High potential and gifted education

In our classroom

At Mimosa Public School, we are committed to recognising and nurturing high potential and gifted students, ensuring every student has the opportunity to thrive. Our approach to HPGE is embedded in everyday teaching and learning, guided by a strong focus on formative assessment, evidence-based practices, and effective differentiation to meet the unique needs of every student.

Our supportive classroom environments promote a sense of belonging and encourage risk-taking, creativity and collaboration.

The following evidence-based teaching strategies are implemented in our classrooms to support diverse student needs:

Formative Assessment

Teachers regularly monitor student progress using a range of formative assessment approaches, to pinpoint individual strengths and areas needing improvement across various learning domains. These timely insights guide lesson planning and instructional differentiation, fostering ongoing student development and active engagement.

Differentiated Learning Tasks and Flexible Grouping

Learning activities are thoughtfully developed with varying levels of complexity, catering for the individual needs, interests, and abilities of every student. Teachers differentiate the content, process and product of learning experiences engaging students to work individually, in pairs, or within flexible groupings based on their abilities.

Explicit Teaching and High Expectations

Explicit teaching strategies benefit all students. Teachers clearly explain, model and demonstrate new concepts and students are given adequate time to apply their knowledge through practice, ask questions and act on feedback. Teachers set high expectations by designing learning objectives that promote critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. They motivate learners to set personal goals and reflect on their progress, nurturing a growth mindset, resilience, and a strong sense of self-efficacy.

Collaborative Teaching Practice and Professional Learning

Teachers actively participate in high impact professional learning focused on High Potential Gifted Education. Through collaborative planning and ongoing professional dialogue, teachers and leaders work together to understand, plan and implement evidence-informed teaching practices, ensuring each student receives appropriate challenge and support.

Across our school

At Mimosa Public School, we nurture the unique talents of every student by providing flexible, diverse, and enriching opportunities that support growth across academic, creative, social, and physical domains.

The following opportunities are available to support the talent development of our students:

• Interschool Sport competitions (PSSA)
• Representative Sport Pathways
• Student Representative Council (SRC)
• Maths extension groups
• Drama club
• Public speaking and debating
• Band
• String ensemble
• Choir
• Dance
• Green team
• School camp
• Wellbeing programs
• Student leadership
• Lunch time interest based groups
• Chess
• Robotics and coding
• Curriculum aligned excursions and incursions

Every student is an individual, so our opportunities are flexible and diverse.

Across NSW

Our students participate in a wide range of statewide programs to extend and enrich student potential.

• Premier's Debating Challenge
• Maths Olympiad
• Premier's Spelling Bee
• NSW PSSA school sport pathways
• Regional, State and National sporting competitions
• Art camps and competitions
• Regional and state dance performances
• Writing competitions
• Write A Book In A Day (WABIAD) training and competition
• Technology and coding competitions
• Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition
• Kids Lit Quiz