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Advent Activity Calendar: Day 12 – Santa’s Proof Reading Challenge

Posted on 10/12/2017 by

Instructions: Santa has a lot of letters to read at this time of year!  Here’s one with twelve spelling mistakes and eighteen incidents of missed or mistaken punctuation.  Can you a) identify and b) correct each one? You can print off … Continue reading →

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The New English Curriculum 2014

Posted on 28/03/2014 by

The National Curriculum is changing and many schools have already introduced the new English curriculum.  From September 2014 all year groups barring Years 2 and 6 will follow the new curriculum (those year groups will come on stream the following … 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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Simple strategies to make spelling homework easy

Posted on 18/10/2013 by

Does your child struggle with spelling homework or sail through the weekly test without ever needing to learn the words?  Our simple strategies will make your life easier and ensure your child is working to their full potential.       … Continue reading →

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The Oxford Comma: an Infographic

Posted on 14/05/2013 by

Children in Year 6 classes all over England and Wales will today sit the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test for the first time, sparking discussion about the importance of grammar.  This handy infographic, from onlineschools.com, focuses on the Oxford comma, … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendar: December 13th – Time for Maths

Posted on 15/12/2012 by

Welcome to Day 13 of Better Tuition’s Winter Advent Activity Calendar.  Today we have a set of Christmas maths problems for you. Return to our advent calendar. Today is Friday, 13th December 2019.  The current time is 10:03.  The start of December 2019 was … 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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Advent Calendar December 1st: Rudolph the Read Knows Rain, Dear!

Posted on 01/12/2012 by

It’s already December the first: time to enjoy Better Tuition‘s online advent calendar.  Spot the spelling errors in our Better Tuition Christmas Spelling Challenge: can you identify and correct the misspellings in these well known Christmas songs and phrases?  There are 12 incorrectly used words – … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 02/12/2011 by

Spot the spelling errors in our Christmas Spelling Challenge: can you identify and correct the misspellings in these well known Christmas songs and phrases?  There are 13 incorrectly used words.  Return to our Advent Calendar or find out more about … Continue reading →

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16th December: Jingle Bells! Can You Spell?

Posted on 01/12/2011 by

It’s Day 16 and we have a little spelling challenge for you today. We hope you enjoy it. Try our fun, festive spelling test: no cheating with the dictionary!  You have 30 seconds to answer each question. Return to our … Continue reading →

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