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?

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Recognising potential and developing talent

Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.

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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.

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Rich opportunities and activities

Students can take part in opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.

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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:

Our high potential and gifted education opportunities

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 HPGE domains of intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical areas.

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.

HPGE opportunities at Sefton Infants School include:

Intellectual
  • Participation in extension literacy and numeracy activities
  • Engaging in technology and digital literacy activities
  • Premier's reading challenge
  • Public speaking opportunities in class and whole school daily assemblies and whole school events
Physical
  • Individual and group extension in sport lessons
  • After school sports program
  • Gymnastics lessons
  • Premier's sporting challenge
  • Swimming program for Years 1 & 2
  • Cross country and athletics carnival programs and events
Creative
  • Extension opportunities as part of visual arts, music, drama and dance lessons
  • Opportunities to create and perform in school performances (concerts, events and talent quests)
  • Participation in competitions at local and community levels
Social-emotional
  • Leadership program for Year 2 students
  • Student Representative Council (SRC)
  • Peer mediation
  • Connections with local community groups (e.g. aged-care facilities)
  • Fundraising and volunteering
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Academic challenges
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The Premier’s Sporting Challenge
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Creative Arts adventures

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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