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Category Archives: News and Updates
Happy New Year from Better Tuition, Urmston’s Independent Tuition Centre
We didn’t send our customers Christmas cards this year. There were a few reasons for this. Firstly, we have a lot of customers (past and present customers would run into the thousands) and it would take a long time to … Continue reading
It’s all going on at Urmston Library: children’s activities
Urmston Library is more than just a place to borrow and return books. It’s a beautifully designed, welcoming space in which to graze upon prose, poetry and any number of non-fiction printed work. What’s more is that the library acts … Continue reading
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Tagged Chatterbooks, Christmas, Drama 4 Tots, Film Club, Lingotots, Mandarin, reading, Rhyme Time, Urmston, Urmston Library
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A Special Offer from Better Tuition
We have a special offer for current customers: if you recommend our services to a friend, who starts lessons at our Urmston tuition centre in January 2015, you will receive a FREE lesson for your child. Word of mouth recommendations … Continue reading
Save £££s with childcare vouchers or working tax credits at Better Tuition
Better Tuition is now registered with Ofsted. This means you can use childcare vouchers to pay for lessons with QUALIFIED TEACHERS at our independent tuition centre in Urmston or use Working Tax Credits to save up to 70%. Childcare vouchers Many … Continue reading
2014 SATs Diary
2014 Key Stage 2 SATs tests are to take place from 12-16 May. Schools have been asked to keep this period free for administering the tests. The levels 3-5 tests must be taken before the corresponding level 6 tests on … Continue reading
Better Tuition Launches Study Party Package for Serious Celebrations
***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Better Tuition is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Better Tuition Fiesta’ – a new party service for children aged 5-16. We will provide: *Party games* – including ‘Pass Pythagoras’ Parcel’ and ‘Pin the Apostrophe on the Donkey’. *Healthy … Continue reading
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The New Maths Curriculum 2014: your 12-point summary
The government is making significant changes to the national maths curriculum. The new maths curriculum will be officially introduced in September 2014 but many schools have adapted their curriculum to teach the new maths programmes of study this year. Not … Continue reading
New national curriculum 2014 and beyond: how will this affect my child?
Parents: take a deep breath and read on. There are huge changes afoot in education from early years to GCSE. From Ullswater to Urmston and from Streatham to Stretford, parents are struggling to grasp the serpentine twists and turns in … Continue reading
World Book Day 2014: Flat Stanley Visits Urmston
Better Tuition hosted a very special visitor yesterday for World Book Day. Flat Stanley – the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board, leading to many adventures – spent the day touring Urmston. Flat Stanley‘s books were written by … Continue reading
Pablo Fanque’s Circus of Dreams at MOSI this half term
Our half-term blog post gave me the idea of taking a trip to MOSI, where a host of quirkly activities are underway all this week. Besides a quaint Victorian funfair, a goo-in-the-loo workshop and all the usual fabulous exhibits of … Continue reading