High Potential and Gifted Education

High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) at Kincumber Public School

HPGE opportunities are offered across the state in all NSW Public Schools to develop student talent across the four domains of potential. These opportunities include:

• enrichment, extension and extra-curricular programs
• inter-school programs and competitions
• system-level enrichment offerings
  • representative school sport pathways
  • Schools Spectacular.

Domains of potential

The domains of potential describe the four broad categories of natural abilities found in Françoys Gagné's adapted model of Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent DMGT 2.0 (2009). These definitions apply to all students, including high potential and gifted students.

The domains of potential may not be mutually exclusive and are highly influenced by one another.

• Creative domain – refers to natural abilities in imagination, invention and originality.
• Intellectual domain – refers to natural abilities in processing, understanding, reasoning, and the transfer of learning.
• Physical domain – refers to natural abilities in muscular movement and motor control.
• Social-emotional – refers to natural abilities in self-management and relating to and interacting with others.

Potential exists along a continuum, where differing degrees of potential require differing approaches and levels of adjustment and intervention.

All staff at Kincumber Public School have participated in professional learning to be able to identify and cater for the learning needs of high-potential and gifted students in their classes and across the school. 

As part of our implementation of the HPGE policy, Kincumber Public School offers a high potential class (Target Class) in Stages 1, 2 and 3 to cater for students who show higher levels of potential in the intellectual domain.  Students in the Target class are taught the same core curriculum and are also given opportunities in each of the learning areas to extend and challenge their knowledge and skills.

Kincumber Public School provides a range of opportunities for students to achieve personal excellence in the four domains of potential - Intellectual, Physical, Creative and Social-Emotional.

Intellectual

• Target Class in Stages 1, 2 and 3
• ICAS
• Public Speaking and Debating
• Premier’s Spelling Bee
• Coding Club
• Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition

Physical

• Premier's Sporting Challenge
• PSSA Representative Sports - individual and teams across a range of sports
• PSSA Gala Days

Creative

• Central Coast Dance Festival
• Central Coast Choral Festival
• Five Lands Walk – photography and dance
• Nagoya Sister City Art Exchange
• Biennial Art Show
• Biennial whole school performance

Social-Emotional

• Eco Warriors
• School leader school tours
• Tech team and library monitors
• Peer support