Extension and Enrichment in Learning
Extension and enrichment are two ways of making learning more challenging for learners with higher ability. This article discusses the difference between them and provides examples [...]
Parenting Perfectionism
Perfectionism and high learning potential can, unfortunately, be an alarmingly snug fit. Up and down the land, parents of children with high learning potential will attest [...]
Working Memory – A Brief Guide
What Is It? One of the brain’s executive functions, working memory is the ability to hold new information in the short term whilst it is needed [...]
The Importance of Drama in the Development of Children by Rachel Lewin
Often, when choosing GCSE options at school, students open up about their dilemmas – “I want to do Drama, but it clashes with something that my [...]
Rewriting the Writing Rule Book: Handwriting and High Learning Potential
As benign as pen and paper may appear to be, we have long since learned not to be fooled by the apparent innocence of the tree [...]
Creative Thinking Skills: Activities for Arts to Sciences
How to Support Innovative Young Mathematicians, Artists, Writers and Scientists How can you possibly stimulate the mind of a young person who not only has high [...]
Creativity of Thought
Creative thinking, concerning the innovation of new ideas and the ability to think about things in new ways, whilst sometimes seen as a welcome yet mysterious [...]
Introducing Drama to Your Child by Mary Benzies
From a young age, roleplay becomes an essential learning tool for a child. As we get older, this vital, natural instinct, which has a proven track [...]
Back to School Anxiety – Helping Your Child to Cope After Lockdown
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that parents in possession of a high learning potential child, with a good deal of intensity and facing the post-Covid [...]
Last Minute “Triple Lock” on ‘A’ Level Exam Results – A Comment
Potential Plus UK’s main concern with Ofqual’s exam procedure and standardisation model has always been the likelihood of a negative impact on high ability students from [...]