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The High-Potential & Gifted Stage 4 & 5 Program at St John Paul College is offered to the students who achieve in the top 5% across a range of skills.  The testing includes: critical thinking, general aptitude, reading, mathematics and science,  Standardised testing, such as NAPLAN is also taken into consideration.

The aim of the program is to stimulate each student's critical, creative and ethical thinking skills. This is done through cross-curricular content such as:

• Logical Thinking

• Lateral Thinking

• Critical and Scientific Thinking

• Ethical and Philosophical Thinking

• Problem Solving

• Metacognitive and Reflective Thinking

In the same way that Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the classic Italian Uomo Universale -  whose gifts were manifest in the fields of art, science, music, invention, and writing - the program is built on the notion that our HP&G students should embrace all knowledge and develop their own capacities as fully as possible.  This is accomplished through students seeking to develop skills in all areas of knowledge: STEM, social accomplishments and the humanities.