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Get Ready for School with Kip McGrath Urmston Tuition Centre.

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Starting a Trafford Primary School in September 2013? Give your child a great start to their school life with our play-based learning programme! The transition from pre-school to more formal learning is a significant one for children. It can affect … Continue reading →

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How working memory affects learning.

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

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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World Book Day 2013 Costume ideas.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Ideas for World Book Day Outfits 2013 It is almost that time of year again – World Book Day. On the 7th March 2013, school children across the UK are encouraged to dress up as a favourite book character. When … Continue reading →

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Dads can help promote reading skills

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Dads need to read with their children more to inspire love of books. Bestselling author James Patterson has joined in the launch of a campaign to encourage fathers to read with their children. The campaign is called Get Dads Reading. … Continue reading →

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Michael Gove, Twitter, and resignation rumours.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Tales have been circulating around Twitter that something was about to be published that may cause the resignation of Education Minister Michael Gove. Once the story actually surfaced it proved to be not quite as momentous as anticipated. It … Continue reading →

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How to keep your kids safe from online bullies!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Anti-cyberbullying advice for children and their parents. As parents one of our most basic instincts is to protect our children and bullying has always been a major concern. In the 21st Century we also have to be aware of cyber-bullying … Continue reading →

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ITV Tuition programme – The Best Start in Life?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

http://www.itv.com/news/2012-11-08/the-best-start-in-life/ Like many people I watched the ITV programme The Best Start in Life tonight. Being a teacher/tutor myself I had a specific interest but found myself responding to it more as a mother than an educational professional. I own … Continue reading →

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Local Businesses and Brownies join forces to spruce up Urmston!

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

Planter on Croftsbank Rd looking much better!

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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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Return of O Levels?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

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?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kip McGrath Urmston Tutoring Centre

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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