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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Advent Calendar: 14th December – Christmas maths challenge
Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Use pi x d (pi x the diameter) to work out the answers. If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment. Looking for a … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: December 13th – Time for Maths
Welcome to Day 13 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a set of Christmas maths problems for you. Return to our advent calendar. Today is Friday, 13th December 2019. The current time is 10:03. The start of December 2019 was … Continue reading
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Advent Calendar: 12th December – Santa’s Proof Reading Challenge
Instructions: Santa has a lot of letters to read at this time of year! Here’s one with twelve spelling mistakes and eighteen incidents of missed or mistaken punctuation. Can you a) identify and b) correct each one? You can print off … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 11th December – Merry Christmas in 15 Languages
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is to identify the Merry Christmases from around the world – or, to be more specific – to identify which languages are used. You can choose from French, Finnish, Icelandic, Tagalog, Swedish, Hungarian, Tahitian, … Continue reading
Advent Calendar Day Ten: Verbal Reasoning Cloze
Welcome to Day Ten of our Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Verbal Reasoning Cloze activity for you. Choose the best word to fill in the gaps. Cloze activities enhance and assess vocabulary and comprehension. They also feature in … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 9th December – a circular Christmas
Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Your challenge is to label the different parts of the circle. You can print this page or make a sketch. If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on 0161 748 3912 … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 8th December – Properties of Shape
Welcome to Day 8 of our Advent Activity Calendar. Let’s take a look at the presents under the Christmas tree and answer some questions. 1. What shape are all three gifts? 2. How many vertices does each gift have? 3.The … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 7th December – spread some Christmas cheer around the world
We have a fabulously fun vocabulary activity for you today. Vocabulary is an extremely important aspect of education. Whether you are preparing for SATs or 11 plus/ entrance exams, your child will need to demonstrate a wide knowledge of words … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 6th December – puzzle solution.
This is the solution to our advent puzzle from yesterday. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s Better tuition centre here. The number of gifts given over the twelve days of Christmas is … … 364. … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 6th December – Christmas Counting
Your advent challenge for today is all about attention to detail. You are going to answer a question about The Twelve Days of Christmas. Watch the song on Youtube below, or download a pdf of the song’s lyrics. Now that … Continue reading