Johanna Raffan MBE – Obituary
Potential Plus UK was saddened to hear of the death of Johanna Raffan MBE of a stroke on June 15th, 2021. Johanna was a founding member [...]
Building Friendships – Finding Friends When You Have High Learning Potential
When it comes to friendships, children aren't really that different to us as adults; they are more likely to be drawn towards those with whom they [...]
The HLP Diaries: The Tale of the Terrifying Trap
To celebrate Potential Plus UK's new members' only area, here is a tale to remind us just why, even as perennially pooped parents, we all continue [...]
SEN, EHCP and Other Capital Letters to Do with HLP!
What Do All These Acronyms Mean? Has your ‘HLP’ child come home from school saying that they have been “given an IEP and a SENCo”? Did [...]
Critical Thinking Skills – a Detective Flair, from Arts to Sciences
How to Cultivate Good Judgement in Academic Work and Daily Life ‘Critical thinking’ means to ‘positively critique’; to successfully judge between fact and opinion, draw reasonable [...]
Keeping the Challenge High During Remote Learning by Joy Morgan
Stretching high potential learners is a major challenge for teachers, alongside getting to grips with the technology and skills needed for remote learning which, like everything [...]
The Goldilocks Dilemma: Finding the Right School for Your Child with High Learning Potential
It’s a tricky thing, finding a school for a high learning potential (HLP) child. As the ultimate square pegs, it is never going to be simple [...]
An Honour for Denise Yates MBE by Anna Comino-James
We are delighted to say that Denise Yates, former Chief Executive of Potential Plus UK was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Congratulations. [...]
Fabulous Fascination Folders to Challenge Learners
Fascination Folders, a place where students can access more information and challenging activities about a topic, can be used in the classroom or electronically during remote [...]
Clearly Able, Yet Complicated? – Might Your Child Have ‘DME’?
‘Unusual’ in both their potential and in their obstacles? Here is a simple guide to Dual or Multiple Exceptionality (DME). Is your child (or student) clearly [...]