High potential and gifted education (HPGE)

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

Our multi-age classes provide individualised and differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
Targeted learning goals that are communicated to parents during Student-Led Conferences
Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
STEM and coding lessons with a range of robotics resources and 3D printers in each classroom

Across our school

Participation in the OSSA Spectacular performance promotes student opportunities in dance and drama for Kindergarten to Year 6 in a professional theatre
Cargo's Got Talent is held every second year in the Cargo Hall to give students the opportunity to showcase their dramatic and musical skills and talents in the local community
CWA Public Speaking competition that give students the chance to develop public speaking skills before their peers and a wider audience
CWA Country of Study competition to develop the research skills of students and exposure to other cultures
The Orange Regional Conservatorium collaborates with the school to provide music lessons for all students that focus on reading musical notation and performing with a range of instruments
Student representatives join the Orange Junior AECG to have their say about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Education at our school and across the network
Students nominate to try out for a place in our OSSA White PSSA teams in a range of sports including netball, cricket and soccer
Wellbeing programs

Across NSW

Participation in the Compass Music Festival coordinated by the Arts Unit with a recorder ensemble and choral pieces to hone our students’ musical skills, discipline and ensemble awareness.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) promotes home reading and a love of literature by encouraging students to read quality, age-appropriate texts
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.
Our peer support program takes place in Term 4 and gives our Year 5 and Year 6 students leadership opportunities working with younger students from our community of schools.