Here are the answers to our Better Tuition advent calendar angles challenge: there are 7 acute, 6 obtuse and 6 right angles.
0 – 6 could do better!
7 – 12 good!
13 – 16 well done!
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Our Better Tuition advent calendar would not be complete without a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge for all those year five students who are busily preparing for Trafford’s Entrance Exams.
In this challenge, you must find the 16 words hidden at the end of one word and the start of the next. All the hidden words are exactly four letters long.
For example: I wish it was Christmas all the year round! (The hidden word is they).
Write down the hidden words or print this page and circle them on the text. The answers are here (no peeking before you have finished!).
When Christmas came early…
In the year 2013 there was a huge fire at the factory that made all the calendars and all the calendars in the world were burnt to ash and cinders. Nobody knew if it was halfway through June or December! The people of the region decided to have Christmas in summer, Passover in Autumn and the summer holidays whenever it rained. Then they added some extra special holidays which made a special festival every single week. After a few months numerous kids began to feel fed up. They were sick of chocolate and opening presents didn’t feel special any more. They even missed school (it was never open any more!). A vote was taken and it was promptly decided that Christmas, Easter and Eid should come once per year. The children were glad to get back to school and the adults were glad to return to work.
ENDS
If you are battling with Verbal Reasoning, read our tips and advice here, or find out more about entrance exams here, and remember you can book a FREE assessment with our entrance exam experts by calling the Better Tuition Centre on 0161 748 3912.
Time for some Better Tuition advent calendar maths: there are 19 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 the task easier: answers revealed tomorrow!
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It’s day 4 of our advent calendar and Christmas is a great time to pay a visit to poetry corner. At Better Tuition, Urmston, our favourite, favourite Christmas poem is Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah. Here’s the first stanza:
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
Don’t eat it, keep it alive,
It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
Say, Yo! Turkey I’m on your side.
I got lots of friends who are turkeys
An all of dem fear christmas time,
Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
An humans are out of dere mind,
Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys
Dey all hav a right to a life,
Not to be caged up an genetically made up
By any farmer an his wife.
You can read the rest of the poem here.
Our Christmas poetry competition is now open to young people aged up to 16: write a poem on the theme of Winter and send it to the Better Tuition Centre at 1, Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, M41 0XH or email it to bettertuition@bethere.co.uk.
Here are the corrected spellings for Better Tuition‘s 2nd December’s spelling challenge:
Return to our advent calendar here, or visit our welcome page.
Rudolph the read knows rain, dear = Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
A Weigh in A Manger = Away in a Manger
Silent Knight = Silent Night
All I Want for Christmas is my Too Front Teeth = All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
Deck the Halls with Bows of Holly = Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
The Twelve Daze of Christmas = The Twelve Days of Christmas
Do They No It’s Christmas? = Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Jingle Bells = Jingle Bells – we put this in to catch you out!
Slay Ride = Sleigh Ride
Mistletoe and Whine = Mistletoe and Wine
Santa Claws is Coming to Town = Santa Claus is Coming to Town
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This was a £5 voucher towards a lesson at the Better Tuition Centre in Urmston. You had to print the page off yesterday to get your voucher, but you can use it to claim your special offer any time before lessons finish for the year on 21st December. The voucher can be used by new or existing customers. If you are a new customer, call us now on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment. Take a look at our special offers here. Find out more about Urmston’s tuition centre here, and return to our Advent Calendar here.
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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 our tuition centre.
When you have finished you can watch the very Christmassy video we have posted below. Here’s a link to the Spelling Challenge answers.
Ready?
Rudolph the read knows rain, dear
A Weigh in A Manger
Silent Knight
All I Want for Christmas is my Too Front Teeth
Deck the Halls with Bows of Holly
The Twelve Daze of Christmas
Do They No It’s Christmas?
Jingle Bells
Slay Ride
Mistletoe and Whine
Santa Claws is Coming to Town
Return to our Advent Calendar.
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We have had lots of lovely feedback from parents this week – suddenly it seems like everyone in Urmston and Stretford is recommending the Better Tuition Centre! We know that one of the features parents really love about our centre is the scope of our expertise. We can tutor, expertly, from Early Years to GCSE. We cover maths, English and Science, as well as entrance exam preparation.
Christine McLaughlin, Director of Teaching and Learning
We are also very expert in Special Education Needs. Christine McLaughlin, Director of Teaching and Learning, is a qualified Special Needs teacher and loves nothing better than helping children overcome struggles with learning.
Our customers often ask where they can find resources they can use at home to support a child who is dyslexic or struggling with maths.
If you are looking for a range of resources including fun games and practical tools, the fantastic Let Me Learn’s website has just what you are looking for.
Let Me Learn provides fantastic resources for children with dyslexia or those who struggle with maths. It’s run by Sue Kerrigan, who is a tutor and is herself dyslexic, so she has an amazing empathy for her students. She knows exactly what her customers need. Some of the resources are designed by Sue herself.
All Let Me Learn resources are designed to take account of literacy and numeracy issues, and range from literacy and numeracy games to practical tools such as reading rulers.
We particularly like the software section and the pre-school resources. All the teachers at Better Tuition, Urmston are big fans of stickers and Let Me Learn has a really nice selection in their rewards section.
Take a look at Let Me Learn and let us know what you think. If you need individual tuition for your child in Urmston or Stretford, please call Better Tuition on 0161 748 3912 or email us at bettertuition@bethere.co.uk.
It’s THAT time of year again! Parents often call into Better Tuition and ask for advice about what to buy for Christmas that will support children’s learning. Whenever I’m stuck for gift ideas I make a beeline for my local bookshop. Why? Because books are quality gifts that can give endless hours of happiness, they are (usually) plastic-free so are a environmentally friendly choice and they are great value for money.
Here are our recommended winter reads for all ages:
From pre-school to six:
Miki by Stephen Mackey
Join Miki on a journey through frozen landscapes with an adventurous penguin and a scuba-diving polar bear. Beautiful illustrations and an engaging story make this a book to treasure.
Tracks in the Snow by Wong Yee
An adorably illustrated book in which a little girl follows the tracks in the snow only to discover they are hers from before and they lead her home. Perfect for snuggling up in front of the fire on a snowy day.
Ages 4 to 8
Brave Irene by William Steig
Brave Irene battles through a snowstorm to deliver a beautiful ballgown. A heartwarming tale.
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
The Snow Queen is the perfect, classic fairy tale. Accompany Gerda through enchanted gardens, thieves’ forests, and out into the frozen wastes of Lapland and Finland. This is a great gift for all ages.
Teenagers/ Young Adults
Dash and Lily’s book of dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what–or who–they will find.
The Trap by John Smelcer
The Trap is a thrilling page-turner, set in the Arctic region of Alaska.
Adults
Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson is the creator of the Moomins, but writes for adults in this collection of short stories. If you know a Moomin-fan, why not buy them this together with Moomin and the Winter Snow?
You can find your nearest independent bookshop here, or if you live in the US find it here.
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