St Ives Park PS provides a variety of extension programs for students who are identified as Gifted and Talented. These include:
- Early entry;
- Acceleration of students;
- Advancing learning through our Early Literacy Program (K-2) and Cross Stage Ability Groups (K-6);
- Debating and Public Speaking programs;
- Student Leadership programs;
- Student Representative Council;
- Technological advancement through use of advanced ICT and multimedia software and hardware;
- Drama and Special Dance Groups;
- Individual and Band music tuition;
- Academic competitions
- MindQuest and WebQuest activities
- Maths Olymipiad;
- Participation in state and nationwide Poetry and Writing competitions;
- Representative sports;
- Quality programs which develop deeper creative thinking and problem solving skills;
- Open-ended and student-centred activities using Bloom's Taxonomy.