Bright Streams Academy

30/08/2024

Block based coding is a great way to expose young ones to coding and robotics. Such a pleasure to watch a student's joy when they code their first game!

02/06/2024

A sunny day, two happy dogs and one happy student plugging away at his Cambridge AS level chapter. Each child is a unique challenge and faces their own battles. This particular young man faced some major challenges over and above his high functioning autism. It has been an absolute delight to me helping him identify, strategise and get through the obstacles. Everyone needs someone in their corner.

04/08/2023

🌟 Introducing Bright Stream Academy's Exclusive One-on-One Education! 🌟

Dear Moms and Dads,

Why choose Exclusive One-on-One Education? 🚀 With this unique approach, your child will have the undivided attention of a dedicated teacher, ensuring an unparalleled journey of growth and knowledge.

🔍 Discover the Advantages of Our Exclusive One-on-One Education 🔍

1️⃣ Tailored Attention: Your child will have the full focus and support of a single teacher. This personalized attention allows the instructor to truly understand your child's learning style, strengths, and areas for improvement, resulting in accelerated progress.

2️⃣ Customized Curriculum: Your child's dedicated teacher will design a curriculum that caters precisely to your child's interests and passions. This individualized approach makes learning engaging and captivating, sparking a genuine love for acquiring knowledge.

3️⃣ Empowered Learning: With no distractions or competition for attention, your child will feel empowered to ask questions, explore ideas freely, and take charge of their own learning journey.

4️⃣ Real-Time Feedback: Your child's teacher will provide immediate and constructive feedback, guiding your child's development every step of the way. This fosters continuous improvement and instills a sense of accomplishment.

5️⃣ Flexible Scheduling: We understand the importance of accommodating good days, bad days, sick days and mental health days.

6️⃣ Building Confidence: Through this intimate learning setting, your child will gain the confidence to overcome challenges, embrace new concepts fearlessly, and excel academically and beyond.

We believe in the power of a single dedicated teacher to inspire and shape young minds. 📚💡 Give your child the unparalleled advantage of Exclusive One-on-One Education, and watch them soar to new heights of achievement and personal growth.

🌈✨

04/08/2023

Meet the heart of Bright Streams: Me!

27/04/2023

Everybody needs a Doughnut! Doughnut is our emotional support cat. She is 7 months old and lives to sleep on your books. She gets along just fine with Rocket the fluffy Schnauzer who will sit on your lap while you work or give you a cuddle.

14/03/2023

A national survey of business and nonprofit leaders in America found that a resounding 93% of respondents believe that “a demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than [a candidate’s] undergraduate major”.

If you are made to think, you’ll learn

John Dewey, Approaches to learning and teaching Science p.14
In education, critical thinking has long been established as an important transferrable skill. At a Cambridge Assessment seminar in the UK in 2010 Richard Wainer, Head of Education and Skills at CBI, said:

The ability to think, reason and make sound decisions is a vital skill for the workplace – and crucial for employees who want to do well and advance…yet many firms have expressed concerns about the lack of problem-solving skills they are seeing in school leavers.

It is clear critical thinking is an important skill for life. Students will become confident analytical thinkers who can interrogate sources and evaluate claims, helping them in their future studies, lives and careers.

How then do we integrate critical thinking effectively into the science classroom?

Inquiry-based learning

Critical thinking is at the heart of scientific inquiry. A good scientist is one who never stops asking why things happen, or how things happen. Science makes progress when we find data that contradicts our current scientific ideas.

Scientific inquiry includes three key areas:

1. Identifying a problem and asking questions about that problem
2. Selecting information to respond to the problem and evaluating it
3. Drawing conclusions from the evidence

Critical thinking can be developed through focussed learning activities. Students not only need to receive information but also benefit from being encouraged to think about and attach the information to their existing understanding. Inquiry does this effectively.

08/03/2023

❤All learning is emotional.❤
When we are in a positive emotional state, we are more likely to be engaged, attentive, and motivated to learn. Positive emotions such as joy, interest, and curiosity can help us approach new tasks with enthusiasm and open-mindedness, which can lead to better learning outcomes.
On the other hand, negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and frustration can hinder our ability to learn. These emotions can make us feel overwhelmed, distracted, and resistant to new information, which can lead to poor learning outcomes.
One way that emotions impact learning is through our physiological response. When we are in a heightened emotional state, our bodies become more aware, and this can affect our ability to process information. For example, if we are feeling anxious or stressed, our bodies may produce stress hormones, which can make it difficult for us to concentrate and remember new information.
Emotions can also impact learning through our cognitive processes. For example, if we are feeling happy and interested, we are more likely to engage in deep processing, which involves thinking critically about new information and making connections to our prior knowledge. On the other hand, if we are feeling negative emotions, we may engage in surface processing, which involves simply memorizing new information without fully understanding it.
Emotions can impact learning through our social interactions. When we are in a positive emotional state, we are more likely to be open to feedback and willing to collaborate with others, which can enhance our learning experiences. On the other hand, if we are feeling negative emotions, we may be more resistant to feedback and less likely to collaborate, which can hinder our learning.

30/01/2023

Call us to book your specialist homeschooling tutor! Qualified one on one expert Cambridge tutor that travels to your home or in the Tutor center in Glenwood.

29/01/2023

Retired educator and consultant Skip Tyler is spreading the word that everyone is a math person. Skip sends “Everyone Is A MATH Person ” stickers to educators who request them to encourage them to change the story in their classrooms by asking, “Are you increasing student discourse? Implementing number sense routines? Using open-ended rich tasks? Using more small group instruction? Giving students choice in their learning?”

When teachers guide students to look beyond narrow metrics of success in math, more students will see their potential for learning.

24/01/2023

We just LOVE the brighter thinking blog for ideas on how to extent the Cambridge learning process!
Check it out here: https://www.cambridge.org/za/education/blog/2020/03/19/activities-develop-your-learners-21st-century-skills/

13/01/2023

We still have 3 spots available for 2023! Contact us to secure your spot for personalised academic support and guidance.

Get one month free tuition for every successful applicant you refer!

Part-time options from R3500 a month. 8-12 am daily and we follow Government school terms.