On-Screen Tutoring – What is it?
Kip On-Screen allows your child to connect with a tutor from home. It’s live, interactive, face-to-face tutoring via your computer screen. The programme mirrors all the qualities, teaching experience and success of our in-centre tutoring with the added benefits of comfort and convenience.
- It is perfect for busy families who have sport, dance and other activities outside of school to attend. It saves another trip out in the evenings, particularly on those cold and wet, wintery ones.
- It’s great for parents who may work late or do shift-work so there is no need to organise someone else to do drop offs and pick ups from the centre.
- It is ideal for families who have to travel long distances to reach the centre.
- It also works well for students who have social or emotional challenges, which makes them feel overly anxious or uncomfortable in the centre.
Christine Hawkins
Owner KMEC Hunter
A way to try on-screen might be to book your child’s next make-up lesson as an on-screen lesson. This is a good option if coming into the centre another night is difficult. Please note: on-screen is different to @home lessons as the @home lesson does not have the tutor there live and in real-time.
I currently teach on-screen lessons on Mondays 7 to 8pm, Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:30pm and Fridays 3:45 to 4:45pm. As demand increases so will the times offered. If you would like to know more, I’d love to hear from you. You can email me at maitland@kipmcgrath.com.au or call me on 4067 4029 anytime.
Fun Facts About Computers
- The first electronic computer ENIAC (‘Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer’) was built in 1943 in America. It weighed more than 27 tons and was the size of a large room.
- ENIAC took 70 hours to work out pi (to 2000 decimal places. A modern computer can work out a million decimal places of pi in about ten seconds.
- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that you can write using the letters on the top row of the keyboard of your computer.
- An average person normally blinks 20 times a minute, but when using a computer they blink only 7 times a minute.
- Google, Apple, Disney and Kip McGrath have one very interesting thing in common – they were all started in a garage.
Teacher’s Tip
This Month
Monthly Joke
Number Maze
Student of the Month
Award for Outstanding
Improvement in Maths
Christine and her staff are always so approachable and engaging, keeping me up to speed with my daughter’s progress and what each session has covered. We honestly couldn’t be happier with choosing Kip McGrath, I now have a child who isn’t afraid to hit maths head on.
Regards,
Erin (Layla’s mum)
Winter Warmer Minestrone Soup
Add ½ teaspoon of crushed garlic, 2-diced carrots, 1 stalk of sliced celery and 1 -diced potato into a saucepan with a teaspoon of olive oil and cook for 2 minutes. Add 1 tin of diced tomatoes, 2 cups of vegetable stock, 1 cup of pasta, 1 /3 cup of dried red lentils, 1 teaspoon of dried rosemary and salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 1 5-20 minutes or until pasta and lentils have cooked through. Add a little more stock if soup is too thick. When ready to serve, toast some bread and sprinkle soup with Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
