Monthly Archives: December 2012

Advent Calendar: 5th December – Santa’s Verbal Reasoning Challenge

Posted on 05/12/2012 by

Santa loves our Better Tuition advent calendar so much he has created a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge for all those year five students who are busily preparing for Trafford’s Entrance Exams and for anyone who enjoys a good logic puzzle. Each Christmas Eve, Santa’s elves must prepare the reindeer for the night to … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar: 4th December – Verbal Reasoning Shuffled Sentences

Posted on 04/12/2012 by

It’s day 4 of our Advent calendar and we have a verbal reasoning challenge for you. At Better Tuition, Urmston, we have been trying to read this weather forecast but each sentence has been shuffled. What’s more, an extra word … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar: 3rd December – refer a friend and receive a FREE lesson

Posted on 03/12/2012 by

It’s the season of giving, so we are offering our current customers a FREE lesson when they refer a friend to us for a free assessment or free trial lesson. If your friend books and pays for a lesson following … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar 2nd December: the Angles are Singing!

Posted on 02/12/2012 by

Time for some Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Angles are a measure of turn. There are four types of angles you need to be able to identify: acute, obtuse, reflex and right. You’ve probably covered these in school but if you feel you … Continue reading →

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Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear! Solution

Posted on 02/12/2012 by

Welcome to Better Tuition‘s online advent calendar.  Yesterday, we asked you to spot the spelling errors in our Better Tuition Christmas Spelling Challenge: did you identify and correct the misspellings in the well-known Christmas songs and phrases? Here is the solution.     Ready?   … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar December 1st: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!

Posted on 01/12/2012 by

It’s already December the first: time to enjoy Better Tuition‘s online advent calendar.  Spot the spelling errors in our Better Tuition Christmas Spelling Challenge: can you identify and correct the misspellings in these well known Christmas songs and phrases?  There are 12 incorrectly used words – … Continue reading →

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