Outside School Hours Care

• Enrolment
All children must be enrolled in the service prior to attending. Come in and see us at the service to obtain an enrolment form for your child/ren.

Daily Routine
MORNING

6.30am Centre opens
Programmed learning experiences
7.30am Breakfast opens
8.00am Breakfast closes
8.15am Pack up learning experiences
8.30am

Roll call
Yr 2-6 children sent off to classrooms and to the yard supervised by school staff.
Yr R-1 children stay in the OSHC room with Educators.

8.45am Yr R-1 children are walked to their classrooms and supervised with hand over to the teacher
9.00am Centre closes

AFTERNOON

2.00pm Centre opens
Afternoon Tea prepared
Set up hall with tables and program
Wet area set with 3 tables for afternoon tea
Educator to send out list of children attending OSHC for after school care
3.00pm Year R-1 children to walk to roll call accompanied by teachers
Year 2-6 walk to roll call from classrooms.
Sign in Educator to locate children who have not arrived.
3.10pm Announcements of the day
3.15pm Yr R-2 children to wash their hands and offered afternoon tea
3.25pm Yr 3-6 children to wash their hands and offered afternoon tea
4.00pm Program experiences are offered in the hall
Program experience are set up in the wet area
Children choose experiences in the hall and the wet area. Children are offered choice of oval, playground hall or wet area
5.00pm Oval and playground area packed up and closed
5.15pm Hall packed up and closed
5.30pm Late snack offered
Quiet choice experiences are offered in the wet area
6.00pm Centre closes

 

Hours of Operation
Our service is open during the school term Monday to Friday:

Before School Care 6:30am – 8:45am
After School Care 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Vacation Care 6:30am – 6:00pm
Pupil Free Day 6:30am – 6:00pm

 

 

 

 

Fees

Before School Care $10 per child
After School Care $15 per child
Vacation Care
      Full Day $50 per child
      Excursion
$60 per child
Pupil Free Day $40 per child

 

 

 

 

Childcare Subsidy
You may be eligible to receive Child Care Subsidy. Further information can be obtained from Centrelink.

Enrolment and Bookings
All children must be enrolled in the service prior to attending. Our OSHC service uses an online booking system called Xplor Home. Xplor Home comes with many great features using a mobile phone app to give you the ability to:
Book your child into Before School Care, After School Care, Vacation Care etc
View your statements at any time
Sign your children in/out contactless using QR code scanning
Make a payment for your OSHC statement at any time

Cancellations
Cancellations must be notified as listed below:
After School Care – notify by 9am on the day.
Before School Care and Vacation Care/Pupil Free Day – notify by 3pm the previous day.

Please note, if you do not notify cancellations, you will be charged the session fee.

Collection of Children
Only those persons specified on the enrolment form are permitted to collect children from the Centre. In the case of other persons not on the enrolment form prearranged by the parents/careprovider to collect children, the service must be notified in advance by the parent/careprovider.

Behaviour Management
At Holy Family OSHC all children are expected to follow the Centre’s rules and guidelines. These are posted up on the Information Board in the Centre. In the event that rules are broken, reasonable consequences will follow. In the case of a disruptive child, the Director will discuss the issue with the parents or caregivers.
Please note: The Centre reserves the right to terminate enrolment if inappropriate behaviour continues after reasonable measures have been taken to involve the child positively.

Enquiries
Come in and see us at the service in our operational hours for all your enquiries. (6.30—8.30am & 2.00—6.00pm.) We are located at the front of the school in the multi-purpose hall.

If these times are inconvenient for you, you can leave your name and a contact phone number at the front office of the school and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

 

For all general enquiries
Phone: 8258 0293 or
Email: oshc24@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au