by dbak580 | Aug 14, 2023 | Big Data, Events, Healthy Weight, News, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Research from the eleven National Science Challenges featured in panel discussions over four evenings from 4-7 July 2023, discussing how scientific evidence can make important contributions to many aspects of life in Aotearoa New Zealand and some of it’s biggest...
by dbak580 | Jul 2, 2023 | Events, Healthy Weight, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
This is a very interesting talk that is well worth attending and is happening tomorrow Tuesday 4th July 5.30pm -7.00pm and A Better Start is excited to be a part of this years New Zealand Science Festival. With our very own A Better Starts’ Deputy Director...
by dbak580 | Jun 15, 2023 | Healthy Weight, News, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Don’t miss out on this upcoming webinar reporting the latest research results on screen time across the preschool years. Dr. Megan Gath from the University of Canterbury’s Child Well-being Research Institute will present data from a recently published research...
by dbak580 | Jun 13, 2023 | Healthy Weight, News, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
Prime is an energy drink owned by YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI who between them have 78 million followers. Their latest product Prime is banned in Aotearoa because it contains an illegally high amount of caffeine. But that hasn’t stopped children and adolescents...
by dbak580 | Jun 5, 2023 | Big Data, News, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
This study published in ASHA Publications aimed to elucidate the nature of the relationship between the development of decoding and encoding skills in the first year at school. The foundational literacy skills of one hundred eighty 5-year-old children were examined on...
by dbak580 | May 25, 2023 | Events, News, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
NZ literacy rate in spotlight as principal calls out ‘malpractice’ | Paddy Gower Has Issues The first episode in TV Three’s new show “Paddy Gower Has Issues” featured our very own a Better Start Literacy Approach. Interviewed on the show...
