High potential and gifted education

Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may shine in creativity, thinking, leadership or sport.

Eastwood Public School promotes engagement and challenge for every student across intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains. The implementation of talent development opportunities and differentiated teaching and learning practices ensure that students’ specific learning and wellbeing needs are met.

The school utilises an ongoing, holistic identification process, which gathers and interprets student growth and achievement data in the areas of academics, sporting achievements and creative arts.

We are continually refining the student profiling and identification process to identify the individual abilities and needs of high potential and gifted students, as well as measure progress and support the development of effective teaching and learning programs.

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

Every classroom at Eastwood Public School offers a dynamic, supportive environment where gifted learners can flourish:

High expectations are embedded across all teaching and learning programs
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are explicitly taught
Learning tasks are differentiated to provide varying levels of challenge
Continuous formative assessment is used to track progress and adapt teaching approaches
Flexible grouping structures and opportunities for collaboration are provided
Student voice is prioritised to foster active, empowered learners
Social–emotional learning programs support students to step outside their comfort zone, build confidence, and develop perseverance and resilience
Teachers participate in ongoing professional learning focused on high potential and gifted education

Across our school

Eastwood Public School offers a range of opportunities to support the talent development of students. These include:

Numerous band and musical ensembles
Interschool sport competitions
Representative sport pathways
Student leadership and student representative council (SRC)
Academic competitions, such as Maths Olympiad
Public speaking
Ballet and cultural dance groups
Choirs
Drama
Coding/robotics
Chess
Gardening club
Media Club
A range of creative groups, including beading, knitting and origami

Across NSW

Gifted learners at Eastwood Public School also have access to advanced opportunities beyond the school:

Premier’s Spelling Bee
Premier’s Debating Challenge
Schools Spectacular, State Dance Festival, Festival of Choral Music, Festival of Instrumental Music and a range of other major performance events
Premier’s Sporting Challenge
Representative School Sport Pathways