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 [...]
Executive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’ GalleryExecutive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’
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Executive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’
Introducing the executive function processes that allow the brain to plan, adapt and multitask 'like an air traffic controller'. What Are Executive Function Skills? Executive function [...]
Supporting a Child in the Five Areas of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and manage our own emotions and the emotions of others. Its development is distinct from the development of academic [...]
Emotional Intelligence and High Learning Potential
Whilst there is a common acceptance of the importance of academic aptitude when it comes to life chances, it is by no means the only kind [...]
Going Back to School After Lockdown – Handling Anxiety by Cheryl Kennedy
Going back to school after such a long time away, especially in these strange times, is something that a lot of parents and children have been [...]
Using Visual Arts to Foster Creative Thinking Skills
“A drawing is the three-way relationship between substance, surface and body. It activates the relationships between the eye and the hand, the hand and the tool, [...]
Do You Have What it Takes to be a Super STEM Spin Doctor?
You’ve probably heard the joke “What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”? Well, at the risk of party-pooperdom by picking apart a brilliant one-liner, [...]
From Sixth Form to University by Daniel Dipper, Year 13
As a Year 13 student who went through the admissions process last year, I know that applying to university can be a serious challenge. What I [...]