Brighter Futures – December 2022

Important End of Year Information

Many parents have been asking what they need to do now to make sure their child has a tutoring spot for next year. Well, you don’t have to do anything…

We keep all times and days the same as this year. Mid January next year we will email you to confirm these details. If you wish to make any changes, then just let us know and we will update your child’s enrolment details.

Christine Hawkins
Owner KMEC Hunter

Our last tutoring session this year is on Saturday 17th Dec, and even though end of year exams may have been completed and some schools are finishing up for the year, learning at Kip McGrath continues up until this date.

Now is an ideal time, particularly for high school students, to focus on filling the gaps in their knowledge more rapidly. More time can be spent on these areas now we don’t have as much work from school to deal with. Tutoring will start again on the week beginning Monday 16th January, 2023

Did You Know?

The word “Christmas” comes from an old English phrase that means “Mass of Christ.”

December 26 was traditionally known as St. Stephen’s Day, but is more commonly known as Boxing Day. There are a number of different reasons why it is called this. The one I like best is that money was collected in alms boxes placed in churches during the festive season. This money was then distributed to the poor and needy after Christmas.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in 1939 by a 34-year-old copywriter named Robert L. May, who came up with a poem about a misfit reindeer at the request of his employer for a Christmas story they could use as a store promotional gimmick.

The Rudolph phenomenon really took off, when May’s brother-in law, songwriter Johnny Marks, developed the lyrics and melody for a Rudolph song. Marks’ musical version of “Rudolph”, recorded by Gene Autry in 1949, sold two million copies that year and went on to become one of the bestselling songs of all time, second only to “White Christmas.”