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Author Archives: Christine McLaughlin
December 5th Angles Challenge: Answers
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! Does your child need help … Continue reading
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6th December: Festive Verbal Reasoning Challenge
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 … Continue reading
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5th December: Hark! the Herald Angles Sing…
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 … Continue reading
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4th December: Christmas Poetry Competition
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 … Continue reading
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Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear (Answers)
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 = … Continue reading
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3rd December: special offer. Voucher for £5 off a lesson at Better Tuition, Urmston
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. … 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
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
Struggling with literacy or numeracy? These resources are the toolkit you need.
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 … Continue reading
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Winter reads and Christmas treats
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 … Continue reading
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