The planning and teaching platform your teachers already trust
Over 10,000 teachers have run their school day from The Hive. Give your whole staff the same curriculum-aligned platform, on one school invoice.
Approved NSW DoE Online Learning Tool
Safe for your school
NSW Department of Education
Approved Online Learning Tool
Student records in Australia
Class lists and student names are stored in Sydney.
No ads or trackers
The Hive never sells your data or shows ads to your students.
Will it make us more consistent?
Teachers on their own, or the whole school on The Hive
Teachers on their own
The whole school on The Hive
Planning and routines
On their own: Each teacher builds their own system
On The Hive: The same planner and timetable in every room
A relief day
On their own: A run sheet written up on paper
On The Hive: The relief teacher opens the day from the timetable
Aides and job-share partners
On their own: Not included
On The Hive: A co-teacher place with every teacher
A new teacher starts
On their own: They find their own resources
On The Hive: Invited by email, ready on day one
Who pays
On their own: Teachers, out of their own pocket
On The Hive: The school, on one invoice
What changes at your school
Evidence-based teaching, in every classroom
Curriculum-aligned K-6 resources built on explicit teaching and the Science of Reading, with the planner and classroom tools to teach them.
Better literacy teaching
“I know I'm teaching literacy so much better than I ever have.”
Classroom teacher Hours back for every teacher
“I've used the Maths unit plans & associated resources to halve my planning & prep time this term.”
Classroom teacher New teachers ready from day one
“As a first-year teacher, I genuinely wouldn't have survived without it.”
Early career teacher
What do other principals say?
Principals on The Hive
Our classroom teachers access Mrs Learning Bee resources and The Hive on a daily basis and have done so over the past three years. The quality of the resources greatly support the teachers to teach the NSW curriculum and have supported positive engagement of our learners. We love that the resources are constantly updated and are strongly evidence-based especially connected to science of reading in the early years. [The Hive team] are always responsive in communication.
The use of The Hive across our K-2 department has resulted in less time spent on weekly organisation, and provided consistency and clear routines across classrooms. It has also enabled teachers to access high-quality, evidence-based resources, along with digital tools that engage learners effectively.
[The Hive] skyrockets their learning & helps them grasp concepts they once struggled with.
Our teachers would be at a loss without it as a result of the time it has saved them in their daily workflow.
Who built it?
Built by a former assistant principal and a software engineer
Tam, Mrs Learning Bee. Tam was a primary teacher and assistant principal for over a decade in NSW schools. She led school-wide synthetic phonics and explicit teaching initiatives, and has trained thousands of teachers across K-6. Her resources are purposeful, curriculum-aligned and evidence-based, and help every student build strong foundations.
Jez, co-founder and software engineer. Jez built software at Domain and at Giraffe, a planning technology start-up that works with government, before he took on The Hive full time. He designs and builds each tool to be simple for teachers to use and easy for students to learn from, and he refines it with feedback from the teachers who use it. He also leads privacy and security work, including NSW DoE approval.
What we're about
Explicit teaching
Lessons model a concept, then students practise it. Learning tools make each step visible on the board.The Science of Reading
Decodable words, sentences and pictures, digital phonics tools, and word lists sorted by phoneme, grapheme and syllable type.Syllabus-aligned, K-6
Mapped to NSW and Australian Curriculum outcomes, with differentiation built in.
Focused learning tools
Each tool targets one skill, so students have less to hold in their heads and more attention for the learning.
Will my staff use it?
Whole stages are already on board
Teachers already pay for The Hive themselves and bring their colleagues on board. Teachers who already use it keep all their planning when they join the school.
This year I'm a mentor teacher and I showed my mentee the fluency passages. She used them during Learning Walks and her whole stage wanted to subscribe.
I've been using The Hive for just over 3 years, my teaching partner now uses it and the lady working on contract next to me at the moment was so impressed that she has just subscribed to it as well.
It's a godsend finding lesson plans that align with the syllabus, follow best practice pedagogies, are hands on and engaging! Plus the lesson sequences are achievable for my kiddos in the given time frame.
The Hive is absolutely essential in my classroom. I truly believe it needs to be a staple in every single primary school classroom.
Included for every teacher
One place to plan, teach and find resources
A planner and a visual timetable
One for the teacher, one for the class.
Everything linked
Any lesson, slide deck or website opens from the timetable.
Student trackers
Assessment results, skill checks and observations, set up the way each teacher works.
For the school admin
Set up in three steps
Invite and remove teachers from one page, at any time of the year.
Sunny Bay Primary
4 of 10 teachers invited
Paid until 14 October 2027
- NJoined
Ms Nguyen
k.nguyen@sunnybay.edu.au
- PJoined
Mr Patel
r.patel@sunnybay.edu.au
- KJoined
Mrs Kelly
s.kelly@sunnybay.edu.au
- AInvited
Ms Ahmed
n.ahmed@sunnybay.edu.au
- 1
Order
Choose the number of teachers. You get one invoice, with your purchase order number on it. - 2
Pay
Bank transfer or card, with 30 days to pay. Access starts when the invoice is paid, or on your chosen start date if that is later. - 3
Invite your teachers
Each teacher gets an email and signs in. Teachers already in The Hive keep all their planning and slides.
In the works
Coming to The Hive for Schools in 2027
This is what we are building next.
Teams for each stage
See your team's plans for the week, and share slides across the stage.
Student tablets
Small groups work on their own iPads, using activities targeted to the skills they are learning. Students scan a QR code to start.
A staff usage dashboard
See which teachers use The Hive and how often.
One invoice for the school
Cost it for your school
A$179.99 per teacher, per year, GST included. That is A$15 a month, per teacher. Order for one teacher or your whole staff. Every teacher gets Hive Unlimited, and can bring a co-teacher at no extra cost.
10 teachers for one year
A$1,799.90
- Add or remove teachers at any time
- Teachers keep all their planning and slides
- Pay on invoice, with 30 days to pay
Pay by card now
Invite your teachers as soon as you pay.Pay on invoice
Raise a purchase order. Bank transfer or card, 30 days to pay.NSW public schools
Order through EdBuy, the department's buying platform.
Questions schools ask
Less time preparing. More time teaching.
A$179.99 per teacher, per year. Pay by card or on invoice.