[senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening

Personally I don't know that much about Brain Gym, but it's a dangerous

Frankly, I don't care about the pseudo-science aspect of things. I use brain 
gym as a set of activities that work wonders with my less able children, 
particularly those that have co-ordinational difficulties and/or tracking 
problems.

As far as the brain breaks are concerned, just getting the children up and 
moving is often enough to break up a lesson and get the children thinking 
again. I still feel that the actions are doing them no harm and are often 
adding to the amount of physical exercise that takes place at school.

As far as cost goes, I got mine for free from a trawl through the internet 
and from other people that I know who use the system.

Instead of telling us all about how it is 'Pseudo-science' and, as in an 
article I read, accusing us all of being gullible morons for falling for all 
of the baloney, why not try it out for yourselves and see if it does have an 
impact. I am sure that you will be pleasantly surprised.

Tim Rupp
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From: "Jamie Munro" <jmunro at djsn.co.uk>
To: "Judith Stansfield" <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>; "'MARY HART'" 
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> Personally I don't know that much about Brain Gym, but it's a dangerous 
> road
> we go down if we start to let "pseudoscience" through.  We already live in 
> a
> world where we have just wasted millions of taxpayers money on an enquiry
> into a farcical claim about a conspiracy to kill Princess Diana, where I
> find that most people under 25 "know" the moon landings were faked and 
> I've
> just listened to a "serious" discussion with a feng shui consultant on the
> radio.
>
> Jamie
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>> From: Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>
>> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:50:57 +0100
>> To: 'MARY HART' <mary.hart1 at btinternet.com>, 
>> <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
>> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening
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>> I watched this and I think it was a great pity that the American founder
>> did not come out well under Paxman's grilling and supercilious treatment
>> of the programme - I have not been personally involved but I know that
>> lots of schools find it very helpful - if it works, even if it is
>> 'pseudo science', does it matter?
>> Cheers
>> Judith
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of MARY HART
>> Sent: 02 April 2008 18:41
>> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
>> Subject: [senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening
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>> "BRAIN GYM"
>> You might not have heard of it, but your children could well be experts.
>> Brain Gym is a programme used in hundreds of schools across Britain -
>> backed by the government. It's a series of daily physical exercises that
>> are supposed to aid learning - by stimulating the vital organs. Many
>> teachers - and many pupils - are convinced it works. But scientists are
>> worried - believing that it amounts to "pseudo-science" and is
>> misleading young children about the workings of the human body. The
>> American founder of Brain Gym will be on the programme.
>>
>> Mary Hart
>> Birmingham
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