Learning Hotspots

🎉 SUMMER SCHOOL 2022! ☀️

🏫 We are excited to announce that Learning Hotspots will be running Summer School this August from Hoylandswaine Primary School’s cosy playground pod with full access to their beautiful outdoor spaces.

🌲 We’re working with Barnsley Council to enable us to offer FUNDED spaces to help us support children’s education and wellbeing this summer.

🌟If you’d like to book a spot then please add your name to the waiting list online using the following link: https://learning-hotspots.class4kids.co.uk/ and we’ll send a confirmation email if we’re able to allocate you a space. You can add a child’s name to as many days as you wish.

🧡 You’re also able to browse and book directly all of the funded summer clubs via the following Barnsley Council website:

https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/health-and-wellbeing/children-young-people-and-families/healthy-holidays/book-to-attend-a-healthy-holidays-club/

💛Funding is limited to children over 5 that are eligible for benefit related school meals.

✨Please let us know if you have any questions and share with anyone that you think would enjoy!✨

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🏡 HOTSPOTS IS COMING HOME!

❤️ All packed up and ready go! I never knew we had so much stuff!

💙As many of you now know, we’ve now packed up our things and we’re moving Learning Hotspots… home!

❤️We’ve made so many amazing memories at our Cubley spot and made some wonderful life-long friends but the time has come for the next chapter. Onwards and upwards and it’s time to relocate - and where better to relocate to than our very own home!

💙 We’re excited about our plans over the next few months and we can’t wait to welcome you into our home school and soon-to-be home nursery for children’s childcare & education.

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🏡 Childcare & Education 🧠

💜Learning Hotspots - Tiney Home Nursery💕

💝 We’re so excited to announce that Learning Hotspots is going to be extending our services and opening a Tiney Home Nursery from our home in Pen*stone - offering funded or private places for loving childcare services.

💜 Claire is currently working hard in the pre-registration stages of becoming an Ofsted registered childminder and we’re hoping to be able to offer spaces at our very own Home Nursery from September 2022.

💗Places are limited as we intend to keep our ratios small, so please reach out if you’d like to be one of the first families to learn more about our upcoming plans! 💫

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💜Learning Hotspots - Tiney Home Nursery💕

🙏🏼✨This made us feel all warm and fuzzy! ✨

✨ 10 reasons why you shouldn’t worry about SATS✨

💪🏼 Shout-out to all the hard-working teachers, parents and tutors that help support the children throughout their SATs experiences to make it the best that it can be.

Statistical sources:

🔴 88% of primary school teachers surveyed by National Education Union (NEU) in 2018 said they do not benefit children’s learning.

🔵In 2009 a NAHT survey of 10,000 parents showed that 85% did not agree that Key Stage 2 SATs should continue.

🔴Consider these headteachers’ attitudes towards SATs, revealed in a YouGov survey in 2019:

🔵95% of respondents consider that pupils spend too much time preparing for KS2 SATs.
🔴98% agree that KS2 SATs encourage some teachers to “teach to the test”.
🔵83% have been contacted by parents concerned that KS2 SATs are making their children stressed and anxious.
🔴83% say that SATs have a negative impact on pupils’ wellbeing.
🔵93% agree that SATs have a negative impact on teachers’ well-being

❤️ The following link is a campaign group, comprised of teachers, heads, education experts and parents, who are seeking to replace SATs, click here to sign the petition: https://www.morethanascore.org.uk/sign-up/?

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🐣 What an Eggcellent Easter we’ve had! We’ve met lots of lovely, new faces and enjoyed some self-directed learning whilst eggsploring our beautiful local area.

💛 Thank you to everyone that took part. We feel very blessed to be able to support such wonderful children and do all that we can to help them bee-happy 🐝 and truly believe in themselves ✨

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🌈 Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on Earth, for what they believe is what they will become ✨

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❤️ Our mission is simple - to create enjoyable education experiences where children’s mental health and wellbeing ALWAYS comes first.

💙 As parents ourselves, we know that all anyone really wants for their children is for them to be happy, healthy and loved. We also know that how children feel about their academic abilities, is a big contributing factor towards how happy and confident they actually feel.

❤️ Learning Hotspots is a new and ‘outside of the box’ approach to learning. We use child-led approaches and deliver each session using our unique ‘Believe. Become. Breathe.’ structure where we use research-based mindful and relaxation techniques, alongside positive psychology embedded into each of our sessions.

💙 We help children to learn to love themselves and
grow in confidence in their own incredible abilities.

