Literacy & Numeracy Summer Workshops
Engaging workshops to help primary school children catch up with English and maths.
Small classes with specialist teachers overseen by a former headteacher.
… by the second half of the spring term (March 2021), following the national lockdown and restrictions to in-person teaching, pupil learning losses … of 3.5 months in maths for pupils in primary school and 2.2 months in reading …”
Why sign your child up for a summer workshop?
Help your child catch up in core subjects and prepare them for the next school year!
Help your child catch up in core subjects and prepare them for the next school year!
- Boost their confidence and motivation and help them improve concentration
- Small class sizes (2 teachers, max 6 students) to foster independent thinking and learning and team building
- Specialist teachers providing differentiated instruction to help students of all abilities and learning styles, including those with SEN
- Lessons structured to be fun and engage your child through multisensory, hands-on activities
- Certificate of achievement for your child and report on your child's progress
- Bright Heart is an award-winning tutoring agency and education consultancy offering a more nurturing approach
- Bright Heart has experience running successful small-group catch-up tutoring sessions in London schools, and all sessions are overseen by a former headteacher
Key information on workshops
| Workshop | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Literacy Y1 - Y3 | Tues, 24 Aug 2021 | 10am - 3pm |
| Numeracy Y1 - Y3 | Wed, 25 Aug 2021 | 10am - 3pm |
| Literacy Y4 - Y6 | Thurs, 26 Aug 2021 | 10am - 3pm |
| Numeracy Y4 - Y6 | Fri, 27 Aug 2021 | 10am - 3pm |
- Location: Bishop Gilpin Primary School, Lake Road, Wimbledon SW19 7EP
- Teachers: John (Literacy & Numeracy); Shazia (Literacy); Wilma (Numeracy) - see profiles below
- Class size: Maximum of 6 students (limit of 3 per teacher)
- Aim: To help children catch up with their English and maths whilst having fun
- Learning abilities: As class sizes are limited, we can cater for most abilities, including children with special needs or other learning challenges
- Lunch: Healthy snacks, lunch and drinks will be provided unless you prefer to provide your child their own lunch
- Cost per workshop: £165 or £145 if booking more than one
Please call John on 0208 064 3800 for further information about the workshops or click below:
Teacher profiles
John Salmon, Bright Heart director
Literacy & Numeracy workshops
John is an experienced teacher and former headteacher with an MA in Education. John will oversee the numeracy and literacy workshops and support Shazia and Wilma in teaching them.
John is a qualified teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience. He has taught English and Spanish from primary to university level and tutored students in numerous subjects and was an SAT and Cambridge FCE tutor for several years. John has also been a head teacher, a position he used to implement many new extra-curricular activities to empower pupils. John became a Bright Heart tutor in 2018 and has had a very positive impact on his students. He was appointed as a Director in January 2020 and became a full-time employee in April 2020.
John holds a Master of Arts degree in Education, Concentration in Educational Leadership, from Framingham State University, Massachusetts (1st class) and a BA in Literature and Linguistics (1st class) from Universidad Nacional, Heredia.
John has vast experience tutoring students with special educational needs (SEN). As an administrator, he has successfully managed and evaluated several programmes for the inclusion of students with special learning needs into mainstream classrooms. He has embraced the person-centred Bright Heart philosophy to instil in his students a love of learning. John is the father of a young boy.
Shazia
Literacy workshops
Shazia is an experienced chartered teacher, SENCo and dyslexia specialist. Shazia will teach the literacy workshops.
Shazia is a chartered teacher and inclusion lead with > 25 years of experience in educational practice. She currently works at an independent school as the head of learning support and as SENCo. She has previous experience teaching literacy groups with excellent student progress using standard scores and working as a special needs teacher. In addition to teaching, Shazia has worked as a part-time Bright Heart tutor since 2019, with excellent feedback from parents.
Shazia holds a Masters in Education (St Mary’s University), a PGCE in Special & Inclusive Education (University of London), a PGCE in English (King’s College) and a BA in English and European Literature (University of Essex). She also holds a level 5 OCR certificate in teaching learners with Dyslexia / Specific learning difficulties. She gained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in 1991 and was awarded Chartered London Teacher Status in 2010 and is also a member of the Fellowship of the College of teachers.
