General Rules and Procedures

Arrival / Depature

We ask that upon arrival and depature both you and your child are respectful to any neighbouring apartments and offices.
To be respectful of our neighbours we ask that loud conversations do not take place within the building’s corridors and that you wait until you are either outside or within Busy Bees’s premises.
We ask that any bikes or scooters are left outside of the building. Please do not block any entrances or parking spaces. Anything left outdoors is at the owner’s risk.
We ask that parents buzz and wait outside with their child. We will then come and escort your child into the premises.
Upon arrival we ask that children remove their shoes and coats and place them neatly in the provided spaces.
Next to the building there is a playground. The children are welcome to use this.
We kindly ask that parents do not buzz the buzzer at the end of the session but wait outside by the playground so as not to disturb the end of the session or block the narrow path in order to be respectful of neighbours. Your child will be escorted out to you.
Please keep to the time for your child’s session. If you are early we kindly ask that you wait outside and don’t ring the buzzer until it is time for your child’s session. Your child is welcome to use the playground while they wait.

Please inform Busy Bees if your child is going to be collected by anyone other than yourself.
Please contact Busy Bees if your child is going to be absent for any reason.
In the event that your child becomes ill or is involved in an accident during a session, Busy Bees wil contact the relevant parent(s) and, if necessary, call a doctor or ambulance. Parents are required to have health, accident and liability insurance for their child.
If your child is being dropped off and picked up by another care-giver on a regular basis please inform Busy Bees so that the relevant contact details can be exchanged.

There is ample parking in Waedenswil, the closest being Parkplatz Linde.
Busy Bees is situated close to Waedenswil train station.
Please don’t park in the two spaces marked private outside Busy Bees as these are not part of Busy Bees.
You can use Blumenstrasse to drop children off if they are old enough to hop out the car on their own but we encourage you to park in Parkpatz Linde in order to escort your younger child to the door.

Please help your child develop good routines. Always try to pack their bag the night before the session. It is important that they learn to become responsible for their own work and have the appropriate books for each session.
Children should acknowledge adults and peers with ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.
Taking turns and sharing will be promoted.
Given that the sessions will only be for 2 hours we ask that your child does not bring a snack. Water will be provided, especially during the summer months.

Busy Bees allows children to take home a number of resources. It is important that all resources are treated with care and respect.
Please keep resources away from younger siblings and talk to your child about how to treat them. We encourage you to put all resources back in the Busy Bees bag as a way of storing them to avoid loss or damage.
If a resource is lost or damaged please inform Busy Bees and note that you may be subject to being charged in order for Busy Bees to replace the lost or damaged resource.
If your child also attends a bilingual or international school, please bear in mind that they may bring home similar resources and don’t accidentally send resources from Busy Bees to school. Most Busy Bees books are covered in a plastic book jacket and all have a Busy Bees library card in the front of back of the book.
If your child attends our Reading and Writing classes they will have access to the Busy Bees library both in their weekly sessions and online. You will recieve a guide with instructions on how to log in on their first day at Busy Bees.
Please return all reading books on a weekly basis in order to recieve new ones.
Workbooklets do not need to be returned to Busy Bees. If they are returned they will be disposed of.

Busy Bees accepts advance reservations on a payment of a non-refundable CHF100 for the first term. This will be deducted from the first term’s fee.

Unless it is urgent to speak to Busy Bees, please send general questions and enquiries via e-mail or text.