Homework has always been a part of students’ lives. It is important because it improves children’s thinking and memory, and helps them develop positive study habits and skills that will serve them well throughout their lives.
The Creative Club and Homework Help Centre at the St Patrick’s Foundation provides a space where children of Seaview Gardens in Kingston can get assistance with their homework and access to computers for research purposes. According to Sandrina Davis, general manager at the St. Patrick’s Foundation, the Creative Club and Homework Centre came into being following a survey that was conducted in the Seaview Gardens community.
“Our research showed that 38 per cent of adults interviewed were not at home when their children were doing homework and 89 per cent of the respondents lamented the need for homework help for their children. Parents were also interested in having the children exposed to creative arts,” Davis said.