About Us
Fun & Friendly spanish lessons in Glasgow
Estrellas Brillantes was founded in 2017 by Rachel Peebles, and she has been teaching Spanish to children (age 0 -15), for over 5 years. Classes run in community venues in Busby and Uddingston, using La Jolie Ronde’s award-winning methodology. Each level is tailored to your child’s age and stage, and Spanish is learned through fun and interactive songs, games and activities, so children don’t even feel like they’re learning!
Why learn Spanish?
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Rachel grew up in Glasgow and gained an honours degree in Economics at Glasgow Univeristy, before going to Seville to gain her certificate in 'Teaching English as a Foreign Language' (TEFL) Soon after that, she moved to Bolivia, where she lived for 9 years, speaking Spanish every day, while working with children and families in a Christian Community Project that supported local families though education, health, sports and community work.
On her return to the UK in 2011, she spent 7 years working with Glasgow Women's Aid, supporting children and young people who had experienced domestic abuse, and volunteering at the Glasgow City Mission. In 2017, she started teaching Spanish to children (age 0-11) with La Jolie Ronde and is currently teaching around 200 children a week in after school and weekend clubs. She has a 4 year old boy, who is bilingual, so her days are spent speaking Spanish at home as well as in class!
She won La Jolie Ronde's 'Licensee of the Year' (in Scotland and the North of England) in 2019, Franchisee of the Year at the national Club Hub Awards in 2021, and was a finalist again at the Club Hub Awards 2022, and she won a silver award in the Best Businesswomen Awards, in the category 'Best Businesswomen Working with Children and Families'. She also won the What's on 4 Kids award for 'Most loved activity provider in Scotland and N. Ireland', was a finalist for 'Remarkable Acheivement' award, for the fundraising she is involved in with her children's classes.
Estrellas Brillantes has now raised over £20,000 for charities in Bolivia and Uganda, and this year they're taking part in Children's Activities Week, to raise money for Caudwell Children, to support children with disabilities and autism. Fundraising events are a big part of Estrellas Brillantes, and each year, different clubs and events are run to raise money for charity, generously supported by the children and families that attend classes. It's amazing what can be done when we all work together towards a common goal!
At the end 2022 Rachel won the Acing Adversity Award at the Single Mum's Business Network Awards, and she won the Against All Odds award at the Family Network Awards in March 2023. In June 2023 she is in the final for Franchisee of the Year, and Overcoming Adversity in the Business Success Network awards.
Rachel loves Spanish and is passionate about promoting language learning to all ages! As she learnt the language from scratch in Bolivia when she first moved there, she understands what it’s like to learn Spanish as a beginner. She started teaching adults over 5 years ago with 'Language for Fun' and she is excited to have the opportunity to add to her growing children's classes and teach Spanish to adults also - it's never too late, or early, to learn a new language!
Spanish Classes For bebés to abuelos!
At Estrellas Brilliantes, all the fun isn't just for the kids! We offer classes suitable for ages 0-100. So whether you're looking for a new challenge, or the whole family wants to learn Spanish, there's a class on our timetable for you!
Both my 3 year old and 10 year old are learning Spanish with Rachel. I have been taking my 3 year old to the Friday class and we are both loving it! It is FUN and educational! My 10 year old also enjoys her class. We've made a lot of progress together in the last 4 months and I never thought that learning Spanish would be that easy!! Both my kids love Rachel! She has a talent for teaching and she is also working very hard! Estrellas Brillantes has classes for all ages (including adults) and any level! I would highly recommend the classes to anyone!
My daughter has now done 5 years of Spanish classes with Rachel, starting in mum/toddler and finishing p3 now, and my 2yr old son has also been attending since he was a baby. They both absolutely love the classes and adore their teacher Rachel who is so good with them. It continues to amaze me how well they pick up the language and songs. Rachel is excellent with the children, making the classes good fun. They cover different themes, using props, songs & activities. I can’t recommend it enough, a great class for kids (& I enjoy it just as much!!)
My 5 year old daughter has been enjoying Rachel's preschool level class since she was 9 months old and is looking forward to starting the school age class this summer. When l ask her about what she enjoys about the class she says "all of it"! She really enjoys the songs and using the props from her "Bolsa Magica". Her favourite Spanish word at the moment is "perrito". She loves dancing along to the songs and running around chasing the bubbles. We have both made great friends at class with many of the children and their parents and have formed a great friendship with Rachel who is so friendly and approachable to all the children who come along, from the longer term attendees to those who are there for their first taster class.
Rachel's 'Hola Caramelo' Spanish classes are fabulous. I've been bringing my 3-year-old granddaughter to the Busby class since last September. What fun we have both had and I cant believe how much she has learned in such a short time. The songs and games are on a perfect level for the age group, and it's amazing to see how quickly even the youngest catch on. Rachel is just great with the children and puts so much effort into making the classes -100% fun for them all . Well done Rachel and Caramelo!!
Wow, what an amazing week my daughter had at the Spanish Fundraiser Week! Rachel is one of the kindest girls I have had the pleasure of meeting. She is wonderful with children. My daughter loved every moment at the classes. They were so organised and full of fun activities. Each day she came home with her folder filled with what she had learnt and links to the songs they had been learning. I would highly recommend these classes.
My son has been attending Spanish classes with Rachel for the last few years. In that time his Spanish has come on leaps and bounds. He thoroughly enjoys the classes as everything is taught in a fun and interesting way. Rachel is lovely and very welcoming. Brilliant class and would thoroughly recommend.
My daughter, Zahra has been involved in Rachel's spanish classes weekly as well as her summer club the last couple of years. She absolutely loves the classes. All of Rachel's young students have so much respect for her and have loads of fun through all the activities and games, Zahra always leaves with a smile on her face. Rachel is very committed to her students and their learning and cannot do enough to help them, as I have witnessed time and again over the last couple of years. She involves parents with regular updates on the class progress which is fantastic. My parents were so impressed with my daughter's progress they decided to get involved in Rachel's adult Spanish classes also, which they love. I honestly cannot recommend these classes enough!
This is a great class - my 2 year old loves the fun songs, sings along & enjoys counting in Spanish. I am learning basic Spanish too. Fun AND educational - Win Win! Highly recommended!
My son joined Rachel's Caramelo class when he was 3.5 years old, and was instantly hooked with her delivery of the material through games and the catchy songs along with her bubbly personality. He would ask for the app on for every car journey so he could sing along. We always looked forward to our Saturday classes and now my son is almost 6 and has sinced moved up a few classes, he still gets excited for his Spanish class every week! Taking him to Rachel's class was definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made for him as I can see how much he has learned and how much he still loves it!