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Author Archives: Christine McLaughlin
December 2nd: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!
Finding and Correcting Spelling Errors It’s day two of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun literacy activity for you. Can you find and correct the spelling errors in the festive song titles? This is a skill you … Continue reading
Posted in Advent Calendar, English, Entrance Exams, Key Stage 2, literacy
Tagged advent calendar, christmas activity, spelling
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Letter to Santa Proof Reading Activity: Corrected Version
Here is the corrected version of Better Tuition’s 1st December proof reading activity. Return to our 2013 winter activity advent calendar. Tweet
Posted in Advent Calendar, Entrance Exams, Key Stage 2, literacy
Tagged advent calendar, christmas activity, santa
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December 1st: a Letter to Santa
Proof Reading Santa has a lot of letters to read at this time of year! Here’s one with a lot of spelling mistakes and missed punctuation. Can you a) count how many there are of each? and b) correct each one? … Continue reading
Posted in Advent Calendar, Early Years, literacy
Tagged advent calendar, christmas activity, proof reading
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Creating and Encouraging Positive Attitudes Towards Disability
SandraScott@PositiveAttitudes is an inspiring new service aimed at developing positive attitudes towards disabled people. Sandra Scott is running dynamic workshops for primary-aged children that will give them an understanding of a range of disabilities through a series of engaging activities. … Continue reading
Practice entrance exam for independent schools in Greater Manchester
Better Tuition is running a practice entrance examination on Sunday, December 15th for children preparing for Manchester Grammar, Bolton School, Withington Girls’ School, Cheadle Hulme School, Stockport Grammar, Alderley Edge School for Girls, St Bede’s College and North Cestrian Grammar. The practice … Continue reading
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Entrance exams/ 11 Plus: two helpful quizzes
Better Tuition has prepared two reasoning quizzes to help prepare your child for Trafford’s entrance exams (formerly known as 11+). These quizzes will also be useful for Year 6 children currently preparing for entrance exams/ 11+ for Manchester Grammar, Bolton … Continue reading
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
Posted in Entrance Exams, Non-verbal Reasoning, Top tips, Verbal Reasoning
Tagged 11 plus, entrance exams, independent schools
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Look Who’s Tweeting: the Better Tuition Bird is on Twitter
The Better Tuition bird has been leading the way for avian social networking with his/ her (we can’t be sure) very own Twitter account. “It’s winter,” chirruped the bird, “And it’s boring having to stay indoors so much so I … Continue reading
The Simultaneous Oral Spelling Method in Ten Easy Steps at Home
The Simultaneous Oral Spelling method can be highly effective in improving spelling scores. This technique combines audio (hearing), visual (seeing) and kinaesthetic (touch/ doing) methods, helping children remember how to spell the words they practise. It’s a very easy method … Continue reading
Learning is Magic at Better Tuition
At Better Tuition our students make fabulous progress: parents are amazed at how much their children learn on a week-by-week basis. One happy customer recently asked whether we had waved a magic wand. Well, the answer to our super success rates is … Continue reading