‘We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That is who we really are.’ – Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix (J.K Rowling)
Lesley has found a quote from a book. Reading is important and we can learn lots from reading and books. Lesley also talks about memory! We can learn from our memories too. Things we have done before. It is good to learn!!
We all have a memory of something that we have done or something that has happened. Something that does not go as planned or something that we wish that we had done differently.
We also have memories of the good things that we have done. The achievements. The fun times. An exciting memory.
I guess a memory can be good or bad. Do you agree?
We can use our memories to help our thinking. We can remember something and help ourselves to decide what to do the next time we are in a similar situation. Memories help us to know more. We can learn from different situations, remember them and learn from them.
I think that it is good to remember. I think that is why we do retrieval practice. It helps with our learning and it helps us practicing to use our memories and our thinking.
Do you remember the time I forgot to use my thinking and I stole the headteacher’s sandwich? I remember that time well. Lesley was not very pleased with me. I had to learn not to help myself even if the food was really tempting.
This time there as a pizza in a box!! I knew it was possible. I knew I had a good or bad choice to make – a bit like in the Harry Potter quote ( I knew reading was helpful too). Can you guess which part I chose to act on?
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