✨ Please contact us to find out more or book onto a (no obligation) FREE taster session using the link in bio ⬆️

❤️ https://learning-hotspots.class4kids.co.uk/💙
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👋 Meet our pal Reuben!

❤️ He’s 9 years old and has been attending Learning Hotspots on a Sunday morning for a while now.

💙 He is an absolute joy to be around! Full of energy, kindness, love and an ongoing quest to always help other people.

❤️ Reuben spends every minute of his sessions being keen to be creative and understands (and values) how much play and enjoyment helps us all fulfil our potential on our journey through life.

💙 Thank you for being you Reuben! We’re so pleased that you take everything you learn with us and use it in the real world. You make us, and your family, so proud!

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💪🏼 Oh yes you are!

😭 We all allow our moody monsters to take over from time to time, but this week at Learning Hotspots we’ve been learning to name and tame our moody monsters and discussing what we can do to help control them when they become too big and start to take over.

👹 Here were some lovely ideas that the children had to help them handle their moody monsters:

❤️Stroking a pet
❤️Squishing ‘something satisfying’
❤️Listening to music
❤️Having a drink of water
❤️Taking a deep breath
❤️Having a lie-down
❤️Talking to someone
❤️Spending some time alone

🤔 What works for your little one?

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📣 Join us for Easter School!🐣

🐣 We’re EGG-cited to announce that we’re able to run Easter School and offer a small number of FUNDED spaces to children eligible for benefit related free school meals (4-11 years old)

🧡 If you’d like to book a spot then please add your name to the waiting list online and we’ll send a confirmation email if we’re able to allocate you a space. You can add a child’s name to as many days as you wish 👍🏼

💛 Click the link below to add your name to the list or please share with anyone you know that may be eligible:

https://learning-hotspots.class4kids.co.uk/

✨Please let us know if you have any questions ✨

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✨Let’s understand autism. Let’s understand each other 💛

👧👦 Calling all cheeky chops - aged 3 and 4 who would like to become ‘school ready’ this spring 🌟🍎

🌈 Do you have a 3 or 4 year old that would like to try our NEW Mini Maths or Little Literacy Spots where we prioritise play, happiness and positive wellbeing during all of our sessions?

🌈 Your child can stay and have an hours worth of enriching activities whilst you make the most of a precious hour to yourself.

🌈 The taster session will cost absolutely nothing and there is zero pressure to return if you feel it isn’t right for your little one. We have block booking and pay as you go options to suit each family and are flexible and accommodating to each individual.

🌈 Book your free taster session via our website or contact us for a chat - we cannot wait to meet you!

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💙How to help your child make sense of world events 🙏🏼

🗣My child is not GIVING me a hard time, my child is HAVING a hard time 🫂

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👓 Glasses of Greatness! 💪🏼

❤️ Our wellbeing ✨Believe✨ focus this week is all about seeing ourselves through the ‘Glasses of Greatness’ where they help us to feel brave, confident and strong!

💙 Kim is our early years specialist and she couldn’t wait to have a go at trying out a pair of our greatness glasses herself!

❤️ There are so many things that make Kim great and here are just a few:

🌟She is a wonderful mummy to three beautiful children
🌟She has been a dedicated teacher for the last 11 years
🌟 She has been helping to prepare and deliver high quality Mini Maths and Little Literacy Spots for the 3 & 4 year olds that have started to visit us during the week to help them become ready for school, both emotionally and academically
🌟She has such a big heart and is an amazing friend - we really would be lost without her!

🤩 Kim laughed her head off when I showed her this picture but she didn’t mind us sharing as she’s just as crazy as the rest of us here at Learning Hotspots so I know she’s going to fit in just fine!
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🧠 Free taster sessions can be made via our website www.learninghotspots.co.uk and below is our current schedule:

🌟 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays (3-4 yr olds):
💙Mini Maths - 9:30 -10:30
❤️Little Literacy - 10:45-11:45
💙Mini Maths - 12:30-1:30
❤️Little Literacy - 1:45-2:45

🌟Saturdays & Sundays (3-11yr olds):
💙Maths Spot- 10:00-11:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 11:15-12:15
💙Maths Spot - 1:00-2:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 2:15-3:15

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❤️ Some of the most creative and intelligent children we work with have strengths and difficulties associated with dyslexia.

✨ It’s no surprise really when things such as the light bulb to the iPhone, the aeroplane to the motor car, was invented by a dyslexic mind.

