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.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

At Revesby Public School, we are proud to foster a learning culture where student potential is identified, celebrated and extended. Guided by the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) Policy, we are committed to ensuring that every student is recognised for their unique strengths and given the opportunity to thrive.

Students are identified through observation, data, and collaboration between teachers and families. As part of our commitment to personalised learning, students with identified high potential or emerging gifts will have access to individualised learning plans that support their growth and challenge them appropriately.

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.

We celebrate student success through:

Enrichment and extension activities across the curriculum
Performance opportunities in the arts, including choir and dance
Debating and public speaking programs
Representative sport and physical education events
Leadership roles and programs that develop emotional intelligence and teamwork
Looking ahead, there will be even more opportunities for students to participate in a wide range of extension programs, competitions, and enrichment initiatives, helping every learner strive toward their personal best.

At Revesby Public School, we are building a future where high potential is not only recognised, but nurtured and celebrated ensuring all students are known, valued, and challenged.

Here are just a few examples of how HPGE is embedded in our school programs:

Intellectual Domain

Debating teams that develop critical thinking, argument structure, and public discourse
Public speaking competitions that foster confidence, clarity, and persuasive communication
Classroom extension tasks and project-based learning for students who need deeper challenge

Creative Domain

Participation in school choir, dance ensembles, and performance opportunities
Visual arts showcases and integrated creative tasks across curriculum areas
Opportunities to create and present original work in writing, art, and digital media

Student leadership programs including SRC, and buddy systems
Team-based initiatives that foster empathy, collaboration, and communication skills
Events that encourage students to advocate for causes and lead community initiatives

Physical Domain

Representative sport teams including PSSA and representative team sports
Sporting carnivals and opportunities to progress through local and regional levels
Programs that support coordination, strength, and fair play in physical education

Through these opportunities, Revesby Public School ensures all students are challenged, supported and celebrated for their strengths—helping them grow into confident, capable learners and future leaders.

In our classroom

Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Advanced learning pathways, including accelerated or compacted content.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
Opportunities for abstraction, inquiry, and curriculum depth.
Tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking including cross-curricular projects.
Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation.
Differentiated movement tasks and skill refinement in PDHPE.
Targeted learning goals for coordination, agility, and control.
Opportunities to take on lead roles in physical demonstrations or team strategy.
Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.

Across our school

Debating
Public Speaking
Slam poetry opportunities
STEM and coding clubs
Academic competitions
Critical thinking workshops
School musicals
Dance ensembles
Choir opportunities
Visual arts and drama showcases
Creative writing groups
Sporting team and representative pathways
House competitions
Performance-based movement groups
Peer mentoring
Student leadership (SRC)
Wellbeing programs
Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.

The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.
Involvement in the Game Changer Challenge empowers our students to solve future-focused problems using design thinking.
The Schools Spectacular is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.
The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.