Sunday 16 June 2013

Brainy Room 5!


Last Friday, our buddies helped us put together our brain caps. This morning they came back again to help 'fine-tune' them. We love wearing our brain caps - thank you big buddies!

Here is a slideshow of our buddies helping us last Friday:

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Brain Gym

This week is Brain Week at Muritai School. In Room 5 we have been learning about the different parts of the brain. We have also been learning some 'brain gym' exercises to help our brains with new learning. These exercises include crossing our arms and legs over to the other side of our bodies and writing with our non-dominant hands. We also had a go at the 'double doodle', where both hands draw at the same time, to form a symmetrical picture. Here are some examples of the double doodle: