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, every learner’s potential is our priority. Many students have high potential, and we help that potential to grow into something powerful.

We foster a culture of high expectations and equity in excellence, ensuring every student, regardless of background, has opportunities to develop their potential into talent. Our school offers a diverse range of opportunities across the 4 domains of potential: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional.

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 Kingscliff Public School we challenge our students to think, create, lead and grow every day.

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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.

In our classroom

Strengths-based feedback and goal setting.
Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk-taking, and perseverance.
Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
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.
Supportive learning environments that enable exploration and self-assessment.
Structured peer collaboration and reflection.

Across our school

KIMP - Kingscliff Instrumental Music Program
Debating
Student leadership (SRC) K-6
Wellbeing programs
Chess club
STEM initiatives
Visual Arts Showcases
Year 4 Maths Explorer and Stage 3 Maths Olympiad
Specialist Sports Programs
Learning Sprints
Coastal Academy of STEM Excellence
YULI - Highlighting cultural strengths and pride in culture.
Game Changer
Sustainability and Gardening Gurus
Kingy's Got Talent
Write a Book in a Day
Beach and Creek Week

Across NSW

The Premier’s Debating Challenge helps our students to build logical arguments and confidence in public speaking.

The Gold Coast Eisteddfod, North Coast Creative Arts Camp, Far North Coast Dance Festival and School Spectacular are iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.
Participation in KIMP hones our students’ musical skills, discipline and performance awareness.
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 events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.