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Ready For Christmas - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Ready For Christmas - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
This fun, light-hearted poem takes a look at how Santa and his friends prepare for Christmas day. It starts with the following line: Santa Claus is snoozing.

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Dec 9, 20251 min read


Teachers - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Teachers - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
This poem is dedicated to all the teachers and educators in the world. It describes how teachers help and inspire others.

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Sep 9, 20251 min read


All The World's A Stage - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
All The World's A Stage
This is actually a speech taken from William Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It'. It describes life as a play through metaphor.

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Aug 5, 20251 min read


Five Years Of Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
It is 5 years since I shared the first ‘Pause For Poetry’. Here are my top 5 poems!
I hope you have enjoyed listening to the poems.

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May 28, 20252 min read


How To Put Up And Put Down A Music Stand With HL Tutoring Services
How To Put Up And Put Down An Old Style Music Stand With HL Tutoring Services Violin Leeds
Where are you going to put your new music book? On your music stand of course...If it's an old style music stand you might need a bit of help putting the stand up or down. Do not force it otherwise it will bend and break.
Click on the video to find out more.

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May 22, 20252 min read


Snowing, Blowing, January - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Snowing, Blowing, January |
The short poem captures the essence of January: cold and snowy. It describes typical new year weather.

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Jan 7, 20251 min read


It Could Not Be Done - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
The poem demonstrates how a positive mindset can help an individual to overcome obstacles. Do not worry about what others think.

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Dec 3, 20241 min read


I Would Like To Apologise For The Delay - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
The narrator lists a variety of reasons for being late. The poem is fun and light-hearted.

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Nov 6, 20241 min read


Turvy-Topsy - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Turvy-Topsy - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services |
This poem purposefully mixes up English collocations for comic effect.

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Jul 9, 20241 min read


Musical Meditation: The Prelude - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
This poem describes the power of music in its many guises. The first line starts with this: "There’s old music and there's new music."

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Jun 4, 20241 min read


A Proper Cup Of Coffee - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
All I want is a proper cup of coffee...
Perfect your speaking and pronunciation skills with the tongue twister.How fast can you recite it?

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May 7, 20241 min read


Top Tips To Prepare For An Important Test Or Exam.
How can you prepare for an important test or exam? How can parents/carers support a child in the family who has an important test or exam?

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May 5, 20242 min read


Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Pause For Poetry
Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face
The poem describes what it might be like if your nose was not on your face.

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Apr 2, 20241 min read


A Date With Spring - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
A Date With Spring - Pause For Poetry, HL Tutoring Services.
This poem is about a tree getting ready for a date with 'Spring'.
Performance poetry is a great way to enjoy literature & have fun with language.

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Apr 4, 20231 min read


I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services

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Mar 1, 20221 min read


When The English Tongue We Speak - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
When The English Tongue We Speak - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services

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Apr 13, 20211 min read


Mnemonics - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Mnemonics - Pause For Poetry with HL Tutoring Services
Listen to examples of mnemonics.

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Mar 30, 20211 min read


Memory Aids - Tips For Learning
Memory aids
A mnemonic is a memory aid. It could be a song, a rhyme, a picture or a phrase. Find examples shared by HL Tutoring Services.
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Oct 27, 20182 min read


Egg Problem
There are three baskets holding a total of of ten eggs.
The brown basket has one more egg in it than the red basket.
The red basket has three fewer eggs than the pink basket.
How many eggs are in each basket?
HL Tutoring Services
Apr 3, 20181 min read


The Logo for HL Tutoring Services
Explanation of the logo for HL Tutoring Services Leeds.
‘A person who does not know can know from learning.’
The logo for HL Tutoring Services uses Ghanaian Adinkra symbolism. The white symbol on the cover of the book says, 'Nea onnim no sua a, ohu.'
HL Tutoring Services
Mar 16, 20172 min read
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