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Category Archives: Advent Calendar
Christmas arrives in Urmston on 23rd November
If carol singers, brass bands and free mince pies tick your Christmas boxes, don’t miss Urmston’s Christmas lights switch-on event on Friday, 23rd November. There is a sustainable Christmas theme this year with a real, living tree, solar powered lights and a Christmas market selling crafty … Continue reading
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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12 Days of Christmas Solution
This is the solution to our advent puzzle from yesterday. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s Better tuition centre here. The total number of gifts my true love sent to me is a whopping 364! … Continue reading
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21st December: spread some happiness around the world (and have fun too)!
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is to feed hungry people from developing countries. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s tuition centre here. Freerice.com gives quiz questions where every correct answer donates 20 grains of rice … Continue reading
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20th December: Christmas Maths Puzzle
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is a fun maths puzzle. Welcome to Day 20 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar. Today we have a Christmas maths problem for you. Maths Problem: December 21st is the winter solstice: the shortest and darkest day of the year. If … Continue reading
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17th December: One Minute Christmas Cloze
Can you complete our Christmas Cloze Quiz in one minute or less? Choose the best word to complete each sentence. Return to our Advent Calendar or find out more about our tuition centre. Christmas Cloze If your child needs some help with comprehension, … Continue reading
16th December: More Christmaths!
Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Use pi x d (pi x the diameter) to work out the answers. If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE assessment. Looking for a … Continue reading
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14th December: Star of Wonder!
Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. Your challenge is to work out the size of angles A, B, C and D. If you’re stuck, try BBC Bitesize for some tips on angles. If your child struggles with maths, … 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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