💙 Don’t be in any doubt, that spelling mistakes are NOT a measure of your intelligence and that you are capable of so much more than you think!

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🌟 Little Literacy Spot 🌟

💙 We were delighted to hear that Ellis is now applying his learning into the real world and is beginning to recognise letters and sounds when he’s out and about with mummy.

❤️What a great job you’re doing Ellis - we love our Thursday mornings with you! ☺️

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🧠 Free taster sessions can be made via our website www.learninghotspots.co.uk and below is our current schedule:

🌟 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays (3-4 yr olds):
💙Mini Maths - 9:30 -10:30
❤️Little Literacy - 10:45-11:45
💙Mini Maths - 12:30-1:30
❤️Little Literacy - 1:45-2:45

🌟Saturdays & Sundays (3-11yr olds):
💙Maths Spot- 10:00-11:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 11:15-12:15
💙Maths Spot - 1:00-2:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 2:15-3:15

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👧 Look at this little lovely!

🌟 Attending one of our Little Literacy Spots. Hetti worked her tiny, little socks off!

❤️ She may only be small but she’s going to be a BIG surprise to her teacher when she starts school as she’ll impress them with her super literacy skills already!

💙 She certainly kept us on our toes as we had a to quickly adapt the session to make it even more challenging for this impressive little mind.

❤️ What a lovely hour we had with you Hetti!

🎓 Thank you for coming to have some fun and showing us all the super things that you can do!
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🧠 Free taster sessions can be made via our website www.learninghotspots.co.uk and below is our current schedule:

🌟 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays (3-4 yr olds):
💙Mini Maths - 9:30 -10:30
❤️Little Literacy - 10:45-11:45
💙Mini Maths - 12:30-1:30
❤️Little Literacy - 1:45-2:45

🌟Saturdays & Sundays (3-11yr olds):
💙Maths Spot- 10:00-11:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 11:15-12:15
💙Maths Spot - 1:00-2:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 2:15-3:15

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❓What does this mean?

🤩 It means that we educate children about how to take care of their own wellbeing.

🤩 It means that we nurture the whole child and are about so much more than the subjects that we teach.

🤩 It means that we encourage children to speak openly about how they are feeling and give them the time to speak & feel heard.

🤩It means that we teach strategies of reducing anxiety, stress and anger so that children can use these skills in their everyday lives.

🤩It means that we prioritise developing children’s confidence so that they feel a sense of achievement and pride.

🤩It means that we will always be open and honest about what this may mean for your child as this could mean that they don’t attend every week or that a full session may be too much to begin with and they need additional time to get to know us.

🤩 It could mean that a child requires lots of breaks or that they want to do their work sat chilling on a beanbag with a cuddly toy!

🌟It means that we put THEM first, whatever that means and whatever that may look like!

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Current Spring Term schedule:

🌟 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays (3-4 yr olds):
💙Mini Maths - 9:30 -10:30
❤️Little Literacy - 10:45-11:45
💙Mini Maths - 12:30-1:30
❤️Little Literacy - 1:45-2:45

🌟Saturdays & Sundays (3-11yr olds):
💙Maths Spot- 10:00-11:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 11:15-12:15
💙Maths Spot - 1:00-2:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 2:15-3:15

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😎 Meet the coolest of dudes - Hugo!

💙It was Hugo’s first visit this weekend at the Literacy Spot and he was an absolute star!

❤️We could tell he was a little apprehensive at first but he said his goodbyes to mummy and spent most of his first visit weighing us (and everything else) up! 👍🏼😆

💙He asked lots of valid questions and spent time deep in thought pondering over our responses.

❤️He was under no pressure to do anything that he felt uncomfortable with and enjoyed exploring the room and getting to know everyone.

💙 We can tell that Hugo is such an intelligent boy. He did a great job at identifying real and alien words, he had fantastic listening skills as we carried out our group reading and showed excellent verbal comprehension.

✨ We cannot wait to get to know Hugo even better next weekend. Hugo, you should be very proud of yourself ☺️
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Current Spring Term schedule:
🌟 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays (3-4 yr olds):
💙Mini Maths - 9:30 -10:30
❤️Little Literacy - 10:45-11:45
💙Mini Maths - 12:30-1:30
❤️Little Literacy - 1:45-2:45

🌟Saturdays & Sundays (3-11yr olds):
💙Maths Spot- 10:00-11:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 11:15-12:15
💙Maths Spot - 1:00-2:00
❤️Literacy Spot - 2:15-3:15

❤️www.learninghotspots.co.uk💙
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