni to build confidence, motivation, and interpersonal skills.