High potential and gifted education

At Blaxcell Street Public School, HPGE lives in everyday practice. We challenge our students to think, create, lead and grow every day.

• Teachers identify students' learning needs in the classroom and use evidence-informed teaching practices to challenge and extend students. We provide learning pathways, including enrichment and extension programs and acceleration.
• Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.
• We provide tasks that promote choice, authenticity, and critical and creative thinking.
• Our teachers engage in professional learning to support the diverse needs of all students, including our high potential and gifted learners

• Our school recognises that every student is individual, and we provide flexible and diverse opportunities for students to explore and grow their strengths outside the classroom.

• Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.

• Our school identifies and supports students with high potential through targeted enrichment, extension and extra-curricular opportunities such as debating, competitions, critical thinking workshops.

• All our students, including high potential and gifted students, are encouraged to take on leadership roles through student representative council leadership.

• Student talent is celebrated and extended through school musicals, visual arts showcases, dance groups and creative writing groups.

• The Premier’s Spelling Bee promotes our students’ vocabulary development and attention to detail in competitive settings.

• The Premier's Reading Challenge.

• Involvement in the Game Changer Challenge empowers our students to solve future-focused problems using design thinking.

• Maths Olympiad, Maths Games and the Bebras Challenge.

• Gimbawali Festival is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across public schools in the Auburn network.

• 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 and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.