Firework Activities!
Whether you love or hate fireworks, let them spark your ideas... Some children find fireworks exciting, colourful and full of amazing science. Other youngsters dislike them [...]
Screens and Reading Superheroes – Embracing New Formats with High Learning Potential Readers
Why do we so often feel it is better for children to get stuck into a 'proper book' rather than clutch comics or read from any [...]
Stoke Up the Science!
Insects, stars, the periodic table... your child is super-keen on science and just has to know more. Indeed, their passion for the subject far exceeds what [...]
Tips for Budding Poets by Joshua Seigal
Award-winning poet and educator, Joshua Seigal, uses poetry to develop literacy skills and inspire confidence and creativity in communication. Joshua will be running creative writing sessions and [...]
When Excited Is Overexcited
Whoa! Your child slides down the sofa, thumps onto the floor and starts rolling around. But you’re exasperated and mentally exhausted trying to keep up with [...]
What’s a Valid Way to Select Students for a Gifted Programme? By Drs. Eleonoor W.J.M. van Gerven
Drs. Eleonoor van Gerven studied pedagogy at Nijmegen University (The Netherlands). She is managing director of Slim! Educatief, a private teacher education institute at post graduate [...]
Parents Welcome a Helping Hand – Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education
It was with great interest that I read this article by the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds, on ‘Children’s literacy and narrowing the early [...]
The HLP Diaries…Call Me, Maybe?
Bemused Parent: Entry 3 We’re in the park for a playdate and the talk is all about mobile phones. Ada’s friend, Olivia, has just acquired her [...]
Sweetie Secrets
Candyfloss and lettered sticks of rock are two tasty treats that seem impossible to create! - How do You think these sweet snacks might be cleverly [...]
Inspirational Figures: For Dual or Multiple Exceptional Learners – Ellie Simmonds, Stephen Wiltshire and Kim Peek
10% of High Learning Potential (HLP) children face significant personal hurdles, according to the most recent government statistics analysed by Potential Plus UK. These HLP learners [...]