Inspire – High potential and gifted education

At Glendore, Excellence for Everyone means recognising potential, nurturing talent and challenging every student to grow.

Aligned with the NSW Department of Education’s High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) policy, we identify and develop potential across the intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains. Through Explicit Teaching, responsive classroom practice and the diverse expertise of our staff, students experience purposeful challenge, extension and enrichment.

Rich opportunities within and beyond the classroom, strengthened by our Callaghan Education Pathways partnerships, enable students to discover their strengths, develop their talents and connect, succeed and thrive.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

Recognising potential and developing talent

Every student deserves to be known, valued and challenged to grow. Our staff recognise high potential across the intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains and create pathways for students to develop their strengths into talent.

At Glendore, this may be seen through advanced classroom learning, leadership opportunities, public speaking, representative sport, creative and performing arts, and specialist enrichment experiences.

Tailored lessons

Excellence looks different for every learner. Our strong whole-school approach to Explicit Teaching enables teachers to know where students are in their learning and respond purposefully to what they need next.

Our teachers are highly skilled in responsive teaching, using evidence of student learning to adjust instruction and provide appropriate challenge within the classroom. This includes deeper and more complex learning, advanced problem-solving and mathematical thinking, rich literacy and writing experiences, and targeted extension — ensuring high potential and gifted students are challenged to grow every day.

Rich opportunities and activities

The broad expertise, talents and interests of our staff allow us to provide high-quality opportunities across all four domains of potential. Students can discover their strengths and pursue their passions through public speaking and debating, leadership, academic enrichment, choirs, drama, musical theatre, dance, visual arts, the Junior Theatre Festival and an extensive range of sporting opportunities.

Our sporting pathways extend from school through to zone, regional, state and national levels. Our School Aerobics program is one example of where talent development can lead, with Glendore teams representing our school at the National Championships on the Gold Coast for three consecutive years.

Opening doors to wider experiences

Strong connections help our students see what is possible. Our close links with Callaghan College and the Callaghan Education Pathways provide access to further enrichment, leadership and transition programs, specialist facilities, and opportunities to work with secondary students and staff as mentors, coaches and role models.

Beyond the school, students can access competitions, performances, representative sport, specialist programs and experiences at local, regional, state and national levels. These opportunities broaden horizons and enable our students to connect, succeed and thrive — pursuing excellence wherever their strengths may take them.

What is high potential and gifted education?

Inspire – 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

At Glendore Public School, Inspire – High potential and gifted education (HPGE) opportunities are intentionally embedded across all classrooms ensuring students are challenged and supported across the intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains.

Explicit teaching with clear learning intentions, success criteria and high expectations for all learners.

Systematic differentiation in content, process and product to provide appropriate stretch and challenge.

Extension and enrichment opportunities within classroom programs across all key learning areas.

Regular use of formative assessment and data to identify high potential learners and inform next steps.

Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.

Opportunities for student voice, choice and leadership within learning tasks and inquiry experiences.

Strong emphasis on feedback, reflection and refinement to promote excellence and growth.

Across our school

At Glendore Public School, a broad range of high-quality enrichment and extension opportunities are offered across the school to nurture students’ talents, interests and strengths, and to ensure every child has opportunities to excel, belong and thrive beyond the classroom. These offerings include:

Comprehensive CAPA programs, including Junior Theatre Festival, Musical Theatre, Drama, Dance groups and school choirs.
Performance opportunities through Primary Proms and the Festival of Choral Music.
Sporting competitions and pathways, including PSSA sport, gala days, State Knockout and aerobics competitions.
STEM enrichment, including STEM days and LEGO Club.
Visual Arts groups and enrichment opportunities that foster creativity and artistic expression.
Leadership opportunities for students across the school, including formal and informal leadership roles.
Participation in Public Speaking competitions and the Spelling Bee, supporting confidence, communication and academic excellence.
Lunchtime clubs that promote curiosity and belonging including art, lego, and STEM activities.
Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.

Students participate in opportunities such as Premier's Spelling Bee, Reading Challenge, Premier’s Sporting Challenge and Newcastle Permanent Maths Competition.
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.
Statewide and NSW Department of Education support is available for high potential and gifted students, and we help with entries, preparation and reflection so every experience feeds back into learning.