Gifted Education

Our school has been acknowledged as a Gifted Education Lead School, within the Catholic Diocese of Maitland/Newcastle, for a number of years now.

We have a Gifted Education Mentor (GEM) whose role includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Co ordinating the administration and analysis of data related the Cognitive Abilities Test (CoGAT);
  • Supporting the school and school system to identify High Potential & Gifted students; and
  • Mentor classroom teachers in curriculum differentiation, compacting the curriculum, identifying accelerated learning opportunities & project-based approaches to learning.

In addition to supporting classroom teachers, the GEM program also includes opportunities for HPGE students to engage in:

  • Coding (algorithmic thinking) challenges;
  • STEM Projects (School Traffic Investigations);
  • Programming and flying Drones;
  • Programming and coding robots;
  • Minecraft Education School Build Competitions; and
  • Developing simple XBOX 360 Games using Kodu.

Much more than school!