Creativity of Thought
Creative thinking, concerning the innovation of new ideas and the ability to think about things in new ways, whilst sometimes seen as a welcome yet mysterious [...]
Executive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’ GalleryExecutive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’
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Executive Function Skills – Simplifying a Young, High Potential Learner’s ‘Thinking’ and ‘Doing’
Introducing the executive function processes that allow the brain to plan, adapt and multitask 'like an air traffic controller'. What Are Executive Function Skills? Executive function [...]
Supporting a Child in the Five Areas of Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and manage our own emotions and the emotions of others. Its development is distinct from the development of academic [...]
Emotional Intelligence and High Learning Potential
Whilst there is a common acceptance of the importance of academic aptitude when it comes to life chances, it is by no means the only kind [...]
Urgent Improvement Needed: How the Exam Process Will Wreck the Chances of Thousands by Daniel Dipper, Year 13. GalleryUrgent Improvement Needed: How the Exam Process Will Wreck the Chances of Thousands by Daniel Dipper, Year 13.
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Urgent Improvement Needed: How the Exam Process Will Wreck the Chances of Thousands by Daniel Dipper, Year 13.
âI and thousands of students in a similar position to me across the country can only hope that Ofqual will do what every student does after [...]
How to Kick-Start Motivation
It is a myth that high potential learners are always motivated. True, their drive and enthusiasm can be powerful; however, when motivation wanes, how can they [...]
Co-Planning Learning at Parliament Hill School
This blog on co-planning learning has been written by Denise and Sophia, pupils at Parliament Hill School in London. It accompanies advice sheet S14 Empowering High [...]
Overexcitabilities: Sensual Overexcitability
Children with high learning potential, especially those who display Sensual Overexcitability, have a heightened awareness of one or all five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and [...]
Overexcitabilities: Emotional Overexcitability
Children with high learning potential, especially those who display Emotional Overexcitability, tend to experience the world, and their emotions, with particularly great intensity. Whilst such intensity [...]
Supporting High Potential Learners During Home Learning – Encouraging Thinking Skills
This blog series covers several ways to support high learning potential children during home learning by making it more challenging, increasing motivation or developing thinking skills. [...]