Inspire – High potential and gifted education

At Marayong South Public School, we understand that some students learn at different rates and may demonstrate natural talents across creative, intellectual, physical, or social-emotional areas.

We are committed to recognising and nurturing these strengths from an early stage. Our school provides targeted lessons and enriching activities designed to support high potential students, helping them to grow, flourish, and reach their full potential.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

Discovering abilities and cultivating excellence

Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be.

Personalised learning

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.

Exciting opportunities and activities

Students can take part in opportunities to develop their talent in the arts, sport, leadership and more.

Connecting students to greater opportunities

Our students can participate in a wide range of statewide opportunities that aim to extend and enrich student potential.

What is high potential and gifted education?

Inspire – High potential and gifted education (HPGE) is how our school supports students with advanced learning needs.

We do this through:

effective teaching strategies
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 in the classroom, in our school and across NSW.

In our classroom

At Marayong South Public School, High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) is embedded in everyday teaching and learning. We recognise that many students demonstrate high potential across a range of domains and we are committed to nurturing their strengths, talents and interests through a variety of engaging opportunities.

Intellectual Domain

• Differentiated classroom instruction
• Public Speaking and Debating opportunities
• ORACY Public Speaking
• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
• NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee
• Opportunity Class Testing
• Selective High School Testing
• Inquiry-based learning projects
• STEM Team
• STEAM Team
• Chess Club
• PBL/STEM Library Projects

Creative Domain

• Choir and singing opportunities
• K–6 Choir
• Dance programs and performances
• 3–6 Dance Group
• Schools Spectacular
• Creative Arts activities and performances
• School concerts and special event performances
• 3–6 Art Club
• Drama Club
• Gulyangarri Club
• K–2 and 3–6 Showcase
• Lego Club

Social and Emotional Domain

• School leadership opportunities
• Peer support and buddy programs
• Leadership development opportunities
• Student wellbeing initiatives
• Student Representative Council (SRC)
• School Captains and School Vice Captains
• Sports House Captains and Sports House Vice Captains
• Library Prefects
• First Nations Gulyangarri Leadership opportunities
• Leadership Day at Longneck Lagoon

Physical Domain

• School sporting carnivals including swimming, athletics and cross country
• NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge
• Inter-school sport opportunities
• Representative sport pathways
• Opportunities to progress to zone, regional and state level competitions
• In-school sporting programs and clinics
• Interschool Sport
• After school sport clinics and programs
• Gardening Club
• Sports House Leadership Positions

In our network

At Marayong South Public School, we recognise that every student is unique. We provide a range of opportunities both within our school and in partnership with other public schools to extend and enrich the learning experiences of students with high potential across all domains.

Intellectual Domain

• STEAM and coding opportunities
• Public Speaking competitions
• Debating opportunities
• Maths enrichment activities
• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
• NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee
• Opportunity Class Testing
• Selective High School Testing
• BLC STEAM Team
• Interschool Chess Competition
• Blacktown Public Speaking Competition

Creative Domain

• Schools Spectacular
• Operation Art
• Festival of Instrumental Music
• School choir and dance programs
• Creative and Performing Arts showcases
• School performances and special events

Social and Emotional Domain

• Student Representative Council (SRC)
• Student leadership opportunities
• Transition programs from Preschool to Kindergarten and Year 6 to High School
• Peer support and buddy programs
• Leadership development opportunities
• Student wellbeing initiatives

Physical Domain

• Gala Days and inter-school sport
• School carnivals including swimming, athletics and cross country
• Zone, Regional and Sydney West carnivals
• Representative sporting pathways
• Sporting clinics and programs
• Interschool sport opportunities

Across NSW

Students are encouraged to participate in school-based, regional and statewide programs that enrich learning, build confidence and foster individual strengths and talents.

Intellectual Domain

• NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge

• NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee

• Opportunity Class Testing

• Selective High School Testing

• Public Speaking and Debating Opportunities

Creative Domain

• Schools Spectacular

• School Choir and Dance Programs

• Creative and Performing Arts Opportunities

• The Arts Unit: Operation Art Social-Emotional Domain

• National Young Leaders Day