Movement and Learning

The brain, just like skeletal muscles, needs regular stimulation to function correctly. Stimulation resulting from exercise or movement, has been shown to be an effective cognitive strategy to strengthen learning, improve memory and retrieval and enhance motivation and morale among learners.

Simply by getting students out of their seats, we encourage new levels of self-discovery and self-expression and by letting students experience the curriculum through their bodies, we help them make deeper emotional, interpersonal and kinesthetic connections to academic subjects.  Research tells us that physical exercise puts the brain of the learners in the optimal position for them to learn.

If you walked into your child’s classroom environment you would notice multiple opportunities for them to be physically active in their learning.  This may take the form of brain breaks, dancing (GoNoodle) or wiggling - the act of simply getting students up and out of their seats. Research shows that the brain actually lights up differently after a short episode of movement and neural pathways are more speedy and efficient amongst fit kids. The more our students can explore the limitless potential of a movement focused day, the more their brains will be engaged. Movement wires up the brain as they move creating new dendrons. This means they will be more likely to remember what they are doing.

So, LET”S GET MOVING

UNSW ICAS Results

Some of our Primary students recently participated in the UNSW Global ICAS Assessments.  ICAS Assessments are designed to recognise academic excellence where students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts by using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.

This week we would like to congratulate the following students for their achievement.

Jeannine Ucdereli
Assistant Principal Learning and Teaching