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Monthly Archives: December 2013
December 24th: Merry Christmas from Better Tuition
Merry Christmas from us all at Better Tuition. We end our 2013 calendar with a joke: What do Santa’s elves learn in school? The elfabet! See you all in 2014! Tweet
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December 23rd: time for maths
Welcome to Day 23 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a set of Christmas maths problems for you. They’re quite tricky: perhaps the whole family could compete to complete them correctly! Return to our advent calendar. Today is Monday, 23rd December … Continue reading
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December 22nd: More Maths
Welcome to Day 22 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Christmas maths problem for you. Return to our advent calendar. Santa visits eight houses in twenty minutes. In each he eats the following amounts of mince pie: 2, 4, 1, … Continue reading
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December 21st: a Wintertime Maths Problem
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is a fun maths puzzle. Welcome to Day 21 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Christmas maths problem for you. Return to our advent calendar. Maths Problem: December 21st is the winter solstice: the shortest and darkest day … Continue reading
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20th December: Yuletide Grammar Quiz
Welcome to Day Twenty of Better Tuition’s 2013 Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Yuletide English Language Quiz for you. We hope you enjoy it. Instructions: In each question, choose the best word or group of words to complete this … Continue reading
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19th December: a Very Special Guest
Santa loves our Better Tuition advent calendar so much that he has asked whether he can create an activity! We certainly cannot say no to Santa, so here is Santa’s very own a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge for all those year five students who are … Continue reading
December 18th: Discount Voucher
This was a £10 voucher towards a lesson at the Better Tuition Centre in Urmston. You had to print this page off by 19th December 2013 to get your voucher, but you can use it to claim your special offer any time before … Continue reading
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17th December: When Christmas Came Early …
On the 17th day of Better Tuition’s winter activity advent calendar, we have a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge. Verbal Reasoning can really help attune the brain to paying attention to detail. In particular you will want to hone your verbal reasoning skills if you … Continue reading
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December 16th: Hark the Herald Angles Sing!
Welcome to the sixteenth day of Better Tuition‘s winter activity advent calendar. There are many angles on the Better Tuition Christmas tree below. How many are acute, how many obtuse and how many are right angled? Print it off to make … Continue reading
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15th December: Festive NVR
It’s day fifteen of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have some festive non-verbal reasoning activity for you. Scroll to the end of the page to find the answers (no cheating!). Find the shape that has been vertically reflected. Question 1: Question … Continue reading