This morning we welcomed the lovely Kelsey McWhirter from Alzheimer’s Scotland in to speak to the P6/7s about brain health!
She showed us a programme called STARS; each letter representing a way to keep our brains performing to the best of their ability ⭐🧠
Spend time with friends and family – having conversations and making connections about different parts of your day and learning helps the brain to develop
Tuck In – Our brain uses 1/5th of energy from the food that we eat. It is so important to make sure we are earing a healthy, balanced diet to ensure our brain has all of the nutrients it needs! 🍌🍉
Active and Healthy – Moving our bodies helps the blood pump to our brain, giving it a boost!🏃♀️
Rest and Relax – It is so important tat children get 10 hours of sleep per night! While we are sleeping our brains are processing all of the important information learned throughout the day!😴💤🌙
Safety – try to keep our heads and brains safe by keeping away from danger, especially head injuries!
We learned a lot of useful information to help us to keep our brains working hard and some fun facts that I am sure you might be amazed by over the dinner table tonight!
Thanks again to Kelsey from Alzheimer’s Scotland for her session today, we thoroughly enjoyed her visit!
Meta Skills
Feeling Felix
Focusing Fergus
Sense Making Samira
RRS
Article 24 – Access to Health Care
Article 28 – The right to an Education 
