The Fabulous Flexi-Cat Lessons – A Love Letter to Sir W.
Slightly Mad Mummy: Entry 3 Charting the fabulous (and fatiguing!) flexi-Fridays with my OE-rich* 8 year old (currently identifying as a cat and a Georgian) February [...]
Ask Away: How To Effectively Advocate & Speak Up For Your Child with High Learning Potential
Supporting your child with high learning potential as they develop may require you asking for extra support. Many parents can find it difficult, uncomfortable or embarrassing [...]
Franz Mönks, Honorary President of ECHA – Obituary
It is with great sadness that Potential Plus UK heard today of the death of Franz Mönks, Honorary President of ECHA (the European Council for High [...]
Building Connections: Encouraging Deeper Learning
Can you think of a time where you really learned something deeply? What was it? What did it feel like? What made the learning deep? One [...]
The 2020 Membership Survey Results Are In!
The results of our 2020 Membership Survey are in! 117 of you responded, for which we are very grateful, giving your views about parenting high learning [...]
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 [...]