Brainy Bees' Learning Hive

22/07/2026

As another academic year draws to a close, I genuinely feel so grateful to every family who puts their trust in me to teach their children.

It is not just the children I bond with, it is most definitely the parents and grandparents too 🫶🏻

This year saw me continue to support the children who have been with me since I started tutoring nearly 2 years ago but also some new faces too. It has been a privilege to help everyone of them. There have been many highlights with lots of fun and laughter.

I never expect cards and gifts but to hear lovely words really means a lot to me and I appreciate them as well as any reviews, likes, shares and word of mouth recommendations 🙏🏼 so thank you 🥰

Here is to Brainy Bees' Learning Hive's 3rd year!

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21/07/2026

💛QUICK, DON'T DELAY! SPACE AVAILABLE FOR HOME EDUCATION TUITION in DROYLSDEN 💛

🐝 Are you home educating but feel like you would like some 1:1 tuition for your child aged 3-11? I might be just who you are looking for!

🐝 I am a qualified teacher (BA Hon's Primary Education with QTS) with over 20 years of experience working with children. I set up Brainy Bees' Learning Hive 2️⃣ years ago and I am having the best time home educating my own little boy.

🐝 Brainy Bees' Learning Hive is a calm, nurturing and motivating environment where we learn through play. Children's interests are used to create engaging sessions to instill a love of learning and meet their learning needs. There are no worksheets to be found here!

🐝 I have experience working with children with EHCP's and/or EOTAS as well as those who are neurotypical.

🐝 What is so exciting is that I am opening up some home education sessions from September, offering one hour long, 1:1 support during the day.

🐝 I was recently complemented by one student who said to me "Can you be my teacher at school? We don't learn like this in school" 🥹 I also have several reviews on my page from other families which you can check out 🫶🏻

🐝If this is something that you are interested in for your child, please feel free to get in touch. Spaces do not become available at Brainy Bees' Learning Hive very often and I only have two available so this is a great opportunity to secure your child's slot!

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01/09/2025

BRAINY BEES' LEARNING HIVE TURNS ONE!

What a wonderful first year it has been since I launched my play based tuition business this time last year!

Time flies when you're having fun and this last year has whizzed by in the blink of an eye!

That is down to the fantastic children who I have been very privileged to get to know and cheer on as they achieve great things 💛🐝💛 They are all the reason why I LOVE MY JOB!

Here is to another year of smiles, laughs and lots more learning through play!

10/06/2025

🗣 HUGE SHOUT OUT FOR THIS BRAINY BEE 🐝

You have worked incredibly hard and should be very proud of yourself!

For many months now, one of our Brainy bees has been working on perfecting her multiplication knowledge and fluency. I am amazed at how far she has come and we have had loads of fun learning different methods, spotting patterns and playing games to recall timetables up to 12 along the way!

Wishing her all the best of luck today as she shows off everything she knows. You can do it 💪🏻

➡️ What is the Year 4 Multiplication check?

(Copied and pasted from www.gov.uk)

The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided. The Department for Education also publishes statistics on MTC attainment.

08/06/2025

🐝 BUZZING WITH PRIDE FOR OUR BRAINY BEES 🐝

Hey lovely people, how are we all? Did you have a good half term break?

I have just been reflecting on last term when these Brainy Bees accomplished so much!

💛 For some it was letter formation and for others moving on from writing a fiction text to none fiction.

💛 We played a variarty of fun, creative games to instill those all important times tables and built fluency.

💛 Learnt how to spell common exception words/High frequency words.

💛 Gained a huge amount of confidence in tens and ones, adding double digits with regrouping as well as completing missing number problems.

💛 Not forgetting making a bridge from various materials to withold a car! So many skills needed, aquired and used from such a simple idea.

As we enter the final school half term of this academic year, I am sure each and everyone of these little superstars will continue to push themselves to achieve more and more each week.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL BACK AND TO WELCOMING A NEW BRAINY BE TO OUR LEARNING HIVE!

👉🏼 What are you looking forward to?

💛🐝 Joanne 🐝💛

20/03/2025

🐛🦋 I'm thrilled to receive our tiny caterpillars from Insect Lore Insect Lore Europe this morning and I'm so excited to watch our little learners observing them each week as they grow. I wonder what fantastic writing will come as a result of this beautiful life cycle 🦋🐛

16/03/2025

16/03/2025

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