High Learning Potential Parenting: “Can’t Cope?” – Try Nurturing A Growth Mindset
We all sometimes wail “I CAN’T cope!”, “I am at the END of my patience!”, or “I AM A FAILURE in the face of a child [...]
The Importance of Giving Children Quiet Time to Think and Write – A Member’s Viewpoint by Tracey Chippendale-Holmes
In this series we mine the wealth of lived experience and invite members to share their thoughts with us – perhaps through an article, advice, sharing [...]
HLP Parenting: Letting Your Guilt Go
While your child with high learning potential (HLP) often gives you the impression that they can never squeeze enough out of their day, you sometimes feel [...]
Ofsted Reports – New Study Shows 44% of Schools Needed Change to More Able Provision
Ofsted inspection reports are just one tool parents use when deciding what school would be a good fit for their child. Potential Plus UK is a [...]
Potential Plus UK – Going ‘Above and Beyond’ in 2019
The Above and Beyond Awards took place a year ago today. The awards celebrate parents, teachers, support staff and other professionals in the UK who go [...]
The Tunnel of Adventure – by Adam Rafael Holmes (Aged 10)
Potential Plus UK Young Reporter Adam Rafael Holmes has had an eventful 2019. In February he was the recipient of the Above and Beyond Young Person's [...]
Do You Embrace “Geek” and “Nerd”?
Children with high learning potential can find themselves the targets of bullying; taunted with names like "nerd", "geek" or "weirdo". In December, psychology lecturer Dr. Sonja [...]
Meteora by Iona Mandal (Aged 13)
This Christmas holiday, I visited Meteora, a rock formation in central Greece. It hosts one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of six Eastern Orthodox [...]
10 Questions about Mindset and High Learning Potential
How to Understand Fixed Mindset and Encourage Growth Mindset in High Potential Learners The buzzwords ‘growth mindset’ and ‘fixed mindset’ have caused a stir since 2006, [...]
Fabulous February: Feel Good Ideas
Getting up on dark mornings, possibly craving more sleep, then braving the cold outside, can make even the most energetic child with high learning potential feel [...]