Shazia has vast experience helping students with special educational needs and has worked on review panels with parents and local authorities to determine the best approach for students with SEN.
Wilma
Numeracy workshops
Wilma is an experienced teacher and private tutor who has taught in both mainstream and special schools. Wilma will teach the numeracy workshops.
Wilma has a wealth of experience teaching in both special schools and at an independent primary school in the UK, before then focusing on one-to-one and small-group tuition since 2015. Before re-location to the UK in 2006, she was the owner of an independent home school following a Cambridge-linked curriculum. Wilma is also an artist, who uses fun and creative methods to help her students enjoy learning maths. Wilma has worked as a Bright Heart tutor since 2019, with excellent feedback from parents.
Wilma is an experienced qualified teacher (SA), having obtained her Primary Teaching Diploma in South Africa. Wilma has many additional qualifications, including: Advanced Colour Therapy and Life Coaching (BSY Group); Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (City & Guilds); Developing the Well-being and Involvement of Young Children (EYFS London Borough of Hounslow) and Child Care Certificate (Level 3); and Childminding Certificate (Level 3).
Wilma has vast experience helping students with special educational needs.
Booking form
Places limited due to small class sizes.
Secure your place today!
Complete the form below or call us on 0208 064 3800.
Teacher testimonials
Learn more
- Award-winning London-based SEN-focused tutoring agency and education consultancy
- Run by a very experienced team, including a former headteacher
- Our heart-based approach, which emphasises patience, acceptance and warmth, is especially effective in helping students with SEN
- Key focus on English, Maths & Science, but cover many other subjects
- Offers 1:1 and small-group tuition for Primary, 11+, KS3, GCSE & A-level students
- Focus on Central London, South London & West London, but cover London and parts of Surrey
- Clients include private clients, schools and local authorities.
- Register your interest in a workshop by completing a booking form or calling us on 0208 064 3800
- Places are allocated provisionally on a first-come-first-serve basis
- We will send you terms and conditions and an invoice for the booking fee
- Secure your place by completing your booking within 3 days
Our unique tutoring methodology, the Bright Heart Approach, puts into practice what Dr Ryan Stevenson (our co-founder) has observed across a wide range of students. This more nurturing approach is based on our experience that effective tutoring connects on a deeper level to achieve longer term stability and success, compared to focusing purely on intellectual abilities.
Our experienced teachers implement this approach when teaching at our workshops.
- Cost for 1 workshop is £160
- Cost for 2 or more workshops is £145 / workshop
- Costs include optional lunch, snacks and drinks and all materials
- We offer a 5% discount for Bright Heart registered members
- Full refund provided if cancelled due to Covid-19
Booking form
Places limited due to small class sizes.
Secure your place today!
Complete the form below or call us on 0208 064 3800.
Learn more
- Award-winning London-based SEN-focused tutoring agency and education consultancy
- Run by a very experienced team, including a former headteacher
- Our heart-based approach, which emphasises patience, acceptance and warmth, is especially effective in helping students with SEN
- Key focus on English, Maths & Science, but cover many other subjects
- Offers 1:1 and small-group tuition for Primary, 11+, KS3, GCSE & A-level students
- Focus on Central London, South London & West London, but cover London and parts of Surrey
- Clients include private clients, schools and local authorities.
- Register your interest in a workshop by completing a booking form or calling us on 0208 064 3800
- Places are allocated provisionally on a first-come-first-serve basis
- We will send you terms and conditions and an invoice for the workshop fee
- Secure your place by completing your booking within 3 days
Our unique tutoring methodology, the Bright Heart Approach, puts into practice what Dr Ryan Stevenson (our co-founder) has observed across a wide range of students. This more nurturing approach is based on our experience that effective tutoring connects on a deeper level to achieve longer term stability and success, compared to focusing purely on intellectual abilities.
Our experienced teachers implement this approach when teaching at our workshops.
- Cost for 1 workshop is £160
- Cost for 2 or more workshops is £145 / workshop
- Costs include optional lunch, snacks and drinks and all materials
- We offer a 5% discount for Bright Heart registered members
- Full refund provided if cancelled due to Covid-19
