High potential and gifted education
Liverpool Boys High School values all learning needs of our community and makes every effort to address them. In recognising the diversity of our learners, we offer an Academic Excellence Stream to allow high potential students from the local area to have the best possible education.
The Academic Excellence Stream (AES) is an acceleration program where high potential students are enabled to move through the curriculum at a faster rate based on their performance. Students are mentored and supported by highly qualified teachers to make better choices, so they maximise their learning potential outcomes every year and achieve the best possible HSC and ATAR.
The Academic Excellence Stream serves a need of challenging talented students, in a local educational setting. In addition, it provides an extra dimension to our general aim of providing each student with an excellent academic, cultural, social and physical education.
What does high potential mean?
- High potential students are those whose potential exceeds that of students of the same age.
- This could be in one or more areas, such as:
- intellectual
- creative
- physical
- social-emotional
Tips for identifying if your child has high academic potential
Gifted and high potential students often have some, or all, of the following characteristics: they,
- enjoy learning
- have intense curiosity
- display good memory
- ask complex questions
- enjoy learning new and often complex idea or skills
- require fewer repetitions when learning new things
- are creative
- become intensely focused in their area of interest or passion
Please keep in mind that these traits are only one way to indicate high potential students.
Our high potential and gifted education opportunities
Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.
Our classroom practices support and extend high potential and gifted students.
- Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher-order thinking.
- Explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.
- Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.
Our school offers a range of whole-school programs that support student growth.
- Student leadership
- Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
- Music recording and performance
- Visual and creative arts
- Representative sport
- Accelerated University Programs
- Mentoring from industry stakeholders
Our students participate in a wide range of programs to extend their potential.
- The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity.
- Students competing across zone, regional and state sport pathways, sharpening teamwork, resilience and excellence.
- Participation in CSIRO’s Generation STEM initiative, where students tackle real-world problems and link with industry and research.
- Engage in TAFE and tertiary level education.
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.
Help for your high potential child
If your child shows signs of high potential, contact us. We can share how our HPGE support can guide their learning journey.
Student opportunities and activities
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Learning
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