{"id":14230,"date":"2019-04-03T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.potentialplusuk.org\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:38:41","slug":"above-and-beyond-at-hawkwood-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potentialplusuk.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/03\/above-and-beyond-at-hawkwood-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Above and Beyond at Hawkwood College"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To make the Above and Beyond Awards<\/a> a reality, Potential Plus UK worked together with a host of different charities, companies and individuals, all of whom have an interest in supporting the needs of children and young adults with high learning potential, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with SEND\u00b9. The result was a resounding success!<\/p>\n

So, the question for the Above and Beyond collaborators was \u201cHow do we build on this success?<\/strong>\u201d To explore the possibilities, we all met together at Hawkwood College<\/a> in mid-March. The meeting was hosted by the charity The Potential Trust (a completely different organisation to Potential Plus UK) that specialises in bringing together divergent people and seeing what comes out of the interactions!<\/p>\n

The setting of Hawkwood College is ideal for this type of future thinking. It provides a retreat set within beautiful countryside that enables people to question, explore and debate. And the food is pretty good as well!<\/p>\n

The overall theme of our gathering was how to continue and build on the work started with the awards. The consensus was that a year was needed to further develop networks and raise awareness of the needs of high potential learners and DME learners, with the aim of holding the awards ceremony again in 2021.<\/p>\n

Our top 3 actions focus on DME, high learning potential and disadvantaged able learners.<\/strong><\/p>\n