Learning outside the classroom

Not everyone's an academic genius and there are many different ways to learn. After-school clubs, hobbies and other interests can help children develop social confidence and discover what they're good at.  As always, it helps if children are in the same care placement for a long time so they have the space and security to evolve a hobby.  

Sometimes it's difficult for a child in care to get permission for something as simple as a sleepover with a friend or an after-school group - in some cases foster carers don't realise they have the power to say 'yes, you can' to extra-curricular activities.

There are many different schemes out there.  Just one example is the National Gallery's art classes for children in care, run with two London local authorities.

Emma Rehm from the National Gallery told us why she finds working with children in care particularly satisfying.