Tag Archives: Christmas

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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Christmas arrives in Urmston on 23rd November

If carol singers, brass bands and free mince pies tick your Christmas boxes, don’t miss Urmston’s Christmas lights switch-on event on Friday, 23rd November.  There is a sustainable Christmas theme this year with a real, living tree, solar powered lights and a Christmas market selling crafty … Continue reading

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22nd December: Santa’s Verbal Reasoning Challenge

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. Each Christmas Eve, Santa’s elves must prepare the reindeer for the night … Continue reading

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17th December: One Minute Christmas Cloze

Can you complete our Christmas Cloze Quiz in one minute or less? Choose the best word to complete each sentence. Return to our Advent Calendar or find out more about our tuition centre. Christmas Cloze If your child needs some help with comprehension, … Continue reading

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2nd December: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!

Spot the spelling errors in our Christmas Spelling Challenge: can you identify and correct the misspellings in these well known Christmas songs and phrases?  There are 13 incorrectly used words.  Return to our Advent Calendar or find out more about … Continue reading

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16th December: Jingle Bells! Can You Spell?

It’s Day 16 and we have a little spelling challenge for you today. We hope you enjoy it. Try our fun, festive spelling test: no cheating with the dictionary!  You have 30 seconds to answer each question. Return to our … Continue reading

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