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Times Tables: Helping Your Child at Home
Times tables are extremely important. Your child will need to understand and learn multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 by the end of Year 6. Children need to understand multiplication before they begin learning times tables. What is multiplication? … Continue reading
Key Stage 2 SATs 2020: Your Two-Minute Guide
If your child is currently in Year 6, s/he will be taking Key Stage 2 SATs in May 2020. Here is your super-speedy, two-minute guide to Key Stage 1 SATs 2020, for extra-busy parents. Key Stage 2 SATs will run … Continue reading
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Key Stage One SATs 2025: Your Two-Minute Guide
UPDATED: February 2025 If your child is currently in Year 2, s/he will likely be taking Key Stage 1 SATs in May 2025. These tests are no longer statutory, however most schools do opt to run the tests. Here is … Continue reading
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October 2018 Half Term Activities in and Around Manchester
Half term October 2018 is coming up and there are a plethora of events to entertain, educate and amuse your family in Manchester and the surrounding areas. Here is our pick of the best ones. Dashehra and Diwal Celebrations Autumn … Continue reading
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Secondary School Open Evenings in Urmston, Stretford and beyond 2018
If your child is in Year 5 or 6, you will probably be thinking about which secondary school will be best. There is a lot to take into account: results, pastoral care, friendship groups and extra-curricular activities are just a … Continue reading
Another Easy Maths Game
We like to play this easy maths game because it can be adapted for almost all abilities. This game uses the hundred square and it really helps children explore numbers. You can also use it to expand your child’s mathematical … Continue reading
Entrance Exam Masterclasses for Summer 2018
Entrance Exam Masterclasses in Maths, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning Book an entrance exam masterclass at Better Tuition – follow this link. Dates and Availability: Our entrance exam masterclasses will run at Easter and over the long summer break. Dates … Continue reading
Vocabulary: how to teach it and why you should
Vocabulary is an essential part of your child’s education. Indeed, many education professionals will argue that word power is the foundation of a good education. There is no question that developing a rich store of words will enhance your child’s performance … Continue reading
How Will Better Tuition Benefit My Child?
One of the benefits of booking a free assessment is the opportunity for you to meet with our directors, Paul and Christine, and to find out more about the benefits of tuition. Many parents come to us with anxieties about … Continue reading
Entrance Exams 2019: Information Events for Year 4 Parents
Preparing for grammar school entrance exams can be daunting, especially if you have never done it before. To help Year 4 parents, Better Tuition is running two (identical) entrance exam information events. The first of these is on Saturday, April … Continue reading