High potential and gifted education

In our classroom

At Scone Public School, High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is an integral part of our everyday teaching and learning practice. Our approach aligns closely with the NSW Department of Education’s HPGE Policy, recognising giftedness across four key domains:

Creative Domain: Natural abilities in imagination, invention, and originality.

Intellectual (Cognitive) Domain: Natural abilities in processing, understanding, reasoning, and transferring learning

Physical Domain: Natural abilities in muscular movement and motor control.

Social-Emotional Domain: Natural abilities in self-management and relating to and interacting with others.

Our commitment is to recognise and nurture the high potential of every student, ensuring that all learners have the opportunity to thrive. We personalise learning to meet these diverse strengths by implementing differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity, and encourage higher-order thinking. Formative assessment is used regularly to monitor student growth and inform teaching strategies.

A supportive learning environment underpins all this work, promoting exploration, self-assessment, and a strong sense of belonging. Teachers identify individual learning needs using evidence-informed practices to challenge and extend all learners through enrichment, extension programs, and acceleration when appropriate.

Setting clear goals and using student-led reflection empowers learners to take ownership of their progress. Our educators regularly engage in professional learning to deepen their understanding and support of the diverse needs all our students.

At Scone Public School, we are committed to nurturing every student’s unique potential in a caring and stimulating classroom environment.

Across our school

At Scone Public School, we recognise that every student is an individual with unique strengths and interests. Our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) opportunities are flexible and diverse, designed to nurture each student’s potential and encourage growth across a broad range of areas, including

• Debating
• Public speaking
• Poetry competitions
• Student leadership opportunities; Student Leaders, House Captains, Year 6 Kinder Buddies, Youth Council, School Representative Council, Wellbeing Warriors, Sustainability Heroes, Class Captains
• Whole school wellbeing initiatives
• Learn to swim program
• Stroke Correction
• Cultural activities
• Excursions and incursion
• Lunchtime and interest-based clubs
• Environmental Education
• STEAM learning experiences
• Year 4 band program
• Music Scholarships
• PSSA Pathways
• Sport Gala days

Across NSW

At Scone Public School, we continually seek new ways to support our students’ learning and help them achieve their best. Our students participate in a variety of statewide programs that encourage learning, leadership, and personal development which include:

• The Premier's Debating Challenge
• The Premier's Reading Challenge
• The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA events
• Multicultural perspectives Public Speaking
• Science and Engineering Challenge
• ICAS Assessments
• Star Struck