High potential and gifted education

At Banora Point High School we are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive at our school. We 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.

Our High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) program promotes engagement and challenges and supports every student, regardless of background, in every school across intellectual, creative, social-emotional and physical domains. Students have access to quality learning opportunities to encourage their potential and meet their needs and aspire their talents to develop to their optimal growth.

Our staff are trained to cater for the different needs of our students. Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may shine in creativity, thinking, leadership or sport.

Why choose us for your high potential or gifted child?

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. All our students, including high potential and gifted students, are encouraged to take on leadership roles through student representative council leadership, mentoring programs and peer coaching. At Banora Point High School we celebrate and extend our students through school musicals, drama groups, visual arts show cases, musical ensembles, STEM, PBL and sports programs.

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

HPGE S class: A specialised program for students demonstrating high potential, offering a rich and stimulating curriculum.

Embedded HPGE activities: Enrichment is part of everyday learning, with opportunities designed to extend all students and nurture their talents.

Across our school

We offer high quality learning opportunities to all HPGE students through our programs which include:

Specialised STEM and PBL programs
Tournament of Minds
Interschool debating
Schools Spectacular
Chess club
SRC
Aboriginal leadership group - Banbara
Academic extension classes
Super Leaders
Peer support programs
Smart Arts
Dance ensembles
Acceleration pathways for Year 10
Talented Athletes Program TAP
Byron Bay Writers Festival
Enrichment, extension and extracurricular programs.

Across NSW

Across NSW and beyond, our students at Banora Point High School engage at the highest levels of competition and collaboration. Some of our state-wide engagements include:

Students competing across zone, regional and state sport pathways, sharpening teamwork, resilience and excellence.
Our debating and public speaking teams stepping into prestigious state-wide challenges and forums.
Participation in CSIRO’s Generation STEM initiative, where students tackle real-world problems and link with industry and research.
Engagement with STEM professional-partnerships through the STEM Professionals in Schools Program, bringing expert mentors into classrooms.
Students performing in the NSW School Spectacular
Student work being displayed at ArtExpress