Category Archives: Maths

Six Key Stage 2 SATs Revision Websites

Key Stage 2 SATs revision websites: where can I find the best? The Key Stage 2 SATs are only a matter of days away and while many Year 6 children are working hard on paper based resources, this type of … Continue reading

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Five everyday ways to have fun with maths

It’s easy to find fun, everyday ways to boost your child’s maths performance because maths is such a huge part of everyday life!  Read our tips to find out how you and your child can have fun with maths. 1. … Continue reading

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Demystifying maths measures: how to help your child tell a metre from a litre

Why are maths measures important? For the teaching team at Better Tuition, maths measures are endlessly fascinating.  Did you know there is a definitive kilogram kept under lock and key in France?  Did you know a metre is actually defined … Continue reading

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Happy New Year and a review of 2011 at Better Tuition (Part one)

The Better Tuition team would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.  Now seems to be a good time to look over the events of the past 12 months, and as you all know, there have been quite … 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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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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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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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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