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Links

Educational guidance­

The Dfes websites for parents:
www.parentscentre.gov.uk
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/parentalinvolvement

and for teachers:
www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/gandtpupils/

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

London Gifted and Talented
www.londongt.org

Oxford Brookes University Research Centre for Able Pupils
www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/research.html

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

Courses and masterclasses for able children

Tomorrow’s Achievers
www.masterclasses.co.uk

GIFT
www.giftltd.co.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.bbc.co.uk/schools
Everything for students, teachers and parents.

www.gridclub.com
Lots of ideas to support able children

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.