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.

High potential and gifted education (HPGE)

At Caniaba Public School, we are committed to the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) Policy, which ensures that students with high potential across all areas of ability are identified, supported and challenged to thrive.

The policy recognises that students may demonstrate high potential and the capacity for gifted performance in one or more of the four domains: intellectual, creative, social emotional and physical.

Our HPGE process includes a continuous cycle of assessment, identification, planning, implementation and evaluation, ensuring that all students with potential and giftedness are recognised and extended across all four domains.

Through enrichment, extension, and extra-curricular opportunities, we provide engaging pathways to coach talent, build confidence and develop capabilities that prepare students for high school and life beyond.

Caniaba Public School HPGE opportunities include:

Intellectual

Participation in extension literacy and numeracy competitions
Engaging in technology and digital literacy activities
Involvement in extension or support programs including: Global Math Project, Premier's Debating Challenge, Public Speaking, Debating and Poetry Competitions, RASE STEM, Premiers Spelling Bee and Game Changer Challenge.

Physical