Apps, Screen Use and Balance for Young People with High Learning Potential
Should you encourage your young person with high learning potential to use meaningful apps – or to put down their gadgets? The latest research is contradictory [...]
Thunks
If you expect the unexpected, will the unexpected still be expected? Can you touch the wind? If there was a magic pill that meant that you [...]
Grand Ideas for Garden Games
As the weather gets warmer and the school holidays progress, take advantage of the weather and free time. Here are some games that high learning potential [...]
Developing Thinking Skills Through Board Games
Despite the millions of apps and video games that invade our everyday lives, board games (also known as tabletop games) are making a comeback to the [...]
High Learning Potential Parenting: “Can’t Cope?” – Try Nurturing A Growth Mindset
We all sometimes wail “I CAN’T cope!”, “I am at the END of my patience!”, or “I AM A FAILURE in the face of a child [...]
Design It (B)Right!
Although many schools, in a bid to raise achievement in compulsory subjects, have cut GCSE Design & Technology from their syllabus, it’s the subject that brings [...]
5 Ways to Offset Climate Angst
From ‘Party Bags’ to Psychology Climate change concerns are now being brought into the daily lives of young children. With demonstrations actively seeking the involvement of [...]
20 Questions About “Pumice Rafts” – Cross-curricular Jump-off Points for Learning
Are you a teacher, home-educator or actively involved parent or guardian of a youngster with High Learning Potential (HLP)? Then you know the importance of finding [...]
Surviving the Start of Secondary School
Joining secondary school is a major event and, with the autumn term beckoning, it’s possible that you will have mixed emotions about it. Whether you’re a [...]
Early Years Settings – 5 Key Factors in Choosing for Your Child with High Learning Potential
Few decisions seem more important than those regarding the education of a child in our care. Even before school age, parents and carers can agonise for [...]