High potential and gifted education
At Jindabyne High School, we are committed to recognising and nurturing the talents, strengths and potential of every learner. Our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) approach ensures that students are challenged, supported and inspired to reach their full potential across the intellectual, creative, social/emotional and physical domains.
Our commitment to HPGE is strengthened by a highly skilled teaching team, with 15 staff trained through the University of Sydney’s Mini Certificate in Gifted Education. These staff share this knowledge within their teams through collaborative planning and programming. This specialised training equips our teachers with advanced strategies to identify high potential, differentiate learning, and create rich, engaging opportunities for students to excel.
We also offer our ASCEND program, designed for aspirational and motivated students. ASCEND provides an environment where potential is recognised, explored and developed through high-challenge learning, targeted extension and enhanced academic support.
Beyond the classroom, Jindabyne High School offers an extensive suite of enrichment opportunities that reflect the breadth of student strengths. Whether through academic competitions, artistic showcases, leadership pathways or elite sporting programs, students are encouraged to pursue their passions and achieve at the highest level. These initiatives connect them to regional, state and national platforms, opening doors to wider experiences and building pathways to future success.
At Jindabyne High School, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to thrive and our HPGE approach ensures that high potential is not only identified, but celebrated and cultivated.
Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?
Recognising potential and developing talent
Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to achieve their personal best.
Learning that matches your child's potential
Every student has unique capabilities. Our teachers respond with targeted challenge, enrichment and extension activities that keep learning engaging, purposeful and rewarding.
Opportunities that inspire and extend
Students can participate in a broad range of opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.
Pathways beyond the classroom
Jindabyne High School connects students with regional and state-wide opportunities that extend and enrich their potential, helping them grow and pursue broader pathways.
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.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and inform targeted teaching.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Flexible grouping for collaborative ideation and presentation
- Supportive learning environments that build confidence, support academic risk-taking and inspire perseverance.
- Timely, specific and actionable feedback from teachers and peers to guide learning.
- Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.
- Structured peer collaboration and reflection.
- Debating & Academic competitions
- School musicals
- Major Works and Senior Showcases
- Creative writing opportunities
- Lunch Clubs (Music, Art, Wellbeing)
- Sporting Teams, Snow Sports & Mountain Biking
- House competitions
- Peer mentoring
- Student leadership
- Wellbeing programs and initiatives
- Lions Youth of the Year Competition
- National Youth Parliament
- National Schools Constitutional Convention
- Snowsports Interschools
- Mountain Biking Interschools
- The Premier’s Debating Challenge
- Our STEM Enrichment Partnerships with AVISTA and Snowy Hydro
- The Schools Spectacular
- Participation in (state/regional) drama ensembles
- Participation in state-wide dance ensembles
- Participation in state-wide music ensembles
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge
- The Representative School Sport Pathway and CHSSA events
Help for your high potential child
If your child shows signs of high potential, contact us. We can share how our HPGE support can guide their learning journey.
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