Term 2 Week 5 - Reconciliation Week

loving nature: trees & Koalas (complete with choc chip cookies!)

PUPPET PAINTERS…

Aboriginal-inspired message tubes

Morning Crew: loving the new Tech Decks!

Afternoon Crew: doing the same!

yummy afternoon tea

we love beyblades!

HIVE NEWS::

We’re making the very most of our time, with Hive staff undergoing a whole heap of TRAINING and refreshers in Term 2: First Aid, CPR, Autism Awareness, Trauma training and more on the way. We pride ourselves being a team who are motivated, experienced, trained and most of all - committed to caring for your children!

There is one more month of FREE CHILD CARE, which will cease on 28th June (end of Week 9). We’ll be in touch again nearer the time with reminders of what’s needed to be ready for the restart of fees and rebates.

Edie’s RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN (RAP) was approved this week by Reconciliation Australia - perfect timing for Reconciliation Week! 😊 We look forward to implementing the actions in there, and helping to enhance the kids’ understanding of the importance and relevance of reconciliation.

WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM will open for bookings in Week 7. The program complies with existing restrictions, and will be amended should guidelines change further. To assist families who have suffered financially during this pandemic, and to help everyone ease back into paying for child care, we will apply a standard, subsidised day fee for the July holidays. We will revert to the usual varied fees for October.

WHAT HAVE THE KIDS BEEN UP TO…?

Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about  shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The children enjoyed a whole host of Aboriginal-inspired activities such as:

  • making bird houses, and learning about our beautiful native bird life

  • creating and learning about our own message sticks, as used by Aboriginal peoples throughout Australia

  • making clay prints inspired by the natural world

We also saw the kids loving a bumper new arrival of BEYBLADES and some amazing new TECH DECKS plus OBSTACLE COURSE, which had them absorbed for hours whilst they worked on those fin motor skills…

PARENT REMINDERS::

  • late pick up after 6pm and non-notification of absence carry penalty fees - please do the right thing! Thank you

  • kids still need water bottle - bubblers are closed

  • remember to pack a warm layer as the afternoons get colder…

socially distanced CPR training

Getting busy with bandages…

TANNER, DRESSED FOR RECONCILIATION WEEK

MESSAGE TUBES - COMPLETE!

HAND PRINTING, INSPIRED BY RECONCILIATION WEEK