Author Archives: Christine McLaughlin

New Asperger’s Support Group Meeting in Urmston this Week

Better Tuition is hosting the first planning meeting of a new, as yet unnamed support group for children and young people with Asperger’s/ high-functioning autism on Wednesday of this week.  The group aims to support any young person who has … Continue reading

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How to use apostrophes

News that Mid Devon County Council plans to discuss a proposal to ban the use of the apostrophe in their street signs has caused controversy over the weekend.  This is no surprise: this small yet powerful piece of punctuation is … Continue reading

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What to Expect in Year One: Numeracy Checklist

This week we are blogging about Year 1: what to expect; how to help and how assessment will be carried out.  This is the third in our series of Year 1 posts, which follows on from our Nursery and Reception series.  Please read our … Continue reading

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What to Expect in Year One: Literacy

What to Expect in Year 1 Parents often ask us what to expect in Year 1. It’s very important to be well informed, so that you can support your child with school work. This is the first in our series … Continue reading

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10 Ways to Help Your Year 1 Child Succeed in Reading and Writing

This week we are blogging about Year 1: what to expect; how to help and how assessment will be carried out.  This is the first in our series of Year 1 posts, which follows on from our Nursery and Reception … Continue reading

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World Book Day 2013 in Urmston, Stretford, Manchester and beyond

World Book Day 2013 is on Thursday, and schools all over Urmston, Stretford and the universe in general are celebrating with dressing up days (come as your favourite character), read-with-parents events and author visits.  Eight books have been specially issued at … Continue reading

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Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Foundation): part five – Do I need a Tutor to Get Ready for School?

This is the final post in our five-part series on Nursery and Reception (the Early Years Foundation Stage). You can read the rest of the posts here. Better Tuition’s team of qualified teachers is expert in education from Early Years … Continue reading

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What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage and Reception: part four

This post is part of a series on what to expect in Nursery and Reception (the Early Years Foundation Stage).  So far we have given a brief overview of Nursery and Reception; the Early Learning Goals (Prime Areas and Specific Areas). How will my child be … Continue reading

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What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception): part three

This is part of a series of posts about the Early Years Foundation Stage (read part one here and part two – the Prime Areas – here). The Early Learning Goals are divided into Prime and Specific Areas.  Yesterday we … Continue reading

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What to expect in the Early Years Foundation Stage and Reception: (part two)

This post is part of a series on what to expect in Nursery and Reception (the Early Years Foundation Stage).  Yesterday we gave a brief overview of nursery; today we will look at the Early Learning Goals. The Early Learning … Continue reading

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