We have gifted and talented classes at Palmerston. Children are selected for these classes based on comprehensive and specific selection criteria, including ability and achievement data, and parent and teacher nomination.   

Palmerston provides the following programs for gifted students:

*  cluster groupings and self-contained classes for students identified as gifted through comprehensive assessment procedures. These classes are known as our CAP classes (Challenging Academic Performance).

*  avenues for musically gifted students through the choir, recorder and Musicorps program, and participation in eisteddfods.

These programs are academically rigorous, intellectually stimulating and sufficiently flexible to meet the specific educational, social and emotional needs of gifted students.

The school has a Gifted and Talented Committee which comprises membership from executive staff, the school counsellor and teachers specifically trained in gifted education. The role of the committee is to support student identification and program implementation.

Students are identified through a comprehensive assessment of achievement data (whole school assessment in literacy and numeracy, UNSW competitions, PIPS/NAPLAN testing) ability data, parent and teacher nominations, and psychometric testing.

A copy of our Gifted and Talented education procedures can be requested through the front office.