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Entrance exam pointers from Better Tuition for Year 5 and 6 children

Whilst many Year 6 children in Greater Manchester are busily preparing for independent school entrance exams/ 11 plus, lots of Year 5 students are just beginning to get to grips with verbal and non-verbal reasoning.  Verbal and non-verbal reasoning are … Continue reading

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Summer School at Better Tuition, Urmston

Book your place on Better Tuition’s Summer School. [UPDATE – 26th June 2018: this is an archive post. To find out about Summer School 2018, please follow this link. Summer beckons and, as schools begin to wind down and enjoy less academic … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar: 5th 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 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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Exam day nerves: use them, don’t lose them!

This post is especially for young people who are just about to sit entrance exams for Trafford’s Grammar Schools. What’s the worst thing about exams? That horrible, nervous feeling that makes you feel sick and scared and stupid all at once? … Continue reading

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Entrance Exams Help for Summer

Entrance Exam Preparation for Trafford’s Grammar Schools: What does Better Tuition Offer? Like the setting sun at the end of a long day, the summer term at Better Tuition is dwindling to its conclusion.  Over the long summer break our … Continue reading

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Dates for your diary

We have a couple of dates for your diaries coming up: on Saturday 28 Jan 2012, we are running an Introductory Booster Workshop for Year 5 students preparing for Trafford’s entrance exams.  It’s time to get your Year 5 child off … 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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Entrance exams: what you need to know (part 3 of an occasional series)

Verbal Reasoning (VR) is a key component in all of Trafford’s state grammar school entrance examinations, bar one (Urmston Grammar).  VR tests understanding, and ability to reason through words.  Question types include: 1.  Identifying opposites, e.g. Choose the word which is most … Continue reading

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Entrance exams: what do I need to know? Part 2: NVR

What do we hear most often from parents who come to us for entrance exam preparation?  “I can help my child with everything but Non-verbal Reasoning.”  If you feel like this also, read on for how to get results that … Continue reading

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Entrance Exams: what do I need to know? Part 1 of 3

This post aims to give an overview of Trafford’s entrance exam system and give an idea of what you should be doing now if you are the parent of a Year 5 child. There are seven grammar schools in Trafford: … Continue reading

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