2023 Term 3 - Weeks 1-2

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👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

WELCOME TO TERM 3: We’ve got load of fun in store for the kids this term. Baking Club is on twice a week, we have some new city-scape floor play mats and building bits, expandable tunnels for construction play, a fresh, reconfigured Hive room with waaay better access to the Kids shop/kitchen/café, and…. have you seen the lovely cosy new rug in the Reading Corner?


EXTRA CURRICULARS: we’re glad to report that all that extra-curricular activities for Term 3 are booked out. It’s clear that this is a service that families enjoy, so we do plan to continue! If you have any thoughts or suggestions for future EC activities, please let Sydney know. For Term 4 - by popular demand - we’ll offer Skate and Soccer to YK-1, and we’re planning something new and special for the older kids. Expressions of interest will be sent to the relevant year groups in the coming weeks.


🥬 🍅 VEGETABLE GARDEN 🥕 🥒 The Hive is proud to announce that we’ll fund the redevelopment of the vegetable garden, slated to happen this term. We’ll also take on responsibility for the ongoing care and maintenance of the garden, and will introduce gardening sessions into our activity program, helping the kids understand where food comes from and how it’s grown. We’ll also (hopefully!) be able to provide the canteen with ingredients they can use! We’ll have dedicated Hive team members, plus regular support from a professional gardener. If there are any parents out there with green fingers (Europe!) or thumbs (down under!) who’d also like to volunteer an hour here or there, then please let us know!


🐝 BEES OF THE WEEK 🐝

This week, the award goes to SAM H in Y3,
for displaying sportsmanship of the very best kind,
as well as beautifully inclusive behaviour on the field.

Honourable mention to Ellie G, also in Y3, for equally
awesome behaviour during games and sports.
(Ellie, sorry we didn’t get a photo of you…)

Well done both, for demonstrating the values that
keep things flowing and for doing your best
to help everyone come together and have fun.

ANA - STAGE LEADER (Y1&2)

Did you know...? Ana’s family background is half from Papua New Guinea and half from Switzerland and she loves learning about the many backgrounds of the children who attend The Hive. She feels very lucky to come from two such vastly different cultures and has a lot of pride in her heritage. 

One of Ana’s favorite things to do is to share recipes from around the world, so if you have any to share - please drop her a line…

💡 PARENT REMINDERS 🤔

  • It’s still cold, so please pack WARM LAYERS for afternoons

  • Please check through all LOST PROPERTY - at the end of Week 3 we will donate to charity

  • If you borrowed and clothes through HP, please WASH & RETURN, so we can help out other children

LANDFILL EXPERIMENT
Today, an estimated one-third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. That’s equal to about 1.3 billion tons. About 6%-8% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced, if we stop wasting food. Try this experiment and show children what happens when food scraps are just thrown in the bin:
> Have kids place small food scraps in a bottle of water
> Place a balloon on the top and leave in sunlight for 7+ days
> Kids will see the balloon swell with gas, as the food decomposes in a landfill-like environment