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Brain Based Education

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Source domain: sunlands.co.za

Collected on 6 August 2026

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What this means

Sunlands Primary School describes its adoption of Brain-Based Education since 2006, emphasizing teaching strategies aligned with brain science to enhance learning. The school incorporates movement, hydration, healthy snacks, and stress management techniques like music and stretching to optimize cognitive function. It highlights principles such as whole-brain processing, the importance of emotion in learning, and the need for balanced glucose and hydration levels. These practices are embedded in daily routines to support learners' memory, attention, and overall academic performance.

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Brain-Based Learning Environment

Sunlands Primary School provides a classroom environment designed around brain science principles to enhance learning, memory, and attention. This includes movement during lessons, access to water bottles for hydration, healthy snacks during morning routines, baroque music for stress reduction, Brain Gym exercises, recess, and strategies to maintain balanced glucose levels.

Who it is for
learners at Sunlands Primary School
How to act on it
Attend classes at Sunlands Primary School where brain-based teaching strategies are implemented daily.
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Since 2006 Sunlands Primary School has become a Brain-based school. Staff incorporate several teaching methods and brain smart activities to wake up the brain in order to optimize the learning process of each learner.

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Western Cape

Key Takeaways

  • Brain Based Education
  • 2006
  • Sunlands Primary School
  • movement in lessons
  • hydration with water bottles
  • healthy snacks during morning routine
  • baroque music
  • Brain Gym
  • recess
  • stress management
  • glucose levels
  • whole-brain functioning
  • Sunlands Primary School