Focus on Potential April 2014 | Page 2

Potential Plus UK News BIG Adventure Weekend, 4th – 6th July 2014 Once again, we’re looking forward to joining families for the BIG Adventure Weekend at PGL in Liddington, near Swindon for a weekend of outdoor activities for children and parents, discussion and other groups indoors for parents and ‘chilling out ‘ sessions in the evening. Whether you have never been before or if you are a regular to the BIG Adventure Weekend, you would be most welcome. Early bird booking for members closes on 3rd April; after that the price goes up a little and we will keep booking open for as long as PGL has space for additional families. BOOK NOW Explore More Summer Challenge, Warwick University 10th – 16th August 2014 In August we are running a week long Summer School loosely based on a science challenge to enhance your child’s creativity, encourage them to work in teams and learn some high level science along the way. This event is open to our 12-16 year olds who will be based at Warwick University for the week without parents. So if you are looking for activities for your child over summer and want a provider who you know will stretch and challenge them pay your deposit to secure a place. If your child is entitled to free school meals, could their school help to support their attendance at this week through the school’s Pupil Premium allocation? It may be worth asking. Webinars We have now finished our webinar pilot for parents and we are pleased to say that it was a great success. We are planning some more after Easter and these will be free for members of Potential Plus UK. We are also exploring inviting guest presenters to run webinars as well but we will let you know about those at a later date. If you are interested, we have recorded all three webinars so that you can listen to them at your leisure! They are on the members’ area. Spring Sale We are moving offices in September and are going paperless! We have loads of excellent books and materials. Click this link to see the wide range of resources that are available to buy. Only available whilst stocks last! Problem Q My son is three, he is very bright (a fact I didn’t realise until I had his brother! ) but he wants to rule the roost both at home and increasingly at the nursery he goes to two days a week. At home he thinks he is in charge and when H