BilinguaSing Franchisee Spotlight Blog - Meet Zuri!

Hola! Bonjour!  

 

My name is Zuri and I run BilinguaSing West Essex, which I launched just under a year ago in November 2019. I’m mum to Erin, who is 9, and William, who is 6 and before I started my BilinguaSing classes, I was a primary school specialist languages teacher, teaching French and Spanish to little ones from reception up to year 6. I first discovered BilinguaSing when my son William was still crawling, and I was interested in doing a different kind of baby/toddler class with him; I wanted something that involved languages, but there was absolutely nothing in my local area that catered for somebody of his age and the closest thing I could find was Ellie’s class, all the way out in Windsor. So I made the one and a half hour trip all the way from Essex to Windsor to sample one of her classes, and I loved it so much! It encompasses all of the things that I hold dear: languages, sharing languages with the youngest of learners and singing! 

 

So I started my career working in secondary schools, teaching French and Spanish up to GCSE and A-Level and then I made the switch to becoming a primary languages specialist teacher, because I like working with little ones, much more than I like working with teenagers! So I taught in primary school for over 10 years, which I absolutely loved, but once I had children, I found that working in school was very restrictive; you’re restricted to being in school before drop-off times, and you’re often in school much later than the children finish - so for my own children, my working days were very long and I just felt that I needed to regain some kind of work-life balance, whilst still doing something that I loved. 

 

So with BilinguaSing, I can now set the days and times that I work, so that it suits my family best. I can drop the children off at school and then I can go and do my BilinguaSing classes. I can finish up in time to pick them up from school most days, and then when I’m at home with them, they have my full attention. Anything else that I might need to do business-wise, I can do in the evenings. And it’s easy! I don’t have any marking, I don’t have the same school politics to deal with, I’m my own boss, I love what I do, I get all the feedback from the parents and children that come to my classes and I get to sing and play all day long for a living, which is just so joyful! I feel that my work-life balance is much better, and it is much more in my control, now that I run my own BilinguaSing business. 

 

 

 

 

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