HeadStart Learning Centre

HeadStart Learning Centre's new owner is Holly and here is her new site.

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HeadStart Learning Centres Tutor/Teacher

It's been 20 years since
HeadStart Learning Centre was established in Bundaberg. It's been an absolute joy and honour to teach hundreds of students over this time and witness their lives transform, not only academically, but emotionally.
Thank you to the parents who entrusted their children's education with us at HeadStart. I've been truly blessed to work with so many amazing, dedicated staff over these years. HeadStart would not have been the success it has, without you.
As this chapter of my life comes to a close, my heart is full. It is full of love for a dream that came to fruition, the lives that touched mine, the beautiful relationships formed, and for that, my heart will be forever grateful.
With love in abundance, Alison

Reading at home with your children is good for many things but most children will need direct and explicit instruction to become proficient readers.

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Via Creative Child Magazine

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

How Does Writing Fit Into the ‘Science of Reading'? Writing in the early grades is often segmented off from reading. Research suggests teaching them together is both efficient and effective.

Evidence-based approach to the teaching of reading?
That's our point of difference at HeadStart Learning Centre. 👍

‘We need a reading revolution’: Schools urged to chase more ambitious targets At Marsden Road Public, its success in literacy begins with the first lesson of the day.

'Preventable tragedy': report warns Australia has a reading problem - ABC listen Australia's continued reliance on outdated teaching methods has created a literacy crisis, a report warns, with one in three of the nation's students unable to read properly.

Science supports rote learning in schools: report A push to return classrooms to explicit instruction, phonics and rote learning is based on the science of learning.