Why Standardised Tests Matter in Assessments for Children

Helping parents understand the role of cognitive and achievement tests When we assess children using tests that measure things like cognitive ability (how they think and solve [...]

The Summer Reading and Playlist Challenge 2023

Aged 18 and under? What would you recommend people to read, to listen to or to watch? Our Summer Reading and Playlist Challenge is here! The [...]

Arjun’s Story – “I Don’t Know!”

Arjun is a bright child but lacks confidence in his abilities, is a perfectionist, hates to be put on the spot and to [...]

Summer Reading Challenge Reviews 2022

Each year, we ask our members to read and review five books for us that they have chosen as a challenge to themselves over the summer [...]

When Struggling is a Good Thing

From the Archive This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2012 print edition of Focus on Potential What does it take to reach your potential?  [...]

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 [...]

Supporting High Potential Learners During Home Learning – Supporting Motivation

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. [...]

Supporting High Potential Learners During Home Learning – Making Learning More Challenging

Are you worried that your child finds their schoolwork too easy? Or that they are not motivated to try at tasks? Could this be a good [...]

Calling All Superheroes: Get Involved in the 2.6 Challenge

Please get involved Donate directly to Potential Plus UK or set up your own challenge to raise funds so that we can support more young [...]

Summer Reading Challenge 2019 – The Reviews

It’s time for the Summer Reading Challenge 2019 Reviews! We asked our members to read and review a minimum of five books that they chose as [...]

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