Born in Bradford reaches major milestone

Monday, 23 April 2018 16:00

A major project which is following the lives of thousands of Bradford children has reached a major milestone with the testing of its 10,000th child.

The Primary School Years study is tracking children who are part of the Born in Bradford study as they grow up.

It aims to collect information from 20,000 young people in an effort to understand children’s movement and cognitive (e.g. memory, attention) skills, issues around their wellbeing and happiness, and how well they are doing in school.

Researchers are currently collecting information with children aged 8 to 10-years-old across 90 of the city’s primary schools.

Born in Bradford Programme Director, Dr Rosie McEachan, said: “We are delighted to reach this fantastic milestone of testing 10,000 children in the city, which has only been made possible thanks to the huge support we have received from Bradford primary schools and parents.

“Children who take part in our study are being asked to take part in a variety of games that measure children’s memory and their hand-eye coordination. They are also being asked to complete a short questionnaire about their wellbeing and happiness.

“The results will help us to identify which children need extra support with their learning, and the researchers from the primary school years’ team will feed this back to their class teachers.

“Our findings will help us to identify how we can best support children’s learning to allow all children to reach their potential and will have a great impact in Bradford and beyond.”

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