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Last week our Honeybees class headed out to Stanmer Park for a mushroom walk as part of their Main Lesson, Fantastic Fun...
06/10/2026

Last week our Honeybees class headed out to Stanmer Park for a mushroom walk as part of their Main Lesson, Fantastic Fungi, and the woods did not disappoint. With autumn well underway, the children found fungi tucked into leaf litter, sprouting from fallen logs and clustered at the feet of the trees, and they spent the morning looking closely, comparing shapes and colours, and wondering at the hidden network that connects so much of the forest beneath our feet. Here are a few of their favourite finds 🍄🍂

We still have a couple of places available in our Honeybees class, so if you would like to find out more or come and see us in action, please email [email protected] to arrange a tour.

01/10/2026

Michaelmas at Beehub 🍂🐉

This week the whole of Beehub came together to celebrate Michaelmas, and it was a day full of warmth, colour and shared effort from every class. The Bumble Bees (our 7-9 year olds) worked together to build a magnificent dragon, with each child crafting their own individual scales, and they also took great care laying the table for all the children and staff. The Carder Bees (11- 14yrs) prepared a big shared lunch for everyone, and the Honey Bees (8-10yrs) baked delicious scones, which we enjoyed for dessert. Over lunch we sang songs and recited poetry together, and afterwards we joined in a circle dance before heading to the park for outdoor team games.

So what is Michaelmas? Falling on 29 September, close to the autumn equinox, it marks the point in the year when the nights begin to grow longer than the days and the warmth and abundance of summer give way to the colder, darker months. Traditionally it was a time for gathering in the last of the harvest and preparing for winter, and for us it has become a festival of courage, resilience and community, when we celebrate the inner strength we need to carry us through the darker part of the year.

The dragon sits at the heart of the festival as a symbol of the challenges we all meet in life, whether that is a fear, a difficulty or a habit we would like to change. Rather than something to be destroyed, the dragon is something to be faced and tamed with bravery, kindness and determination, and building one together reminds the children that the hardest things are often easier to face when we stand side by side.

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We’re hiring: General Manager and Deputy DSL (maternity cover)We’re looking for a warm, organised and calm person to joi...
30/09/2026

We’re hiring: General Manager and Deputy DSL (maternity cover)

We’re looking for a warm, organised and calm person to join the Beehub team from 2 February 2027, covering our General Manager’s maternity leave for approximately 12 months. It’s a varied, hands-on role that moves between the office and the children, and no two days look quite the same. You would be welcoming families at the door in the morning, keeping in close touch with parents, looking after the finances and admissions, and leading the weekly staff meeting. You would also act as our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and step in to cover lessons when a colleague is off sick.

The post is 20.5 hours a week across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in term time only, and pays £15,000 a year (£35,400 FTE, pro rata). We’ll fund your safeguarding and first aid training. A knowledge of Waldorf education would be lovely, but we’re just as happy to welcome someone who is keen to learn.

Please email us for a full job description at [email protected]
Applications can be made via email by sending a CV and covering letter by Tuesday 10 November. Please do share this with anyone you think would be a good fit!

29/09/2026

Soap making with the Carder Bees 🐝🧼

As part of our Food and Plant Science main lesson, the Carder Bees spent a session with Dr Tom turning plant oils into soap, and these photos follow the whole process from the first weighing of ingredients through to the finished bars laid out to cure.

Soap is made through a chemical reaction called saponification (from the Latin sapo, meaning soap). When plant oils such as olive and coconut are combined with lye (sodium hydroxide, a strong alkali, which Dr Tom handled with gloves and goggles), the fat molecules break apart and recombine into two new substances, soap and glycerine, giving off enough heat along the way that the mixture warms up noticeably in the jug. Once it had thickened to “trace” (the point at which a drizzle leaves a visible trail on the surface), it was poured into moulds and left to set, and a day or two later we cut it into bars, which now need around four weeks to cure while the reaction finishes and the excess water evaporates, leaving a harder and much gentler soap.

The connection to our main lesson lies in the oil itself, because every drop began as energy stored by a plant inside its seeds or fruit, and these are the very same fats we cook with and eat. Watching them become something entirely different, with each soap molecule having one end that clings to water and another that clings to grease (which is exactly why soap can wash dirt away), gave the class a real, hands-on sense of how much chemistry is hidden inside the plants we grow and the food on our plates.

The bars will be ready to come home in a few weeks!

23/09/2026

As the world becomes more digital, what do we want to preserve for our children?

A new report on AI in education, published this week by Sir Anthony Seldon and Tim Bunting, has prompted discussion about how technology will shape the way children learn. The report found that 87% of young people aged 11–24 have already used an AI tool.

For us, it raises a more fundamental question:

What does childhood need, regardless of how technology changes?

At Michael Hall, we have no screens or digital technology in our Lower School, where children are aged 6–11.

Instead, children learn through stories, movement, art, music, drama, practical work and time outdoors, alongside a rich academic curriculum.

They learn to read, write and develop their mathematical understanding, but also learn through main lessons, bringing subjects to life through storytelling, discussion, drawing, painting, practical work and their own Main Lesson Books.

They might be knitting, woodworking, gardening, cooking, playing music, performing a class play, exploring the school grounds or working together on a practical project.

There is time to concentrate without a screen in front of them. Time to work things out for themselves, make mistakes, practise and get their hands dirty.

We aren't against technology. Children will grow up in a world where it is part of everyday life, and they will need to understand it and use it well.

But we also believe there is value in waiting.

Waiting until children have had the chance to build their imagination, confidence, curiosity, creativity and relationships through real experiences first.

As the digital world moves faster and faster, perhaps one of the most important things we can do is make sure children still have plenty of time for the things that don't need a screen.

To learn. To make. To imagine. To explore. To be together.

That's a big part of what we mean by protecting childhood. 💛

Would you like to know more about our approach? Come to our Open Day next week and hear from teachers, students and parents about what makes a Michael Hall education different, and how our approach supports children at every stage of their journey.

Book your place: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/event/102652

For more information or to arrange a tour please email us at contact@beehub.uk
23/09/2026

For more information or to arrange a tour please email us at [email protected]

Carding wool with the Honey Bees! 🐑 Our Honey Bees (8 yrs - 10 yrs) are making a felted map of the UK, beginning with th...
15/09/2026

Carding wool with the Honey Bees! 🐑

Our Honey Bees (8 yrs - 10 yrs) are making a felted map of the UK, beginning with the raw fleece. Washed, dried, and this week carded: combing the tangled fibres smooth and ready for felting.

In Waldorf education, learning begins in the hands. Before geography becomes lines on a page, it arrives and real material and real work, with all the patience and rhythm that asks for. In a few weeks these fibres will be mountains, rivers and coastlines.

Today in their handwork lesson the Bumblebees printed their own designs onto fabric- ready for a sewing project.
09/09/2026

Today in their handwork lesson the Bumblebees printed their own designs onto fabric- ready for a sewing project.

We are so looking forward to welcoming the children back tomorrow for our Autumn Term. We have the last few places remai...
07/09/2026

We are so looking forward to welcoming the children back tomorrow for our Autumn Term.

We have the last few places remaining in some of our classes. Please get in touch at [email protected] for more information ✨

As part of their science block on the senses, the Mason Bee class enjoyed a blind tasting experience.
16/06/2026

As part of their science block on the senses, the Mason Bee class enjoyed a blind tasting experience.

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