Welcome to a new year at Eco Hub!

Dear Eco Hub families,

We hope you enjoyed a restful and joyful holiday! Our Learning Team has returned energized and ready to begin a new year of exploration, growth, and meaningful experiences. Over the summer, we focused on strengthening our programs and aligning them across all Hubs, so we can offer your children the best possible learning journey. As always, you can find important updates about schedules, learning, logistics, and more on our Family Website.

✨Learning Highlights
In this section, you'll find highlights from our Building Blocks and programs

 Last Thursday, we shared an overview of how learning unfolds at the Eco Hub and what’s ahead for this year.

Lunch

Our Community Host has sent out a lunch survey, which we kindly ask you to complete as soon as possible if you haven't done so already. Please see here more information abour our caterer, and this month's menu. 

Learning materials

On the first week, learners will need: 

• A4 folder with 7 dividers.

• Small pencil case to fit in backpack, with at least 5 pencils, an eraser, a pencil, sharpener and a gluestick.

• 4 notebooks: A4 lined notebook.

• PLUS, only for Adventurers: A5 handwriting lined book.

Daily:

• Healthy snack (10:30 and afternoons 2:30 (optional) - examples: fruit, vegetables and hummus, mixed nuts, whole grains.

• Reusable water bottle, sunscreen and bug spray

• Cutlery (if bringing lunch from home)

• Comfy, practical clothes that can get dirty

• Small backpacks (cubbies are shared)

Stay updated!

We’ll be using email as our main way of staying in touch with you. Sometimes, Gmail may mistakenly filter group emails into the spam folder. To prevent this, we recommend adding our email address to your contacts so that you receive all our messages without missing any important updates.

Email address: ecohub@learnlife.com 

Friday 2:30pm dismissal reminder

As announced in March, we remind you that starting this academic year, dismissal at the Eco Hub will be at 14:30 on Fridays only. This decision has been carefully considered over many years, and we believe it is essential for maintaining the integrity of our programming. The change serves two key purposes:

1. Dedicated time for team collaboration and professional development

Currently, there is no opportunity for the Learning Guide Assistants, Community and Space Hosts to meet with the rest of the Learning Team. This weekly time will allow for alignment across instructional design, behavior expectations, and social-emotional wellness for all learners.

2. Consistency and alignment across all hubs

The Urban Hub and Village Hub already have shorter learner days on Fridays (9:00-13:00 or 10:00-14:00). We are aligning the 3 Hubs and the new schedule reflects alignment and parity between Hubs, so we can continue to keep our tuition reasonable. While the Eco Hub will still run a 5.5-hour day (9:00-14:30), this schedule adjustment creates a two-hour window for collaboration with other hubs and the broader organization. 

Starting Friday, September 19th, an on-site afterschool option will be available. This initiative has been organized by the Parent Hub—please contact them directly for more information.

Discover Rwanda with Learnlife!

We’re excited to share an incredible opportunity open to our entire community. Discover Rwanda with Learnlife! The upcoming Rwanda Trip (10-24 January) is designed not only for learners aged 12 and above, but also for parents, family members, and friends of Learnlife.

This journey offers a chance to experience Rwanda’s rich culture, history, and natural beauty while connecting deeply with others in our community. Whether your child is participating or not, you are warmly invited to be part of this unforgettable experience.

More information, here. Please register your interest by 26th September at nicole@learnlife.com 

📆 Key dates
Save the date! Here you will find important dates and events

📌 Parent Hub corner
A note from Parent Hub

Parent Hub is a group of parent volunteers dedicated to supporting the success and well-being of our EcoHub community. They are the EcoHub version of a Parent-Teacher Association — here to connect, support, and celebrate with you throughout the school year.

Parent comms

They use WhatsApp to help parents stay in the loop!

■ Each program has its own group chat for discussion and coordination.

■ There’s also a one-way Parent Hub broadcast channel where they post important updates and reminders.

🧑 💬 Please note: These chats are entirely parent-run — EcoHub staff are not present unless they are also parents.

Please join the ParentHub broadcast channel plus the program group(s) relevant to you

(Adventurers, Discoverers, Pioneers), stating your name(s) and your child's name, so that the PH

program reps can organize the group. Contact the EcoHub ParentHub directly: llparenthub@gmail.com. 

Find more information, here.

We look forward to welcoming our new families on Tuesday, the 2nd, from 1 – 2 pm for a New Families Lunch and to seeing all learners Wednesday, the 3rd, for the start of the 2025/26 academic year.

We are thrilled to begin this new chapter with you and can't wait to see you all soon!

Warm regards,

– The Eco Hub Team