Excellence in cities The national strategy to improve the identification, education and support of gifted and talented children, introduced in September 1999.
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/sie
Associations for Gifted, Talented and Able Children
National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE) Assists able and talented children to reach their full potential by raising awareness, as well as giving support to teachers, other professionals and the wider educational community.
www.nace.co.uk
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) The premier membership charity that helps, advises and supports children of high ability and their parents.
www.nagcbritain.org.uk
Scottish Network for Able Pupils The Scottish Network for Able Pupils is based in the University of Glasgow and works across the UK with schools, cluster schools and Education Authorities. They also run workshops for young people, give keynote addresses, publish materials, engage in research and offer advice to parents.
www.ablepupils.com
Support Society for Children of High Intelligence (CHI) A support organization for the benefit of the young and intellectually gifted. We provide support and information for children whose intelligence level is above the 98th percentile with the aim of helping them to realize their potential.
Email: enquiries@chi-charity.org.uk www.chi-charity.org.uk
EXSCITEC Provider of outreach activities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
www.exscitec.com
Children’s Interests Groups
Mensa – the High IQ society Under -18s can join Mensa and receive their own magazine Bright Sparks. The magazine is mostly made up of contributions from young Mensans and includes short stories, articles and poems.
www.mensa.org.uk
Young Archaeologists’ Club The only UK-wide club for 8-16 years olds interested in archaeology.
www.britarch.ac.uk
Animal Action Club Animal lovers club for under 13s run by RSPCA.
www.rspca.org.uk
Guide Dogs Pups Club Junior club for children wanting to find out more about Guide Dogs.
www.guidedogs.org.uk
NRICH Online Maths club A rich resource of mathematical games, puzzles, problems and solutions for young people of all ages.
www.nrich.maths.org.uk
Young Friends of the British Museum Junior section of British Museum members. Benefits include magazine called ReMUS, free entry to exhibitions and free entry to special family events. For 8-15 year olds.
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/friends/index.html
Trust Tracks (National Trust) Three times a year, family and junior members of the National Trust receive their own newsletter.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Born Free Foundation The charity working to protect wild animals has junior memberships.
www.bornfree.org.uk
Young Engineers Inspires young people to recognise the importance and excitement of a career in engineering.
www.youngeng.org
Resources
www.atschool.co.uk Child-friendly site organised around the UK curriculum. Online tests, interactive exercises, worksheets etc.
www.insectlore.com Not just a mail order store, but a wealth of information about the insect world
www.keen2learn.co.uk An online shop full of educational products to support Gifted and Talented children. As well as the comprehensive range of subjects following the National Curriculum, the selection covers other areas in the quest for further knowledge, experience and enjoyment.
www.shop4education.co.uk An online shop, useful for parents supplementing their child's education, that supplies all the well-known, and not so well-known, quality educational materials and products for children, all in one place. Something to suit every style of learning.
