The Music Room
The Music Room sessions are joyful music classes for children 9 months to 5 years. Playful activities with sound and movement invite little ones to wiggle, bounce, twirl, march, clap, stomp, and sway their way through songs and stories that spark imagination and connection.
Hive Kids Music Room is led by talented singers that are trained in both music and early childhood development. Music classes support growing minds and bodies—encouraging language, coordination, emotional expression, and social skills.
Bond, move, and make memories with your child while they blossom through the rhythm, rhyme, and repetition of music.
Two Week Satisfaction Guarantee With All New Term Enrolments
Babies 9-18 mths
Bond, move and explore with your little one
Our Baby Music class surrounds your curious, active bub with beautiful musical sounds and playful rhythms, led by a musically talented early childhood educator. Designed for little ones who love to bounce, and explore sound, the program intentionally uses creative repetition to build strong pathways in the brain and nurture your child’s developing musical ear.
Class at a glance: 45 min of structured musical activities including songs, rhymes, dance, instrument play. Repetition built into the program builds speech and language skills, creates rich opportunities to participate and lays the foundations for early musicianship.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Class Format: 45 minutes of guided playful musical learning activities
- Singing
- Rhymes
- Dance and movement
- Instrument Play and drums
- Parachute, and group sensory play
Take home learning! All enrolled families have access to the Kindermusik app with a library of hundreds of songs just right for your child’s age.
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Class Duration:
45 min
Class Location:
All Music classes are held at our Charlestown studio in Newcastle.
Class Fees:
Term Upfront: $260 / term (10 weeks)
Monthly Flexi Plan: $30 / week (billed by the calendar month)
Multi-Class Discount:
2 classes/week/student/$460 / term
Younger sibling enrolled in same class:
• under 10 months is free
• 10 months + $180 / term
Makeups:
Unlimited makeups. Makeups have a 2 month expiry, and can only be booked in while you have an active enrolment.
Toddlers 1.5 – 2.5 yrs
Music, movement, and magic for your busy toddler!
The Music Room is the perfect place for your busy toddler. Jump, spin, march, clap, sing, and explore rhythm in this action packed musical class.
Your child will light up as they bang on big drums, dance with scarves, shake shakers, and bounce with parachutes—all while soaking up language, coordination, and social skills. Best of all, you’ll be right there —singing, laughing, and bonding through music together.
Class at a glance: 45 min of structured musical activities including action songs, rhymes, dance, instrument play. The balance of repetition vs. new activities helps toddlers begin to sing and to join in more meaningfully as they recognize the songs each week.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Class Format: 45 minutes of guided playful musical learning activities
- Singing
- Rhymes
- Dance and movement
- Instrument Play and drums
- Parachute, and group sensory play
Take home learning! All enrolled families have access to the Kindermusik app with a library of hundreds of songs just right for your child’s age.
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Our 2 yr old class is available for:
• 2 year olds (younger siblings welcome)
Class Duration:
45 min
Class Location:
All Music classes are held at our Charlestown studio in Newcastle.
Class Fees:
Term Upfront: $260 / term (10 weeks)
Monthly Flexi Plan: $30 / week (billed by the calendar month)
Multi-Class Discount:
2 classes/week/student/$460 / term
Younger sibling enrolled in same class:
• under 10 months is free
• 10 months + $180 / term
Makeups:
Unlimited makeups. Makeups have a 2 month expiry, and can only be booked in while you have an active enrolment.
Preschoolers 2.5 – 3.5 yrs
Buzzing with imagination
Meet your child’s emerging imagination right where it’s at with musical learning that takes them on a journey of discovery. From singing to dancing to beating rhythmic patterns on drums, and from swimming with dolphins to waddling with penguins, this exciting class keeps your child moving and learning from start to finish. Each term brings two themed learning programs filled with a balance of repetition for deeper learning, and new activites for discovery.
It’s joyful, active learning wrapped in imagination—giving your little bee the perfect foundation for a lifelong love of music.
Class at a glance: 45 min of structured musical activities including songs for developing the voice, rhythmic percussion play, pattern based dance, all building strong skills in language, math and music.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
As your preschooler sings, strums, and dances their way through class, they’ll also be:
🎶 Warming up their singing voice with the help of our talented vocalists
👂 Sharpening their listening and pattern recognition through musical games
🎸 Strumming simple chords on the ukulele
🌀 Moving with purpose using hoops, balls, scarves, and parachutes
🥁 Learning to feel and play rhythm on drums and percussion instruments
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Our 3 yr old class is available for:
• 3-4 year olds (younger siblings welcome)
Class Duration:
45 min
Class Location:
All Music classes are held at our Charlestown studio in Newcastle.
Class Fees:
Term Upfront: $260 / term (10 weeks)
Monthly Flexi Plan: $30 / week (billed by the calendar month)
Multi-Class Discount:
2 classes/week/student/$460 / term
Younger sibling enrolled in same class:
• under 10 months is free
• 10 months + $180 / term
Makeups:
Unlimited makeups. Makeups have a 2 month expiry, and can only be booked in while you have an active enrolment.
