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13/07/2024

Ever wondered where the name ‘July’ comes from? 📅

Did you know that the month of July is named after Julius Caesar, the famous Roman emperor? 🏛️

Julius Caesar played an important part in reforming the Roman calendar, and as a tribute to his contribution, the Roman senate renamed Quintilis (the month he was born) to Julius (July) in his honour. ✨

So, every time you see July on your calendar, remember its Roman origins and the lasting legacy of Julius Caesar! 🌿

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02/07/2024

🌟 Tailored Learning Paths for Every Child 📚✨

At First Class Learning, we believe that every child is unique, each embarking on their own educational journey. That's why we're committed to personalised learning experiences tailored to each student's needs and strengths.

🔍 Skills Assessment: We start with an assessment to help us understand your child’s current abilities and pinpoint areas where they may need extra support or challenges.

📊 Tailored Tuition Programmes: Whether it's mastering foundational skills or tackling advanced topics, our tuition programmes are tailored for each child and designed to suit individual learning styles and pace.

🌱 Empowering Growth: By focusing on personalised learning journeys, we empower each child to flourish academically and build confidence in their abilities. It's not just about reaching educational goals—it's about nurturing a lifelong love for learning.

Join us in celebrating the uniqueness of every child and the power of bespoke education. Together, let's pave the way for success, one personalised learning path at a time.

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21/06/2024

Recipes are great for encouraging children to learn more about measurements 📏 and to practise reading simple instructions. 📖 Here’s a recipe that you can follow with your child. 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

NB: Ensure that you always supervise children around a hot oven! 🔥

Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients:
2 eggs, whites only 🥚
80g caster sugar
200g desiccated coconut 🥥
1tsp vanilla paste 🍦
90g dark chocolate 🍫

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 160°C (325°F) 🔥. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the egg whites and caster sugar. Mix well until the mixture is light and frothy and all the sugar has dissolved. Add in the coconut, the vanilla and a pinch of salt, then stir until everything is evenly combined. Leave to stand for 10 minutes.

3. Using a tablespoon or a small ice cream scoop, drop rounded tablespoons of the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Space them about 2.5 cm apart.

4. Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven 🔥 and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges of the macaroons are golden brown.

5. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the macaroons cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes.

6. Melt the chocolate gently in a heatproof bowl over simmering water, or in a microwave. Once fully melted, carefully dip the flat bottom of each cooled macaroon in the chocolate and place back on the parchment paper, chocolate side up. Once you have finished all the macaroons put them in the fridge until the chocolate sets.

7. For an extra treat, you can drizzle some left-over melted chocolate across the top of the macaroons. 🍫🥥🍪

8. Store the macaroons in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.

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06/06/2024

🍎🍊 Here’s a brain teaser for you to work through with your child. 🍎🍊

You have 3 boxes. One contains only apples 🍎, one contains only oranges 🍊 and one contains both apples and oranges 🍎🍊. The boxes are labelled incorrectly. You are allowed to pick only one fruit from one box to determine the correct labels of all the boxes. How do you do it?

The solution is at the bottom of this post.

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Solution:

1. Pick one fruit from the box labelled "Apples and Oranges" 🍎🍊.
- Since the labels are all incorrect, this box cannot contain both apples and oranges. Therefore, it must contain either only apples 🍎 or only oranges 🍊.

2. Suppose you pick an apple 🍎.
- This means the box labelled "Apples and Oranges" 🍎🍊 contains only apples 🍎.

3. Next, consider the box labelled "Oranges" 🍊.
- This box cannot contain only oranges 🍊 (as the label is incorrect) and cannot contain only apples 🍎 (since the first box already has only apples). Therefore, it must contain both apples and oranges 🍎🍊.

4. Finally, the box labelled "Apples" 🍎 must be the one that contains only oranges 🍊.
- Since all the other possibilities have been accounted for, the last box must be the one with only oranges 🍊.

By picking just one fruit from the box labelled "Apples and Oranges" 🍎🍊, you can correctly determine the contents of all three boxes! 🎉