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Category Archives: Advent Calendar
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
December 14th: a Christmas Maths Problem
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is a fun maths puzzle. Welcome to Day Fourteen of Better Tuition’s 2013 Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Christmas maths problem for you. Return to our advent calendar. Beth is making gingerbread men for Christmas. She uses 2 raisins for … Continue reading
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December 13th: a Christmas Time Quiz
Welcome to Day Thirteen of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have some Christmas maths problems for you, this time in the form of an interactive quiz. These problems focus on measures of time – so it might be a good idea … Continue reading
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December 12th: make a difference with free rice
Learning shouldn’t stop over the festive season but hunger most definitely should. Millions of people in developing countries will go to bed hungry tonight. Day 12 of our advent challenge is dedicated to freerice.com. Play the learning games at freerice.com … Continue reading