Inspire – 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?
HPGE: Student opportunities and activities
At WPS, our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) program unlocks opportunities across four domains of talent, empowering every student to thrive. Whether their strengths lie in intellectual, creative, social-emotional, or physical domains, we provide pathways that challenge, inspire, and extend learning beyond the classroom, ensuring that potential is not just recognised, but nurtured, celebrated, and transformed into lifelong capability.
Intellectual Domain
Mathematical Olympiad (APSMO)
The Maths Olympiad challenges students to think deeply, solve problems, and discover the joy of mathematics beyond the classroom building confidence and a love of learning.
Writing Competitions
WriteOn and the Cumberland Young Writers Competition inspire students to unleash their imagination and share their unique voices through creative writing.
Book Club
Book Club brings students together to read, share ideas and explore stories in a fun and engaging way.
The NSW Premier's Spelling Bee
The NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee builds students’ vocabulary and confidence as they learn new words and showcase their spelling skills.
Creative Domain
Poetry Slam
The Poetry Slam gives students an exciting chance to share their poems and express their views aloud with confidence.
Learning the Keyboard and Recorder
Students explore music and develop their skills through Creative Arts, including dedicated lessons to learn and play the keyboard and recorder.
Dance Group
The Dance Group helps students learn new moves, build confidence, work as a team, and perform in front of live audiences.
Choir
The Choir brings students together with other schools to sing, create beautiful music, and perform for a live audience.
Social-Emotional Domain
Student Representative Council (SRC)
The SRC lets students share ideas, help make school decisions and represent their classmates.
Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition (MPPS)
The MPPS Competition lets students celebrate multiculturalism while learning the art of public speaking.
Youth Leadership
The Sydney Primary Dream and Lead Conference lets students learn, share ideas, and develop their leadership skills.
Physical Domain
School Sport
Team Sport helps students stay active and build teamwork skills.
Swimming and Athletics Competition
Swimming and Athletics Competition gives students a chance to try their best, be active and celebrate their achievements.
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?
Inspire – 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.
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.
Student opportunities and activities
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