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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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18th December: Star of Wonder

Your challenge today is to calculate and identify the angles on the star below. You can visit Better Tuition’s Advent Activity Calendar every day until 24th December for a fun learning activity in maths, English, verbal or non-verbal reasoning. You may also … Continue reading

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17th December: Save money at Better Tuition, Urmston and Stretford

This was a £10 voucher towards a lesson at the Better Tuition Centre in Urmston. You had to print this page off yesterday, 17th December to get your voucher, but you can use it to claim your special offer any time … Continue reading

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15th December: a circular Christmas!

Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths.  Your challenge is to label the different parts of the circle.  You can print this page or make a sketch.   If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on 0161 748 … 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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13th December: a Very 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.  Santa, Rudolph and the Grinch go to the cinema. There is a comedy film, … Continue reading

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12th December: Santa’s proof reading challenge!

Santa has a lot of letters to read at this time of year!  Here’s one with a lot of spelling mistakes and missed punctuation.  Can you a) count how many there are of each?  and b) correct each one?  To make … Continue reading

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11th December: a really tricky Christmas maths quiz

  Here’s some more Better Tuition advent calendar maths. This set of ten festive maths problems is really tricky and is the ideal challenge for Key Stage 2 or 3 students. If your child struggles with maths, call Better Tuition on … Continue reading

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10th December: Money Saving Voucher from Better Tuition

This was a £5 voucher towards a lesson at the Better Tuition Centre in Urmston. You had to print the page off on 10th December to get your voucher, but you can use it to claim your special offer any time before lessons finish for … Continue reading

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