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“It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body”. |
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“ VIP’S = Very Interested Parents”. | ||
Contacts .... | ||
• Boys Deputy Head: Mr. S. Hoskins shoskins@wesgreen.net, | ||
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Brain Friendly Learning, How You Can Help Your Child... Learn | ||
Give your child a healthy breakfast with some complex carbohydrates e.g.. Cereal, fruit, milk, toast (bananas are great). Ensure your child has ample sleep. As a society we are more sleep deprived than ever before, and tired brains do not function well. Encourage your child to drink plenty of water. Sipping regularly through the day is more effective than gulping at widely spaced intervals. Our brains need water to function. Often when we feel lethargic and dull, we are simply dehydrated. Salty foods also encourage dehydration. Encourage physical activity. One of the best times to tackle a mental challenge is about 20 minutes after strenuous physical activity. Cross lateral body movements (brain gym) encourage the left and right brain to work together. Give your child ‘downtime’. Downtime allows slow thinking (when your brain is not distracted by immediate concerns it makes valuable connections – the ‘aha’ moments). ‘Downtime” also encourages children to play creatively. Children who have fully organized days will say ‘I’m bored’ as soon as they are left to their own devices because they are not given the opportunities to be creative in their play. Reduce stressful situations. Our brains “freeze” when they are stressed. Show your child how to breathe deeply. Let your child know that it’s ok to make mistakes. Believing that mistakes should be avoided at all costs reduces a child’s willingness to attempt something new, and also increase stress. Be aware of your own, and your child’s preferred learning styles, visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Provide learning opportunities which enable your child to take in new information easily (e.g. Kinesthetic learners need movement and/or something to fiddle with). Boys, girls, brothers and sisters are different. Take these differences into account and accept each child as an individual, with their own strengths and personalities. Be aware of your child’s multiple intelligences. Provide opportunities to develop them all and especially those which are strengths for your child. Our world needs great designers, plumbers and musicians as well as accountants, lawyers and doctors! | ||
Confiscated items: Mobile telephones, video games, jewelry will be confiscated and returned on the last day of the academic year. | ||
“If you study to remember, you will forget. But, if you study to understand, you will remember”. | ||
Testing...Projects...Journals….. |
By now you must have received the information concerning Projects, Testing and Journals—which was given to all secondary section students (The same is available on the school website—in Students Corner). Do ensure that you review the same as it will be very important when calculating student marks. A reminder that all students in grades 5 to 11 must be completing a journal for all languages; Arabic, English, French or Urdu. The journal is due weekly and is in addition to any homework that has been given. The journals are something for the students to enhance their language skills and ensure that they are reading outside current events in these languages. Projects are to be hand written and instructions followed to the letter. Tests will be ongoing; no more than three per week excluding: Arabic & English Language, no more than two on a day, with a minimum of five days notice. Quizzes can be taken at any time, and are unannounced. |
| School bags | ||
There is a growing concern these days that students are carrying way too much weight on their backs. If school bags are not used properly, muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the back can be strained. With over 30% of school aged children reporting that they experience frequent backaches and pains it is important to choose and use a back pack properly. Ideally, a school bag would have several compartments as this helps distribute the weight better. Also, instead of carrying everything one owns in the schoolbag, try packing the bag according to the timetable. Roller Bags will not be allowed this academic year. This is in the interest of the students’ safety. |
Confiscated items: Mobile telephones, unsuitable reading material, video games, jewelry will be confiscated and returned on the last day of the academic year.
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If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. — A. Buren |
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