Preschoolers 3.5 – 5 yrs
Designed to match your preschoolers hunger for learning, and their very active imagination, this program introduces tuned instrument play, more complex rhymic playing, and tuned group music making alongside plenty of joyful, expressive movement that follows their imaginations. Through playful songs and activities, we fine tune their singing voice and nurture a love for playing music.
Class format: 45 min class. Parents join in with their child.
Young siblings may attend until 12 months of age.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
As your preschooler sings, strums, and dances their way through class, they’ll also be:
🎶 Warming up their singing voice with the help of our talented vocalists
👂 Sharpening their listening and pattern recognition through musical games
🎸 Strumming simple chords on the ukulele
🌀 Moving with purpose using hoops, balls, scarves, and parachutes
🥁 Learning to feel and play rhythm on drums and percussion instruments
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Our 3 yr old class is available for:
• 3-4 year olds (younger siblings welcome)
Class Duration:
45 min
Class Location:
All Music classes are held at our Charlestown studio in Newcastle.
Class Fees:
Term Upfront: $260 / term (10 weeks)
Monthly Flexi Plan: $30 / week (billed by the calendar month)
Multi-Class Discount:
2 classes/week/student/$460 / term
Younger sibling enrolled in same class:
• under 10 months is free
• 10 months + $180 / term
Makeups:
Unlimited makeups. Makeups have a 2 month expiry, and can only be booked in while you have an active enrolment.
4-5 Year Olds
At four and five years old, children are eager to learn and full of curiosity, and our Music room classes are designed to meet them right where they are. Through joyful, play-based music and movement experiences, your child will build important skills that support their development across the board.
Each class is thoughtfully structured to nurture early learning in areas such as:
- Musicianship
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Language and literacy
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Social and emotional development
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Early math concepts
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Physical coordination
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Creativity and self-expression
This small group class is focused on making music as an ensemble, learning to play tunes, and chords on xylophone, recorder and ukuelele. We also introduce pre-reading and writing of musical notation, laying a strong foundation for learning the piano or other instrument.
Class format: 30 min class max 6 participants. Drop off.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
our child will:
🎶 Learn to strum simple songs on the ukulele
🥁 Explore rhythm and melody on percussion, xylophones, and drums
🧠 Strengthen listening, memory, and musical expression through echo games and pattern play
📖 Begin to read and understand music using pictures, symbols, and notes
🎵 Create and perform original sound stories
🎤 Learn to sing tunefully and in time
🎼 Participate in joyful group music-making experiences
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
Our 4-5 yr old class is available for:
• 4-5 year olds
Independent Learning Class:
Children are dropped off for this class. Parents can view the class through the window, and are invited in for the final activity each week.
Class Duration:
50 min
Class Location:
All Music classes are held at our Charlestown studio in Newcastle.
Class Fees:
Term Upfront: $260 / term (10 weeks)
Monthly Flexi Plan: $30 / week (billed by the calendar month)
Multi-Class Discount:
2 classes/week/student/$460 / term
Younger sibling enrolled in same class:
• under 10 months is free
• 10 months + $180 / term
Makeups:
Unlimited makeups. Makeups have a 2 month expiry, and can only be booked in while you have an active enrolment.
Makeup Classes
Can’t Make It to Class?
Life happens—we get it! Just let us know through the Client Portal at least 2 hours before your class, and we’ll send you a makeup token.
Maximum of 2 makeups per term are offered in Bee-school and ONLY where availability exists. we do not overbook our premium learning sessions under any circumstances.
Makeup tokens are valid for 4 months and can be used anytime while your enrolment is active.
NB: Your makeup token will appear on your account AFTER the missed classed has finished.
Hive Music Teachers
Mel Saunders | Dip. Early Childhood Education
Melissa has a background and qualifications in early childhood teaching and music education...
Melissa has a background and qualifications in early childhood teaching and music education – giving you and your child a complete educational and creative experience. Before joining the Hive, Melissa worked as an Early Childhood Teacher and Director and also as a Voice Teacher and Choir Director. Melissa’s skills extend to the stage as well, where she has many years of experience in writing, directing and producing musicals and dramatic theatre productions.
She’s also a singer and songwriter – you might just see her wowing audiences at live performances in local venues around Newcastle.
Melissa is a proud mum to Natasha and Daniel, who share her passion for beautiful music and performance.
Emily Kingsmill | Bach. Psychology in Education
Emily grew up playing the piano then completed her Psychology in Education...
Emily is a pianist, singer and teacher. She grew up playing the piano then completed her Psychology in Education degree back in England. She qualified as a Primary School teacher, then as an Early Childhood educator here in Australia. She is passionate about children learning through the joy of music and is delighted to be putting both her love of music and education together at Hive.
Her two little boys share her love of music, and together they like to spend time exploring and adventuring outdoors, going to the beach, sailing, crafting, baking, plus singing, dancing and making music!
Eloise Sheean | Bach. Music
