1. The document discusses how taking care of one's brain through proper nutrition, sleep, and stress management is important for learning. 2. It explains that the brain needs specific nutrients found in foods like fish, eggs, beans, and berries to support memory, concentration, and alertness. 3. Adequate sleep is also highlighted as being essential for consolidating learning, turning short-term memories into long-term ones, and maintaining mental and physical health. 4. Stress is described as potentially overwhelming and impairing one's ability to learn, so the document provides some stress relief strategies.

1. Brain Care ..... taking control of my learning ! Carla Beattie (Saunders) with thanks to John Joseph and CAP.

2. How Brains & Mrs Beattie Met JOHN JOSEPH Training CAP PD 2009

3. That’s my left hand-right there !

4. Discover some of the most fascinating facts about your amazing brain... Brain Facts

6. The young brain does not mature till it is 25

7. Your brain is still growing

8. How are you protecting your best asset ?Did you Know........

10. World 1 =My Inner world-Me

11. World 2 =The Concrete world

12. World 3 =The Abstract world

13. World 4=The PossibilitiesThe 4 Worlds

14. Beliefs/Attitudes Likes/dislikes Bias/prejudices Loves/fears Hopes/dreams The world inside my MIND-private. Having a healthy world 1 helps us to have a happy , productive life. People who help build my world one are important to me. Think : HEART World 1 =My Inner world-Me

15. Our sensory experiences and indirect academic learning shape this world All the people I have met and places I visit My physical experiences : sport, music, building, creating The world just outside me Requires coaching and feedback Think HANDS World 2 =The Concrete world

16. The world I learn from indirectly The world I know about but may never have experienced Reading. Watching. Listening. Writing. Communicating with others. Think : MIND World 3 =The Abstract world

17. The world I have yet to experience The external world My uncertain future The places I might visit, people I might meet, the things I might do ! It can be exciting ! World 4=The possibilities

18. In learning-World 3 and World 2 Combine for Quality teaching and learning. But we have to use our World 4 to get there! Our World 1 helps us to achieve all of the above-Looking after ourselves is important Some of us prefer to learn in a World 2 way but School and life asks us to Use World 3 a lot. It involves us listening, reading, writing and communicating. World 3 learning is unique to humans –we are the only animal to learn this way. Improving our ability to learn in this way is possible for us all if we understand how to use our BRAIN POWER & using BRAIN CARE. How do these Worlds impact our learning ?

19. Dinham NLLN 27/08/08 12 Factors that influence student achievement: What matters most ? What Role Do “ I “ Play in “MY” achievement ?? > 30% ~50% ~5-10% ~5-10% John Hattie ( 2003, 2007)

21. I can change my Learning Habits & effectiveness

22. I can develop my confidence in learning

23. I can be an efficient learner- Work Smarter NOT Harder

24. I can look after my best asset-MY BRAIN: Eat ,Sleep, Play well

25. I can use “cognitive”(mental-think Brain ) strategies to learn “Learning is a process we use to acquire and rehearse information "and “Memory is the process by which we retain and retrieve information” What does this mean for me

26. How do we learn ?

27. 1. Acquisition- Collecting the information 2. Rehearsal- Processing it Steps- A. At time of acquisition B. Hours or days after-requires motivation ! Best done immediately ! Or the brain will DUMP it ! The key to successful retention- connect new learning with existing learning, look for patterns, mind maps, paraphrasing is better than note taking ! 3. Retention-Keeping it- Repeating it ! Putting it into ACTION 4. Retrieval – using it when needed or FOR EXAMS ! DO YOU USE THESE 4 STAGES ? How much do you Rehearse ? Do You Jump from stage 1 to stage 4 ? There are 4 Stages of Learning

28. How will this knowledge about learning help me to Learn ?

29. Keeping My Brain Healthy

30. Pictures Reveal Shocking Effects Alcohol, Cigarettes and Caffeine Have On The Brain | Impact Lab Why a healthy brain is important !

31. Food For Thought At birth, the human brain weighs about 300 grams. During the first two years of life it will nearly double in size and by adulthood it will increase in size to about 1 ½ kilograms. The brain is the hungriest organ in the body. Comprising only 2% of the body weight, it consumes eight to ten times more glucose and oxygen than any other organ, transported to the brain through the bloodstream.

33. Improves mental alertness

35. Oxygen

36. Water You really are what you EAT and DRINK Brain Food

37. Fish- Memory and Brain health Eggs- Memory boost Beans- Memory & Fibre Bananas-Enhance mentally, stress beater Blueberries-Co-ordination , Concentration, short term memory Yoghurt- Alertness & Stress Low Fat Dairy-cheese & milk-MEMORY Turkey- heaps of vitamins-Protein, iron =ALERTNESS Water & Green Tea-water replaces our cerebrospinal fluid Whole Wheat- Yep... Grainy Bread-Memory & Glucose ! THINK : Do I eat for Success ? Top 10 Brain Foods

38. Eat breakfast- It does determine my day-Baked Beans, boiled or poached eggs, tuna, yoghurt, oats, fruit, cheese on grain bread, water, milk, tomatoes Drink Water- bring a water bottle to school or class-our cerebrospinal fluid needs replacing 5x a day! No water=Brain Drought! Snack safe-too many BAD sugars make me dopey! Key Ideas for nutrition

39. How will this knowledge about Food help me to Learn ?

40. Did you Know-Recent studies show that students in 2009 get 9 hours less sleep a week than their parents did at same age ! Did you know that studies have shown that lack of sleep contributes to being over weight –studies in teens who slept less than 6 hours? So what ? A BIG WHAT...... Sleep

42. Make you clumsy

43. Make you aggressive

44. Depression

46. Consolidates all learning

47. Animals and humans master any task more quickly if sleep follows the learning procedure. Sleep

49. Dumping unwanted learning

50. Ability to remain alert during the day

51. To organise ideas

52. To think creatively

53. To dream

54. Growth of bones and skin

55. Repair to damaged tissue

56. Fighting sickness

57. Restoring health

59. Bright screens Loud TV Barking Dogs Digital radio and Clock LIGHT-we are made to sleep in the DARK Texting Noisy neighbours Computer games Alcohol, Coffee, Nicotine WHAT ARE YOUR SLEEP THIEVES ? The sleep thieves.......

60. SLEEP WELL

61. How can I improve my sleep ?

62. When is my “Down Time” ? Knowing this can help me work more efficiently and effectively......

63. Measuring : What's Your Down-Time Example: Sleep time: 10pm Wake time: 6am Total time: 8 hours Total /2: ____4 hours Mid point: 2am + 12 hours: 2pm = down-time

64. How will this knowledge about Sleep help me to Learn ?

65. The stress factor.....

67. Big changes in eating habits

68. Trouble concentrating at school

69. Fight, Freeze or Flight reactions

70. Increased or decreased breathing rate

72. How will this knowledge about Stress help me to Learn ?

73. How can this knowledge about Brain Care help me to Learn ?