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 student growth with quality lessons and activities to help students grow and thrive.

What is high potential and gifted education?

At Mary Brooksbank School, every learner’s potential is our priority. Many students have high potential and we help that potential to grow into something powerful. Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be. We are committed to developing high potential across 4 domains:

Our staff have embraced HPGE through a shared lens for recognising potential in students with complex needs. Our school has active links with other nearby schools and their local communities. Students may have access to HPGE classes in collaboration with mainstream schools and are supported to participate in community activities and training. Our school also works with other SSPs to share our expertise and classroom resources for the benefit of all students.

In our classrooms
  • Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher order thinking​.
  • Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning​.
  • Explicit teaching of problem solving strategies.
  • Tasks that promote choice, authenticity and creative thinking​.
  • 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.
  • Strengths based goal setting.​
  • Opportunities for leadership within the classroom​.
  • Structured peer collaboration.
  • Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk taking and perseverance​.
Additional programs

At Mary Brooksbank School, we deeply value our relationships with partner schools and community organisations, recognising that the power of collective efficacy strengthens our efforts to provide students with a wide range of opportunities to develop their skills and build meaningful community connections.

Creative

Intellectual

Physical

Social-emotional