High potential and gifted education

At Wilberforce Public School, we offer a variety of programs in the classroom and across the school to help students build new skills, make friends and explore new interests.

Our programs include:

• learning is supported through explicit teaching of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, including the RUDE problem-solving approach, alongside ongoing formative assessment and regular discussions with students about their progress and next steps, enabling them to become self-motivated learners who understand how to improve and grow.
• mathematic extension through the Australian Mathematics competition, which is run for students showing high levels of understanding in Mathematical concepts.
• learning is supported through ongoing formative assessment and regular discussions with students about their progress and next steps, helping them become self-motivated learners who understand how to improve and grow.
• earning is enriched through expanded opportunities for abstraction, inquiry and curriculum depth, encouraging students to think conceptually, ask meaningful questions, explore ideas in greater detail, and make connections across learning areas.
• advanced learning pathways, including accelerated and compacted content​, especially in mathematics where classes are graded 3-6 based on understanding and ability.
• creative writing is extended through targeted creative writing groups that provide students with opportunities to develop their voice, experiment with language and structure, share ideas, and refine their writing through collaboration, feedback and publication opportunities.
• talent in the arts is recognised and nurtured through out the year with performances, choregraphed by our teachers.
• Learning is enriched through expanded opportunities for abstraction, inquiry and curriculum depth, including co-curricular programs such as Crochet Club, Chess and Hobby Hub, which encourage students to think conceptually, ask meaningful questions, explore ideas in greater depth, and make connections across learning areas.
• earning is enriched through expanded opportunities for abstraction, inquiry and curriculum depth, encouraging students to think conceptually, ask meaningful questions, explore ideas in greater detail, and make connections across learning areas.
• Students are encouraged to extend their skills through participation in Young Writers’ and ICAS competitions, providing opportunities to challenge themselves, demonstrate high-level thinking and creativity, and apply their learning in external, academically rigorous contexts.
• the school choir, which performs at the Hawkesbury Performing Arts Festival and School Spectacular.
• wellbeing is supported through Kids Shed and explicit teaching of emotional regulation, helping students build resilience, manage emotions, and develop positive relationships.
• leadership development is supported through the SRC, school leadership programs and excursions, representative opportunities across the Hawkesbury, and roles such as school captains, house captains, library monitors, and the tech team along with leading and supporting peer programs across the school.
• school sport, athletics and inter-school competitions through Hawkesbury PSSA and representative pathways
• public speaking is extended through participation in multicultural and Hawkesbury public speaking programs, providing students with opportunities to develop confidence, clarity and expression while sharing ideas, perspectives and cultural understanding with a wider audience.