by michelecrawshaw | Apr 1, 2022 | Expert opinion, Media release, Newsletter, Successful Literacy and Learning
Professor Gillon, Deputy director of the Better Start National Science Challenge and Director of the Child Wellbeing Research Institute at the University of Canterbury, was invited to attend the launch of the Ministry of Education’s Literacy & Communication and...
by michelecrawshaw | Oct 8, 2021 | Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
When: Wednesday October 27 at 3.30pm REGISTER HERE to book your free place and receive the Zoom link. A Better Start E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge invites you to a free webinar exploring the impact of Covid-19 and increased screen time on children’s...
by michelecrawshaw | Aug 4, 2021 | Media release, Meet the Researcher, Successful Literacy and Learning
Tufulasi Taleni is part of A Better Start’s Successful Learning team. Here he talks about his wish for this year, the best piece of advice his father gave him, and the best book he has read recently. Can you tell us a little about your current A Better Start project?...
by michelecrawshaw | Jul 25, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Vision Matauranga
A Better Start E Tipu e Rea National Science Challenge has helped to inform the next steps for the country’s Well Child Tamariki Ora programme, which provides health and development screening for children from birth to five years. A major review, commissioned by the...
by michelecrawshaw | Jul 22, 2021 | Media release, News, Successful Literacy and Learning
An innovative research-based approach to how New Zealand children are taught to read – developed with funding from A Better Start National Science Challenge – is to be extended across the country with a $10 million Ministry of Education contract. The Better Start...
by michelecrawshaw | Jul 22, 2021 | Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund child health...
