OSHClub News

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder to make sure you are walking your children to the OSHClub room in the mornings for Before School Care and not letting them walk alone. This is to ensure duty of care is met. Also, we anticipate our COVID risk assessment will be revised in the near future and that that parents/guardians will once again be required to come to the room to sign children in and out using the iPad.

Booking for April Vacation Care are now open. We're really excited to have two great excursions booked these holidays: Healesville Sanctuary and Latitude (trampolining and rock climbing). The flyer, which outlines our excursions, incursions and theme days, can be found at https://www.oshclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OSHC-Mount-Pleasant-Road-Primary-School-VIC-R3-Inner-East-Autumn-2021.pdf

Making & Doing at OSHClub

Children used their inventiveness and creativity last week to create a game of air hockey from loose parts and recycled materials. The game was adapted over several days to make it more challenging. Children redesigned the goals, made improvements on the pushers and puck, and negotiated different sets of rules.

Another child-initiated scavenger hunt took place last week. This one was planned in advance by one of the children who designed her own alphabet using symbols that others were then challenged to decode. Scavenger hunts are really popular at OSHClub at the moment, although this may have something to do with the prize at the end!

We really loved designing our own hopscotch last week. It was a great opportunity to practise writing and counting out numbers, especially for the younger children, and to use our fundamental movement skills to hop, jump and throw.

Last week children planned and designed an outdoor cafe/milk bar from cardboard boxes. They took inspiration from the materials we had at our disposal and worked together to construct and create a shopfront. We had a lot of fun serving toast and selling lollies during the Pupil Free Day!

Of all the crazy things to be hatching, we are hatching a sloth egg at OSHClub. This inspired some of us to make an enclosure for the sloth, complete with a nest, a feeding area and a climbing frame. We worked cooperatively, sharing our ideas, negotiating, planning and making together.

During the Pupil Free Day, children voted to make slime. This turned out to be really successful - stretchy, pliable and not sticky. To get there we really had to experiment with the ratio of activator to PVA and be persistent when mixing our formula into a pliable consistency. We also experimented with adding more PVA, conditioner and shaving foam. It was a lot of fun!

Parent Information

Enrolling Your Child

For new enrolments, please go to www.oshclub.com.au. There you will find the 'Register Your Child' tab under the 'Families' tab. This will take you to the iParent Portal account sign up page. Once signed up, search for Mount Pleasant Road OSHClub under the 'Find a Place' tab and follow the instructions. Once your enrolment is complete it will be forwarded to the service for review.

Drop off and Pick Up Procedure

As our numbers are beginning to increase, we are now asking parents/guardians to drop off and collect children from outside the OSHClub room. This is to ensure that we can maintain adequate supervision and engagement with children at all times.

Please continue to call the program phone from the front gate on 0427 144 945 when you arrive to drop off or collect your child/children.

Please do not enter the OSHClub room and please also ensure you are wearing a mask when entering the school grounds.

As part of our COVID-19 risk management plan, an OSHClub staff member will continue to sign children in and out on the iPad.

Cancellation of Bookings

IMPORTANT: If your child is booked in for an after school care session and that booking is no longer required, please cancel the booking on the iParent Portal. If you are cancelling on the day, please contact us on the program phone before 3:15pm.

We are responsible for all children booked into our care. If a child does not arrive to after school care when booked in to attend, we will need to confirm the whereabouts of the child by contacting parents/guardians and emergency contacts. If we cannot successfully do this, it then becomes a missing child incident and will need to be referred to police.

As you can imagine, this can be very stressful!

Thanks for your cooperation by notifying us of any after school care absences moving forward.

Sun Smart Policy

All children must wear a sun smart hat during Term 4 when playing outdoors. Please make sure your child has a spare hat packed for when they attend. Spare hats can also be stored at OSHClub.

Children will be asked to apply sunscreen before going outdoors if the UV rating is above 3. We use Coles brand sunscreen at the service. If your child requires a specific brand of sunscreen, please make sure they have this packed in their bag for OSHClub.

Bookings

Online bookings for each session close 24 hours in advance.

If online bookings have closed and you would like to make or cancel a booking, please SMS the program phone on 0427 144 945.

Contact

OSHClub Program Phone: 0427 144 945

Program Coordinator: Jane Evans

Permanent Educator: Haylie Farrall

OSHClub Head Office: 1300 395 735