High Potential and Gifted Education @ Wollondilly PS
All students at Wollondilly are supported to be their very best.
Our practices align with the NSW Department of Education’s HPGE policy, which highlights the importance of supporting giftedness across four essential domains:
- Creative Domain: Supporting students to develop original ideas and express themselves through creative thinking, problem-solving, and artistic pursuits
- Intellectual (Cognitive) Domain: Offering challenging learning experiences that nurture advanced thinking, deep inquiry, and intellectual development
- Physical Domain: Encouraging physical growth and wellbeing through activities that improve coordination, health, and physical skills
- Social-Emotional Domain: Promoting emotional resilience, self-awareness, and positive social interactions to support the wellbeing of gifted learners
At Wollondilly, we are dedicated to fostering the whole child by recognising and nurturing each student’s potential across these four domains, ensuring every learner is empowered to succeed.
Our High Potential and Gifted Education Opportunities
At Wollondilly, HPGE lives in everyday practice. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow.
Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs and acceleration (where appropriate).
Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
Class groups are flexible, students take lead roles, and feedback is strengths-based with clear goals and self-assessment. We employ a ‘Flexible Grouping’ approach for specific Key Learning Areas.
Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners.
Students are able to engage in HPGE opportunities within Wollondilly including:
Students at Wollondilly participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.
We offer a wide range of opportunities to support and enrich our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) students both within the school and the wider community. Our programs are designed to nurture talents across multiple domains, providing pathways for students to excel and engage beyond the classroom.
Students are able to engage in HPGE opportunities outside Wollondilly including:
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