👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE…
Wow - this term has really flown past, and we’ve had heaps of fun!
> We’ve welcomed some new staff: Frankie, Claudia, Taj & Evie
> We’ve enjoyed heaps of mind-blowing activities and looots of physical exercise!
> And we’ve talked about some weighty topics with the kids: big feelings, how to lose with grace, sharing and including, and personal boundaries, to name a few

Next week our Juniors will rejoin us for the holidays: Suki, Ruby and Millie are looking forward to seeing everyone and having some HP fun with ALL our bees!

And the rest of the team is also super excited to see our Winter HP Bees over the coming fortnight! If you’re heading off on your own holidays - travel safely and have fun. And if you’re holidaying with us - we can’t wait to see you!!

TERM 3 WAITLISTS
We’re delighted to have serviced all waitlists for Term 3. We remind all families with updated bookings to log on and check the calendar from your end, and confirm everything is correct. Our next job will be to look at the casual booking requests that we’ve received for T3 - please bear with us whilst we work through these tasks.

NEW FEATURE: BAKING CLUB RECIPES
Rather than using paper to attach the Baking Club recipes to the take-home bags, we’ve decided instead to publish the recipes in the newsletter each fortnight. This idea helps the environment and means we can share the recipes with all our Hive families, and not just those kids in Baking Club…
So, if you enjoyed what the kids cooked up (assuming it actually made it home!) then you can re-create yourselves, using our recipes.

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

We’ve been super busy this fortnight, making the most of some bright, chilly — but dry — days. We’ve had a space theme running through craft & explore activities

ART & CRAFT: we explored space, and got busy making our own UFOs and aliens, creating galaxy pictures - comparing the different effects of using chalk and watercolours; making beautiful sun-catchers to hang in the Hive room;
EXPLORE & DISCOVER: with a focus on the outdoors, we made mud pies, enjoyed the garden and attempted our own sun-dials and talked about how they work… We also made space slime, oobleck and had a Kapla competition!
BAKING CLUB: this fortnight we made SUSHI and BROWNIES - recipes are below
SPORTS: so many things! Obstacles, bean bag relay, catch the flag, spike ball, archery, balance boards, giant skipping… phew! And lots of team work with soccer, netball, kickball and Oztag!

🧑🏾‍🍳 BAKING CLUB 👩🏻‍🍳

Wk9 SUSHI
This is an easy one to freestyle, using seaweed sheets, and whatever else you want to go inside!!

Wk10 BROWNIES
The Quick & Easy Brownies recipe can be found here. We work with reduced sugar quantities and of course we keep the ingredients and the recipe 100% NUT FREE 🥜 ❌ 🌰 ❌

🏖️ HOLIDAY PROGRAM 🏖️

Several days now have only a handful of spots remaining. BOOK NOW!!!
> Remember Mon 22nd July is still Holiday Program - Term starts on Tuesday 23rd
> You can find full instructions on our website: Parents > Bookings > bottom right column
> If you’re unable to book via the app - please email us to join the waitlist

🐝 BEES OF THE WEEK 🐝

We salute SAPPHIRE in YK for being an excellent learner in the kitchen during the mornings.

Sapphire has been learning how to cut things safely, and can now tackle oranges and tomatoes with her new skills. Great work Sapphire - that’s a valuable life skill to have under your belt!

FRANKIE - EDUCATOR

Hey everyone! I'm Frankie: I'm new to the Hive, and am thrilled to be back at my old alma mater! A bit about me: I love arts and crafts; it's always a good day when I get to run a creative activity. Even in the winter you'll likely find me at the beach. I always make an effort to throw myself in to the waves. Recently, I've attempted to start learning a new language, French using the oh-so amazing Duolingo. Let's just say it's a good thing English is a well-known language... 😂

I'm excited to bring my creativity and enthusiasm to the Hive and I look forward to getting to know all the wonderful children and parents in the BBPS community!