Leading Learning Out Loud

Dear Mrs Clarke, Thank you for being such an amazing and caring Principal from behalf of breens. You are my favourite Principal by far. You are such an inspiration  for me and so positive To everyone. You always have something positive to say and you never let us down. You are my favourite person at Breens and I will always come to you for help. You are awesome and you make Breens such an amazing and safe place for me to come! Thank you, From Ema Mokoupu. Dear Mr M and Mrs Clarke, Thank you for setting up the licence program that we all know and love. I am very grateful for the opportunity that Breens Students get and the variety of tasks we can all work on and enjoy. It teaches everybody to show Belonging, Beauty, Boldness, Bravery, and Brilliance. Thanks to you two us Breens students are never bored. The licence program is a really good thing about the school, and it takes up a lot of both of your time. Thank you. From Nina R. :) On days when I ques...

How the Brain Works  Power Point from Sandra / Steve Unlearning things can prove really difficult for our kids who have been "pre-programmed by what has happened to them in their first few years." It takes 90 times of repetition to learn new things.   Calm and ready to learn conditions are necessary. Children has more neuroplasticity than adults. website - smarter everyday. http://www.smartereveryday.com/about/ Self Regulation Definition: Reducing the frequency and intensity of strong impulses by managing stress-load and recovery.     Self regulation makes self control possible. Children experiencing difficulty - caregivers emotional reactivity, enviro, physical. What going on under the behaviour - can be some or many of these things social/emotional competence, cogn/academic, communication, self-regulation and sensor-motor functioning. How do we teach children to regulate emotions? cool videos online "second step programme" encouraging childre...