Brain Gym

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Dear Beechwood Primary School, Reading,

I am gathering information on Wokingham schools' expenditure on Brain Gym and so am making this same Freedom of Information request to all publicly funded schools in the borough. Please provide me with the following details.

* Whether any Brain Gym activities are conducted at your school

* What proportion of the pupils' school day is given to Brain Gym activities

* What time has been given to training staff in Brain Gym techniques

* The amount of money or any benefits in kind paid by the school to Brain Gym (or their agents) for services received.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Agg

Mr Gordon Davies, Beechwood Primary School, Reading

Dear Michael,
I have received Brain Gym training a long time ago in the old teacher training centre ( Wokingham) for a day seven or eight years ago. I am a PE specialist and am bound to support energising the brain or activities which reactivate the different aspects of the brain etc The truth is we don't use it as a daily or lesson strategy because of the pressure most schools are under due to pupil progress, Ofsted and Sats- I could think of a dozen other reasons. You are talking to the most active school in the borough if you visited our school and see what is on offer I would be interested in revitalising Brain gym and making it an energiser for our children who need stimulation as most of us do Regards Gordon Davies Headtecaher

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