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Top 10 Questions to ask at your child’s Parents’ Evening

It’s easy to forget what you wanted to ask at Parents’ Evening, read this great advice from Kip McGrath Lisburn to help you have a productive consultation. Top 10 Questions to ask at your child’s Parents’ Evening.

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How working memory affects learning.

Working Memory in children has been shown to be a more accurate way of predicting future educational attainment than IQ. Children with poor working memory often struggle with routine, everyday tasks like instructions, directions and learning tasks such as maths … Continue reading

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Reluctant Readers?

We all know what an important skill reading is but what can you do if your child is a reluctant reader?  Many children simply do not choose to read for pleasure and, despite their parents’ best efforts, are extremely resistant … Continue reading

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Entrance Exam Preparation at Kip McGrath Urmston

Choosing a tutor for your child’s Entrance Exam Preparation can be a headache! Here is an outline of the standard of service and details of tuition you will receive from Kip McGrath Urmston. A free and detailed assessment is, as … Continue reading

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Local Businesses and Brownies join forces to spruce up Urmston!

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Kip McGrath Tuition Centre and 1st Flixton Brownies got together on Sunday 29th July to give the very neglected looking planters in the town centre a makeover. Urmston Business Partnership asked if any local businesses would be willing to undertake … Continue reading

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Kip McGrath Urmston now OFSTED registered!

Kip McGrath is now registered with OFSTED. We are very pleased to announce that as of the 13th of July 2012 we are now registered with OFSTED.  There are a number of benefits to customers as a result of this … Continue reading

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Return of O Levels?

The Daily Mail has revealed that Michael Gove plans to reintroduce the O Level exam to secondary schools in England. GCSE to be phased out by 2015 National Curriculum at Secondary level to be scrapped 25% of pupils will not … Continue reading

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Is the rise of the Kindle bad news for books?

At the age of 8, my end of year school report contained the comment “Kelly must realise that there is more to life than books” Possibly a tad harsh for a Y3 pupil but it nicely illustrates the fact that … Continue reading

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Kip McGrath Tuition Centre opening next week!

We are almost ready to open! The decorator is hard at work, the new front door is on its way, the stylish new furniture is waiting to go in, the smart, new signage is in production and our fantastic and … Continue reading

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