👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

WELCOME BACK!! Sydney is back at The Hive after 5 lovely weeks back in Canada with family and friends. We’re glad you had a good time Syd, but we’re even more glad that you’re back. Woohoo! 💕💕💕

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! We know lots of you are travelling overseas this school holidays. To everyone who’s heading away from Sydney - we wish you safe and happy travels. To everyone staying local - we hope to see you during Holiday Program. You can check out the calendars here and there are still a few spots available on some of the days, so… get booking!

CCS Changes We’ve sent a few emails about the changes to CCS which will take effect on 10th July. Most families will be better off, so make sure you’re across the changes.

If you already receive CCS - check out this factsheet
If your family income is $356,756 and $530,000 and you haven’t claimed CCS, you might now be eligible. You should lodge a claim with Services Australia
If you’re currently assessed for CCS and get 0%, you might be eligible for an increased rate from 10 July. Check that your income estimate is up to date through your Centrelink online account
If you think you might be newly eligible, check out this factsheet

Hive fee increases A reminder that the new fees can be found on our website. They will come into play a week after the CCS increases, on Monday 17th July.

🏖️ HOLIDAY PROGRAM 🏖️

Several days are now fully booked. Just email us if you’d like to join the waitlist - first come first served…

Please remember we have a NO NUTS policy. This is very important as we care for several children with anaphylactic reactions to nuts. Please, CHECK THE INGREDIENTS on everything you send in. Listed nut ingredients must please be avoided.

Do you have any suggestions for particular activities, excursions or themes that you’d like to see on our HP calendar? If so - we’d love to hear from you! Please contact Sydney with your suggestions… 🙏

🐝 BEES OF THE WEEK 🐝

As well as children, we’ll also start to feature a different member of the Hive team in this section each time, so you can learn a little more about the awesome people who look after the kids every day - hope you enjoy! 😊

Congratulations to LIAM and FINN in Kindy.

They’ve been such awesome bees this week: helpful, kind, considerate and always looking out for their classmates.

Great work boys!!

JEN - KINDY LEAD

Did you know… ? Jennifer’s favourite place in the world is North Tropical Queensland…she fell in love with its picture-perfect beaches and lush, vibrant rainforest. Just one of the reasons she chose to live in this beautiful country (although she still isn’t used to all the giant spiders and insects! 😲)

As a child, Jen‘s favourite thing was her local woodland walk in Scotland, feeding nuts to the squirrels. They would take food from her hands and scurry alongside her as she walked the forest path. Super cute… 🐿️ 🐿️

💡 PARENT REMINDERS 🤔

Please be sure to correctly sign out your children at the end of the day. Click the OUT button (it’ll turn red) for each child who’s leaving with you, and then click DONE to close the screen.

ENCOURAGING KIDS TO BE WATER CONSCIOUS

With our water sources being exposed to pollution, climate change and a growing population, it’s important to find ways to help connect children to this valuable resource so they appreciate why we need to save it. Showing them how they can make a big difference every day by reducing the amount of water they use will foster a greener mindset, that should stay with them as they grow. Here are a few quick tips to get things started:

After eating, encourage them to work out whether a rinse is actually necessary, before washing up/dishwasher
Ask kids to keep a water bottle in the fridge so they don’t have to run the tap until the water gets cold
Make sure they turn off taps tightly - no drips!
Don’t run the tap for the whole 2 minutes of teeth cleaning - save it for the mouth rinse at the end