Young Person’s Guide to Journalism
In May, as part of our Be Curious Weekend, we ran a one-day workshop for members aged 12+, introducing young writers to the exciting and evolving [...]
15 Great Family Days Out for High Learning Potential Teenagers
Sometimes, finding activities to do as a family with teenagers can be the most challenging part of a holiday. Particularly teenagers with high learning potential! [...]
Chess: The Ultimate High Challenge, Low Threat Activity by Barry Hymer
Professor Barry Hymer is on the international advisory board for Dansk Skoleskak, the Danish scholastic chess organisation. He is co-writing a book on chess and mindset [...]
Building Empathy
Understanding Empathy Human beings and other living creatures may have felt empathy for millennia, however a word for it has only existed in the English language [...]
Suffragette Walking Tour by Kerensa L. (Aged 8)
Following on from Emma's blog about her mock trial as the Suffragette Mary Richardson at the Royal Courts of Justice, Young Reporter Kerensa shares with us [...]
Surprising Shapes and Higher Thinking Skills
“To be equipped to work at a higher level in the long term, children with high learning potential need to experience higher-order thinking skills; analysis, [...]
Being Curious at Beaumanor Hall
The Be Curious Weekend 2019 was held May 4th-5th at historically significant Beaumanor Hall and provided a superb setting for experiential and empathetic exploration for children [...]
Success of Potential Plus UK’s Support for Disadvantaged Families
"Thank you for helping me get my daughter back. Without this report she would have had a mental health crisis due to school not understanding her" [...]
Suffragette Mock Trial by Emma H. (Aged 10)
I recently attended a Mock Trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. They run school workshops but we went as a home education group. [...]
Fingers on Buzzers by Bobby Seagull
Maths educator Bobby Seagull is Potential Plus UK’s newest Ambassador.  Co-presenter of the podcast @MathsAppeal, and of the BBC TV Series Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide [...]