High potential and gifted education

At Tumbarumba High School, we are committed to our vision statement: Excellence and Opportunity for All. This commitment entails providing and delivering high potential and gifted education that encompasses a wide range of programs and opportunities designed to challenge our students and enrich their learning experiences. Through a variety of academic, cultural, civic, sporting and extracurricular activities, we provide pathways for high potential and gifted students to develop their skills and a growth mindset, explore their interests, and reach their full potential. We create an inclusive and supportive environment that recognises and nurtures each student’s unique strengths, encouraging them to embrace challenges and pursue their passions with confidence. Our rural students’ needs and interests are also targeted and supported through dynamic Enrichment Initiatives.

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

We offer high quality learning opportunities for all of our HPGE students through our curriculum and other programs, including:

Quality Assessments that are differentiated and challenge students' needs and interests.

Enrichment Subject offerings in our 7 - 10 Curriculum such as Elective History and Publish for a Purpose.

Access to specific Enrichment Opportunities within the classroom, including Banqer High.

Across our school

At Tumbarumba High School, we recognise that every student is individual, and accordingly we provide flexible and diverse opportunities, including:

Students have the opportunity to have a voice and develop leadership skills through our Student Representative Council.

Students have the opportunity to engage in the SPARC Program nurturing interest and passion for Science.

Students from our Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation (SLR) and Physical Activity and Sports Studies (PASS) classes work collaboratively with primary schools developing their leadership skills and performing roles as student officials for primary school sporting events.

We partner with businesses and community organisations to provide opportunites for student leadership and student advocacy, including participation in the Magic Moments and Youth Leadership Summit.

We promote and encourage our Indigenous students to embrace opportunties to nuture their sporting talent through programs such as the SSA Indigenous Talent Program.

Across NSW

Our students have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of state-wide programs and competitions to extend and enrich student potential, including: