👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

GREEN THUMB
We are SO excited to announce that our school garden is now up and running! We’ve engaged Nelly to manage the garden, run activity sessions with the children and to help us develop an evolving educational garden program. You can check out Nelly’s profile below… and all the pics from our first garden session on the right!

🎃 HALLOWEEN PARTY 🎃
We’ll hold our legendary HALLOWEEN PARTY on Tue Oct 31st. There’ll be face painting, a huge inflatable, music, games, loooads of awesome activity stations and… a couple of lollies!. Children are encouraged to bring costumes in their schoolbags, and we’ll let them get changed after Hive roll call.

If you already have a Tuesday afternoon booking - no action required, you’re in. If you don’t have a booking - email us now to request a spot. It’ll be so much of fun for the kids and we can help get them ready for you, before an evening of trick or treating!

HOLIDAY PROGRAM - IT’S A WRAP
Huge congrats to our whole team who poured everything into delivering an awesome Spring Holiday Program. We were super busy and had the best time enjoying a whole array of incursions, excursions and activities. You can see all the pics in the previous newsletter, below.
If you borrowed any clothes through HP, please remember to WASH & RETURN THEM as soon as possible… 🙏
We’ll shortly send out a questionnaire to get your feedback on recent HPs, and to seek suggestions or ideas for future programs…

🛎️ 🛎️ Bookings for SUMMER HOLIDAY PROGRAM will open in WEEK 7 🛎️

TERM 4 - EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Our EC program goes from strength to strength. It’s clearly filling a need for parents and the children are LOVING it!. With your ongoing support, we continue to grow and expand the offering; this term we have two age-tailored SKATE programs, a seniors’ CLAY workshop at the Pavilion (see pics left) and SOCCER school with Coach Matt!

Got ideas for new EC activity options? Please send ‘em in!

☀️ IT’S WARMING UP… ☀️
and that means NO HAT, NO PLAY. This is aligned with school practice and is in place for the wellbeing and safety of the kids. Any hat will do, but if they don’t have a hat, children need to stay and play in the shade. Please note: we don’t lend out hats during term-time due to the risk of spreading head lice 🪳🪳🪳

🐝 BEES OF THE WEEK 🐝

This week, we give a huge shout out to the wonderful EVE in Y6. Eve is an awesome human; kind, thoughtful and confident in her own unique self. She shows us what it means to be an authentic individual, every single day...

💖 💖 Go Eve - we think you ROCK! 💖 💖

Nelly - Garden Specialist

New to the Hive team, Nelly already delivers gardening sessions to our friends up the road at Bondi Public, and she comes highly recommended!

With qualifications in Community Gardening and Food Forestry, Nelly is well-placed to deliver exciting, engaging Gardening Club sessions to our bees, and she brings a beautifully warm and welcoming approach with the children. We look forward to producing ingredients for our own afternoon tea, Baking Club, and hopefully for Canteen too!

Welcome Nelly - we’re stoked to have you on board… 💚 💚 💚

😃🚰 EATING BREAKFAST 🥗🏃🏽‍♀️

Breakfast is often called ‘the most important meal of the day’, and for good reason. It replenishes your internal resources to boost energy levels and alertness for the day, while also providing essential nutrients required for good health. So, what can you do to help your child if they aren’t quite into breakfast?

Set up a good routine: maybe wake up a little earlier and slow the routine down; try a short walk before breakfast (this may help stimulate appetite); switch off distractions and eat breakfast together.
Get them involved: let your children choose their own cereal whilst shopping; have them help prep their own breakfast.
Set a good example: sit with your kids and eat breakfast at the same time; eat the foods you’d like them to eat; use positive reinforcement.
Get creative: make smoothies and experiment with new recipes.

You can find out more here!

👻 Re-use & recycle 🧟

We’re always grateful to receive your pre-loved dress ups, especially if there’s anything Halloweeny in there… If you have any items that you no longer want - and you think our kids would enjoy - then please drop off to The Hive room. Please remember, any donations should be: