Category Archives: Entrance Exams

December 5th: a Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge

Posted on 05/12/2013 by

It’s day five of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun code cracking activity for you.  Can you crack the Christmassy codes to reveal the festive words? This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing … Continue reading →

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Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Answers

Posted on 05/12/2013 by

Here are the answers to Better Tuition’s Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge  for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus.  Are you a Christmas code cracker? Return to our advent calendar. Return to Better … Continue reading →

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December 2nd: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!

Posted on 02/12/2013 by

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 →

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Letter to Santa Proof Reading Activity: Corrected Version

Posted on 02/12/2013 by

Here is the corrected version of Better Tuition’s 1st December proof reading activity. Return to our 2013 winter activity advent calendar. Tweet

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Entrance exams/ 11 Plus: two helpful quizzes

Posted on 11/11/2013 by

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 →

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Entrance exam pointers from Better Tuition for Year 5 and 6 children

Posted on 11/11/2013 by

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 →

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Summer School at Better Tuition, Urmston

Posted on 03/06/2013 by

Book your place on Better Tuition’s Summer School. [UPDATE – 26th June 2018: this is an archive post. To find out about Summer School 2018, please follow this link. Summer beckons and, as schools begin to wind down and enjoy less academic … Continue reading →

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Trafford Grammar School Entrance Exams 2013: some dates for your diary

Posted on 07/02/2013 by

Entrance exams for Trafford’s grammar schools will take place this autumn.  If your child will be taking the exams, you will need these dates for your diary:   Urmston Grammar School  Papers: English/ Maths/ Non Verbal Reasoning Exam date: Autumn 2013 – … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar: 4th December – Verbal Reasoning Shuffled Sentences

Posted on 04/12/2012 by

It’s day 4 of our Advent calendar and we have a verbal reasoning challenge for you. At Better Tuition, Urmston, we have been trying to read this weather forecast but each sentence has been shuffled. What’s more, an extra word … Continue reading →

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Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear! Solution

Posted on 02/12/2012 by

Welcome to Better Tuition‘s online advent calendar.  Yesterday, we asked you to spot the spelling errors in our Better Tuition Christmas Spelling Challenge: did you identify and correct the misspellings in the well-known Christmas songs and phrases? Here is the solution.     Ready?   … Continue reading →

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