High potential and gifted education
Some students learn faster or more easily than others. These students may shine in demonstrating their creativity, showing intellectual excellence, exceptional physical capabilities, strong leadership and initiative or strength in social or emotional areas.
At Gundagai South Public School, we recognise and nurture these strengths. We recognise and support our learners who exhibit such a diverse range of skills and talent, catering to their needs with lessons and activities to help them grow, thrive and succeed.
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.
Gundagai South Public School students participate in extension and enrichment activities including:
* School concert band
* Small music ensemble groups
* Choir performances
* Dance program
* Student Representative Council
* PSSA and local sporting opportunities
* Cultural activities - Local Wiradjuri interactions with Elders and the community
* Extensive school excursion program - four-year cycle with students travelling away for a week or learning
* Day excursions to the theatre in Canberra and Wagga, musical performances, local school drama productions and other interschool and community-based activities
* Interschool visits with our local Small Schools community
* Externally provided whole school sporting skills workshops - hockey, volleyball, basketball and cricket
* Garden Club and Cooking Program
* Whole school swimming program, tennis and gymnastics programs
* Interaction and visits with our aged care residents
* Wellbeing support programs
* Chess program
* Celebration of community events with other schools and the community
* IDEALS initiative - encompassing the core principles of Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service.
Gundagai South Public School supports all students in their participation in Statewide opportunities.
* Representation in State PSSA Sporting events allows those students to shine and demonstrate their skills.
* Participation in Small Schools Creative Arts Camp allows students to develop a range of different artistic skills.
* Participation in the Regional Dance Festival.
* Student participation in the Kids Conference - Antarctica Research Program
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
Discover the opportunities our students have at our school.
Programs include our extensive music program, interschool sporting activities including opportunities for representation at local, regional and state level, dance and choir programs, cooking and gardening programs and our extensive excrusion program.
Learning
Find out about our approach to learning and supporting students to progress.
As well as providing support for our High Potential and Gifted students, our students who require additional learning support are well catered for with the delivery of the MiniLit program for our younger students. Small group tuition classes for our older students at Gundagai South are provided each week and students benefit from the delivery of specialised and tailored support plans to enhance the acquisiton of literacy and numeracy skills focusing on the individuals' unique needs, goals and learning style.
Adjustments to learning are a high priority for staff and students to ensure each individual is able to reach their potential.