Making a HEADSTART!

Each one of us is UNIQUE and we learn in completely different ways...
School practice should reflect and cover our needs....

How relevant is this cartoon to your school experience? 

It's essential to LEARN HOW TO LEARN so that we are the BEST learners  we can!

Visual learners are those who learn through seeing things. Look over the characteristics below to see if they sound familiar. A visual learner:

• Is good at spelling but forgets names.
• Wants to look at people to understand better what they say.
• Needs quiet study time.
• Has to think awhile before understanding lecture.
• Is good at spelling.
• Likes colors & fashion.
• Dreams in color.
• Understands/likes charts.
• Is good with sign language.
• Understands better when reading something right opposite him/her.

Auditory learners are those who learn best through hearing things. Look over these traits to see if they sound familiar to you. You may be an auditory learner if you are someone who:

• Likes to read to self out loud.
• Is not afraid to speak in class.
• Likes oral reports.
• Is good at explaining.
• Remembers names.
• Notices sound effects in movies.
• Enjoys music.
• Is good at grammar and foreign language.
• Reads slowly.
• Follows spoken directions well.
• Can't keep quiet for long periods.
• Enjoys acting, being on stage.
• Is easily distracted by noise.

Kinesthetic learners are those who learn through experiencing/doing things. Look over these traits to see if they sound familiar to you. You may be a kinesthetic learner if you are someone who:

• Is good at sports.
• Can't sit still for long.
• Is not great at spelling.
• Does not have great handwriting.
• Likes science lab.
• Studies with music on.
• Likes adventure books, movies.
• Likes role playing.
• Takes breaks when studying.
• Builds models.
• Is involved in martial arts, dance.
• Is fidgety during lectures.

So, let's find out how WE learn and BOOST our learning techniques!!!
Take the quiz here to find out!

Then decide which of the STUDY TIPS in this article YOU are going to use to improve your learning!
Write your ideas as a comment.

Optimism and.... Chocolate Cakes 

What HOPE is there for our world? What's your opinion?
Being OPTIMISTIC about the FUTURE is your most important TECHNIQUE to be SUCCESSFUL!
Let's see why we should keep GRINNING!



Here's the song in YouTube. Click on the link below and have fun filling in the lyrics. Learn by heart to sing in class next time!

http://lyricstraining.com/play/oasis/whatever/H1St7I4Um1

Our solar system

Today, how about discovering our solar system?
What planets do you know and how are they ranged in space?
Let's see....

Now, first explore our own planet, Earth, the Cradle of Life...
What do you think makes our planet different than the others?

THE SUN on PhotoPeach planet Mercury on PhotoPeach

 

venus on PhotoPeach

PLANET MERCURY on PhotoPeach

Saturn on PhotoPeach
 

Planet Jupiter on PhotoPeach

Presenting our hometowns 50 years (or more) ago

After the previous class, we all looked for resources to present what our hometown looked like
a long time ago.
Here is our class presenting:
ALEX: Haidari 50 years ago

 KONSTANTINOS: Messologi 100 years back

HERCULES: Athens video 100+ years before

..and let's enjoy ourselves discussing our findings with Mr. Sherman, the amazing global educator from South Africa

 

LONDON - Here we come!

So, what do you know about London?

Let's watch a short film to see how this amazing city  has changed over the years

Discuss with a partner ways in which
London has stayed the same and
ways in which it has changed

How has your home town changed from 1927 to
the present day?
• What has changed for the better?
• What has changed for the worse?
• What would you change about your home town to
make it a better place to live in?

Try and find old video footage / photos

of your home town on YouTube. 

Music to my Ears

How many adjectives to describe emotions can you come up in two minutes? Write them down

We are going to watch a video in which you will see some emotions expressed. As you watch you should note down the emotions you think are being expressed.

Barbican - Classical Music Season from Art&Graft on Vimeo. without sound and pause at 01:15.

• Work in pairs students and compare the adjectives you noted down.
• What  emotions do you think the people were feeling? ( board)
• What was happening when the people were feeling these emotions?
• Now let's watch the video with sound to answer the question:
• Why do you think are they feeling these emotions?

The video is an advertisement for the classical music season at theBarbican arts centre in London.

What different types of music do YOU know?

Write the followingquestions and ask them to your partner 

• kind / music you/ like/ listen to?
• Where / you/ listen /music?
• What emotions /you /feel /when / listen / your favourite music?
• there /is /any type / music/ you /listen to when/ you /feel blue/happy/anxious?

Now look at these quotations about music, discuss them and choose your favourite quotation to put up on the walls of our classroom