High potential and gifted education

At our school, we recognise the potential in every learner and we are committed to identifying, nurturing, and extending the talents of students who demonstrate high potential or giftedness across the four domains of learning — intellectual, creative, physical, and social-emotional. Through effective school systems, targeted programs, and differentiated learning experiences, we ensure these students are appropriately challenged, engaged, and inspired to achieve excellence.
Together, we strive to empower every high potential and gifted learner to thrive and realise their full potential.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

Recognising potential and developing talent

At our school, we value the unique strengths and abilities of every student. We are dedicated to nurturing each learner’s potential by offering the right balance of support, challenge, and opportunity to help them succeed.

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

At Holsworthy Public School, we offer a variety of programs in the classroom and across the school to help students build new skills, make friends, explore new interests.

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 students
These students show abilities above most of their peers in one or more areas and benefit from learning that extends or enriches the regular curriculum.

Gifted students
Gifted students have a much higher level of potential than their peers, learn quickly, and thrive when given more advanced and challenging learning opportunities.

Highly gifted students
Highly gifted students have exceptional potential, often within the top 1% of their age group, and require personalised programs to meet their learning and wellbeing needs.

At Holsworthy Public School, 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

Personalised Learning Pathways: We provide enrichment, extension, and acceleration opportunities tailored to individual learning needs.
Supportive, Collaborative Environments: Classrooms promote risk-taking, creativity, and collaboration, with flexible groupings and student leadership.
Targeted Enrichment Classes: We offer a school-based 3-4 Enrichment class and the 5-6 Opportunity Classto provide specialised learning for high potential students.
Ongoing Professional Development: Teachers engage in continuous learning to effectively support high potential and gifted learners.

Across our school

At our school, we provide a wide variety of opportunities for our diverse learners.

Creative talent is enhanced through stage-based dance groups, drumming group, recorder group, and choir.
Students deepen their strengths through the Community of Schools Challenge Cup, ICAS competitions, public speaking competitions, debating, Environmental Rangers, chess club and the Inter School Chess Challenge.
Students grow their leadership skills through the School Ambassador Program, Student Parliament, Play Pals, and Buddy Reading.
Students challenge their physical skills through PSSA Gala tournaments; athletics, cross country, and swimming carnivals; and the Paul Kelly Cup AFL tournament.

Across NSW

The APSMO Maths Olympiad and Maths Games competitions promote our students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
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 build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
The NSW Public Schools Poetry Slam promotes students’ creative talent in writing.
The Schools Spectacular is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity, and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
Pulse Alive is a performing arts event that showcases the talents and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity, with leadership pathways and professional learning.
Students also have opportunities for Zone, Regional, and State sport representation in individual and team sports.