The vPlus Festival is an online festival from Potential Plus UK, full of workshops, webinars and discussions for young people with enquiring minds, their families and schools.

 

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February 14, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 A variety of unusual animals call Japan their only home. Find out about the Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey), the Japanese Serow and other animals unique to Japan. Participants will also be introduced to some basic Japanese vocabulary and take part in a fun quiz. Image: Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile yawning at Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano, Japan by Daisuke Tashiro, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="16710" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Hitomi Stuchbury [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text]I was born in Tokyo and lived there most of my life –my speciality is early education, and I worked at special school for primary children...

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February 11, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 For many children of high ability, school feels very much like being a square peg in a round hole. So what are the alternatives? Join parents, Nicola and Michael Speranza, who home educated their daughter until 2020 (when she moved back into full-time education to do her ‘A’ levels). Discover the legalities and practicalities of stepping outside of the school system and look at what might be the future of home education in England. This session includes opportunities for Q&A / general discussion about home education - you could even ask about how to cope with being your child's full-time taxi driver! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenters [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row...

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February 9, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 The BBC show Only Connect has grown a strong following of viewers, many of whom at first find the dastardly puzzles posed totally baffling but quickly strangely addictive. In this session, we will look at one of the show’s signature games, the Connecting Wall, trying some out and analysing their success, ultimately trying to create our own – what criteria result in the best kind of these lateral thinking challenges? Materials Required: Pen and print out of 4x4 grid - link to follow/ paper[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="16640" img_size="480 x 410" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Olivia Smith [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text]After completing a Masters’ in Engineering,...

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January 28, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 A creative wave started by two bored Dutch art enthusiasts during the pandemic on their Instagram page was called “Tussen kunst en quarantaine” (between art and quarantine). This viral DIY challenge spread internationally, where anyone like you or me can recreate from home masterpieces such as Munch’s “Scream” or Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam.” Take part in Potential Plus UK's creative challenge to the family! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="16163" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Pantéa Shafie [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text] Pantéa is our Online Community Coordinator, organising and developing our vPlus online events and festival. Over the past 20 years, Pantéa has lived in France, Germany, The Netherlands, China,...

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January 22, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 This is a session for all budding aviators and curious passengers – answering such questions as – How do aeroplanes get airborne, what keeps them up there, why is it bumpy, what’s that funny noise, and how do the pilots know where they are when it’s cloudy? Starting with an introduction to the physics of flight, we will explore the forces involved, the main flight manoeuvres, and the influence of factors such as weight of the loaded aircraft, weather, and aircraft design on the flight path. The types of engine – piston, turboprop and jet – as well as navigation and other aircraft systems,...

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January 20, 2022

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 Illustrate your own book characters! Discover how to capture feelings through expressions with some fab funny portraits with illustrator Liz Million. She'll be discussing how your amazing brain works, how your face uses expressions to show how you feel, whilst creating cool cartoony characters. Session Materials: paper, drawing and colouring pencils/ pens / crayons[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="16197" img_size="480x410" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Liz Million [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text]Liz Million is a lively illustrator and author based in the north east of England. Usually when Liz isn’t working in her studio, she enjoys travelling the globe working with children in schools and libraries. She has successfully zoomed...

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September 29, 2020

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2021 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 Is your child a human calculator or a mathematician? This presentation will look at what it actually means to be a real mathematician; the skills and attributes a child needs and how we as parents can help to foster and encourage their development. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="12965" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Aileen Hoare [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text] Aileen Hoare is the former Chair of Northwest Gifted and Talented and has been a regular at Potential Plus UK events for many years. She has vast experience of delivering remote sessions that are engaging and challenging for all participants. During the last few of years, Aileen has run a number Potential...

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September 29, 2020

[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557972295{padding-top: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Bonus Video from the 2021 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023 In this session, Bobby will show you how your mindset can help unlock your potential. He’ll also share how he prepares his mind to take on the puzzles and quizzes he loves so much! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Session Presenter [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481557797062{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_single_image image="12925" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Bobby Seagull [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text]Maths educator Bobby Seagull is a Potential Plus UK Ambassador.  Co-presenter of the podcast @MathsAppeal, and of the BBC TV Series Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Great Britain he is also author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers and co-author of The Monkman & Seagull Quiz Book, as well as a regular contributor to Radio Four’s PuzzleForToday...

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The vPlus Festival is a fundraising event for Potential Plus UK, a leading UK charity in the field of High Learning Potential (gifted/more able) and Dual or Multiple Exceptionality (gifted/more able + special educational need or disability). If you would like to find out more about how we support children and young people, their families and schools please see our parent website Potential Plus UK

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