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.
- Our staff have embraced HPGE through a shared lens for recognising potential in students with complex needs.
- Our school works with other SSPs to share our expertise and classroom resources for the benefit of all students.
- We use technology to provide different ways of learning that help students develop their talent, as a part of supporting their overall learning needs.
- We ensure our teachers have time to engage in professional learning to build their experience and ensure they can assess and recognise potential in the classroom and school setting.
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.
Our teachers support our students to meet their learning needs and assess all students to determine if HPGE is present in the domains.
Teaching staff engage with parents to discuss potential and how it can be supported in and out of the classroom.
Newcastle Middle School engages specialist staff to support Music and Sport.
We support involvement in inter-school sport competitions including athletics carnivals and multi sport events.
Newcastle Middle School supports student participation in sporting opportunities provided by NSW School Sport Unit such as
- Come Try Athletics Day
- Boccia Competiton
- Tenpin Bowling Competition
Student opportunities and activities
Discover the opportunities our students have at our school.
Learning
Find out about our approach to learning and supporting students to progress.