2023 Term 1 - Weeks 1-4

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Activity break during staff training week!

👋 LIVE FROM THE HIVE … 👋

HELLO AGAIN, to all returning bees and a warm WELCOME to all our NEW KINDYS! We’re buzzier than ever this year, and looking forward to a fun-filled Term 1 with you all 😊

Following an AWESOME Holiday Program (check out the pics!), the final week in January saw our first ever full week of STAFF TRAINING. A huge success, with 100% staff attendance, we covered TEN separate topics across three full days: including Play Theory, Food Hygiene, Active Supervision, Emotion Coaching & Self-Regulation, Behaviour Management, Understanding Diagnoses, Activity Programming and more... Your children really are in safe (and well-trained) hands at The Hive! 🫶

Since December’s newsletter, we’ve welcomed several new team members: shout out to ANA, ASHA, ELLA, JENA & WILSON. We now have a waitlist only on Thursday afternoons, which is great progress. If you’re still waiting on a spot, bear with us: we continue to juggle and are doing our very best to get rid of those lists altogether.

Following on from waitlist progress: CASUAL SPOTS can now be booked via the portal for both Monday and Friday afternoons. For any other afternoon (or if you’ve missed the online deadline), email us to check availability.

This term, we’re trying out the idea of externally-provided, paid extra-curricular activities during the Hive afternoon. For Term 1 we’re running with SKATEBOARDING and DRAMA, with both classes fully booked! So far so good, and we plan to continue so keep an eye on your inboxes for opportunities in coming terms. Through the year, we’ll vary the days, activities and age groups offered, so everyone should have a chance to get involved.

 

🐝 BEE/S OF THE WEEK 🐝


LENNIX and LOLA in YK for working so hard
on their listening skills over the last couple of weeks.

Also, for making great choices to be
team players and helpful bees!!

Such an awesome start at The Hive!! 👊 👊

🤔 PARENT REMINDERS 💡

  • ALWAYS sign your child in/out at the iPad. Any issues? Just ask staff for help!

  • Please leave school grounds promptly, once you’ve signed out your child

  • Please COLLECT all LOST PROPERTY from the tubs in the Hive room. At the end of week 5 we’ll wash and pass on to our spares box or to Vinnies…

  • Term 1 is NO HAT NO PLAY. We don’t lend out hats due to the risk of head lice, so children without a hat are restricted to shaded areas and activities…

  • Every day please pack HAT, WATER BOTTLE and remember a WARM LAYER for those cooler afternoons…