Kip McGrath Greystanes English and Maths Tutoring

📖 Word of the Day - Pawl📖

(PAWL) (Noun)

A pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.🔧⚙️

🧽🍔 SpongeBob asked Sandy to fix the Krabby Patty machine by replacing the little pawl that kept the conveyor belt moving. ⚙️🔩

Here is 💙🐭Monty's Tongue Twister of the Week🐭💙

Sandy sat on the sandy shore. She's sure her shorts are sandy! 🏖️

Can you say this twisty tongue twister? 😋

✨Did You Know ✨
The silent 's' in "island" is a mistake that is HUNDREDS of years old! 🤔🫢‍

Scolars thought it came from the latin word "insula" so added the 's' ✍️, but in fact "island" actually came from "īegland", an old germanic word. 🌊🌴

📖 Word of the Day - Oath 📖
(OH-th) (noun)
🙏 A solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise.
🧙‍♂️⚡ Like the members of Dumbledore's army, the children made an oath to be kind and brave. 💖🦁

A huge welcome and Kip Kip Hooray to Richard for joining our Kip family!! 🥳🎉🌈💙

📖 Word of the Day 📖 – Navigate
(NAV-uh-gayt)(Verb)

To plan a course that will get you over hurdles, around barriers and past problems to your desired ending. 🧭🗺️

It can be used when physically travelling to navigate from start to finish or can be used more figuratively to navigate through a problem to find a resolution. 🚶‍♂️➡️🏁

Not only was Harry trying to navigate through the issues he was having with his friends 🤝💭, but tomorrow he was going to have to navigate through a real-life Labyrinth, filled with actual monsters! 👹😱

Happy birthday to our June Kip Kids!! 🥳🎉

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