A Bee Story

Presented by HOTA and ARC Circus

Queen Bee and Worker Bee must work together to rebuild their hive after it’s destroyed by a bushfire, but things never quite go to plan… This enchanting production combines circus, theatre, dance, live music, and acrobatics to bring the story vividly to life. Celebrating collaboration, resilience, and care for the environment, it inspires empathy, creativity, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

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Curriculum Connections

This production offers rich links to the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline and ACARA 9.0 outcomes for Foundation to Year 2, supporting cross-curricular learning through the arts.

Kindergarten Learning Areas

Children will explore key areas of development through the performance, including:

Identity – understanding themselves and their role in the world
Connectedness – engaging with others and the environment
Wellbeing – building confidence and emotional resilience
Communicating – expressing ideas through movement, sound, and storytelling

Foundation – Year 2 Music, Dance & Drama (ACARA v9.0) Students explore how the arts enrich our lives and the role of music, dance, and drama in cultures and communities. Through play, imagination, movement, sound, storytelling, and drama, they develop creative ideas, listening skills, confidence, and the ability to express ideas and emotions individually and in groups.

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