T4 Weeks 3-4

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👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

EVACUATION DRILL - MON 11 Nov 3:30-4:30pm

This term’s drill is an evacuation, scheduled for Monday 3:30-4:30pm. Please avoid picking up during the drill. It’s really important that the children get to experience the full drill, so that they’re ready should we ever need to complete one in real time.


RE-ENROLMENTS

The two week window for re-enrolment will expire at midnight on Monday 11 Nov. Please re-enrol before then, and be aware that enrolments for new Kindy families will also open that day. If you do miss the re-enrolment deadline:

  1. do NOT fill out a new enrolment form - this will create a duplicate enrolment for your child, which we will not approve

  2. we will re-send the invitation to re-enrol, on Tue 12 Nov

We’ve learned that the system automatically sends a 1 week reminder to re-enrol, even to families who’ve already completed the process. Sorry for any confusion caused, unfortunately, it’s something we can’t switch off!


FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) Temporary Financial Hardship is for families who:

  • are eligible for CCS

  • are experiencing temporary financial hardship due to an event in the last 6 months

  • have a substantially reduced ability to pay child care fees.

Eligible families can get 100 hours of subsidised care each fortnight. They’ll get the lower of either:

  • 100% of the fee charged where it’s equal to or below the hourly rate cap

  • up to 120% of the hourly rate cap where the fee charged is above the hourly rate cap.

The temporary financial hardship subsidy is paid for a maximum of 13 weeks per event. Families can apply through their Centrelink online account or by visiting a Centrelink office.


SOCCER - HIVE vs WAYS

The Hive soccer team had a fantastic game, winning 6-2 yesterday against WAYS! Their hard effort, teamwork and sportsmanship really paid off. It’s always great to see players enjoying the game whilst staying competitive. Here’s to maintaining the momentum through to the next match!!


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

A big thank you to all the staff, who pulled out all the stops to give the kids a fun-filled Halloween party on Monday. There was so much fun to be had, some sliiiiightly scary games to play, and loads of great photos - see below!

🏖️ HOLIDAY PROGRAM 🏖️

We’re working hard on the next Holiday Program!

Bookings will open early Week 7, and Early Bird pricing will last until midnight Sun 15th December, end of Week 9.

Term 4 ends Wed 18 Dec

  • OPEN for HP - Thu 19, Fri 20 Dec

    • CLOSED for 2 weeks - Sat 21 Dec - Sun 5 Jan

  • OPEN for HP - w/c 6 Jan, 13 Jan, 20 Jan

    • CLOSED - Mon 27 - Wed 29 Jan (public holiday & staff training)

  • OPEN for HP - Thu 30 & Fri 31 Jan, Mon 3 - Wed 5 Feb

Term 1 starts Thu 6 Feb - for all school years, including new Kindys

👨‍🍳 🎨 🎲 WHAT HAVE THE KIDS BEEN UP TO? 🏏 🧸 🧪

This fortnight we've seen some funny weather... but it hasn't stopped us from playing outside! We're really loving dance games and parties at the moment - getting our boogie on!! Here's what we've been up to in our ACTIVITY CLUBS:

  • ART & CRAFT: Cotton bud skeletons, rainbow clouds, waxy watercolours, spooky halloween party posters

  • BAKING CLUB: Deliciously tasty sausage rolls (we subbed beef for pork), and scrumptious apple and zucchini muffins

  • SPORT: Golden goal, run for your life, capture the flag, soccer shootouts, basketball

  • EXPLORE & DISCOVER: We had our very first marble market which went swimmingly! As well as potion making, oozey blood slime, and more loose parts play on the adventure playground.

  • SENIOR CLUB: We're still making our hive

  • GAMES WHEEL and we also made some brilliant clay pendants

  • Not to mention our HALLOWEEN PARTY was a huge success!! We had a scary skeleton ring toss, oreo races, an inflatable obstacle course, spider craft, face painting and spooky mystery boxes!!

🐝 BEES OF THE WEEK 🐝

STEVIE McG - Y2
We acknowledge Stevie this week, for showing the other children that there is
true freedom and joy in expressing yourself, and no need to feel embarrassed.

Stevie brought this idea to life with some amazing dancing sessions in the Hive room.
Stevie always has an awesome time, other kids get inspired and decide to join in
and we all love watching too: Stevie’s got moves !! 💃 💃

LUCA W - Y3

Luca gets a shout out for sharing his time so willingly and generously
to help out the Kindys during Baking Club this week. Good on you Luca - Love this!

…and also, for scoring a massive goal in our soccer game against WAYS - from a goal kick, no less !!!

HIVE GALLERY…