High potential and gifted education (HPGE)

Every child learns in their own way, and some students show an advanced ability to grasp new ideas, think creatively, or excel in leadership, academics, or sport. These children often pick up skills quickly, ask thoughtful questions, and show a strong curiosity about the world around them.

At our school, we recognise these strengths early and work closely with students to nurture and extend them. We believe that students with high potential should have opportunities to challenge themselves, deepen their learning, and feel inspired every day. Our teachers provide carefully planned lessons, rich learning tasks, and meaningful experiences that help advanced learners continue to grow, thrive, and stay engaged.

Our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is designed to spark curiosity, celebrate creativity, and build a lifelong love of learning. Through a range of learning approaches — including inquiry projects, problem-solving tasks, leadership opportunities, and creative challenges — students are encouraged to explore topics that genuinely interest them. This allows them to engage more deeply, develop confidence in their abilities, and experience authentic, purposeful learning that stretches their thinking in exciting ways.

Our goal is to ensure every high-potential learner feels supported, inspired, and empowered to reach their full potential.

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

At Moama Public School, our High Potential Gifted Education program is designed to nurture and challenge every gifted learner through a dynamic blend of in-class support and targeted withdrawal programs. Every class is an enrichment class, where differentiation is seamlessly integrated to meet the diverse strengths and learning needs of our students. Our approach ensures that each child is engaged, inspired, and extended through tailored learning opportunities that promote critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving.

Every classroom buzzes with enrichment, where high potential learners are supported to excel and flourish in a stimulating and inclusive environment. We celebrate each child’s unique abilities, guiding them to reach their full potential and become confident, lifelong learners.

Across our school

Moama Public School has a strong focus on promoting and developing student potential in the physical domain. Students are given the opportunity to trial for, and participate in, district and regional sporting opportunities in all sports offered through the Department's School Sport Unit. In addition to these opportunities, students achieving at a high level in athletics, swimming and cross country at our school carnivals are able to represent the school at district and regional carnivals.

Across NSW

Information coming soon