Many parents have been asking what they need to do now to make sure their child has a tutoring spot for next year. Well actually, 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.
Our last tutoring session this year is on Saturday 19th December, and even though end of year exams have been completed and some schools are finishing for the year, learning here at Kip McGrath continues.
Christine Hawkins
Owner KMEC Hunter
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.
In-centre and online lessons will start back from Monday 18th January 2021
We wish you all a safe and happy holiday break
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.”
Teacher’s Tips
Montlhy Joke
Christmas Puzzle
This Month
Student of the Month
We enlisted the help of Kip McGrath when we noticed Mathew was struggling with Maths at school and starting to lose interest in it. He’s been with Kip McGrath for just over a year now and has progressed in leaps and bounds. Mathew’s tutor Liz has been amazing at finding ways to explain Maths concepts and strategies that he can understand and apply. As a result of this Mathew has a renewed interest in Maths and has been working very hard to get good results. His confidence and capability with Maths has seen Mathew gain the highest mark in his class in the last two exams.
Christmas Cookies
