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.

Learn more about HPGE at the Department of Education website.

Our High Potential and Gifted Education opportunities

At Old Guildford Public School, we strive so students can thrive. Our ‘watermark’ is challenge.

This means that all students including students with high potential are challenged to learn, grow and achieve. To aid in the development of the whole child, we offer a wide range of extracurricular activities.

In our classroom

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

Use of explicit teaching strategies to engage learners in high order thinking.
Assessment is used flexibly and responsively as an integral part of daily classroom instruction.
Safe learning environments that encourage a growth mindset and resilience.

Across our school

We support students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension and extracurricular opportunities such as debating competitions and art club.
Student talent is celebrated and extended through visual arts showcases, recorder ensemble, choir and dance performances.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program to support the holistic development of students.
Leadership opportunities including student leadership, sports captains and Student Representative Council (SRC).
Targeted High Potential NAPLAN Tutoring Program.

Across New South Wales

Granville, Holroyd and Strathfield Debating Program.

Gimbawali combined public school concert for students in the Auburn, Bankstown, Chullora, Girraween, Parramatta and Strathfield NSW Department of Education School networks at the Sydney Opera House.
Representative PSSA (T-ball, softball, soccer and netball)