Outside School Hours Care

Reconciliation Week

The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change” is a challenge to all Australians — individuals, families, communities, organisations and government — to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.

OSHC will focus and reflect on two goals as part of the service Quality Improvement Plan.

Ensure Anti-Bias goals and practices in our curriculum and examine Educator “Unconscious Biases”.
Acknowledge unfair and unjust issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples either in our community or broader community and share this information with OSHC students.

As in all other areas of the curriculum, OSHC educators will tailor and scaffold anti-bias education materials and activities to each child’s cognitive, social, and emotional developmental capacities. Educators will plan and choose learning experiences that stimulate children to explore the next step of new ideas and skills and allow each child to apply new understandings and behaviours in his or her daily life.

Accounts

Accounts are now out and they cover the last fortnight of term 2. Any usage before that is now overdue. Please note that if term 1 fees are not finalised then regretfully care will be cancelled.

Should you have any queries then please email stfinbarsaftercare@gmail.com.. Families are highly encouraged to check the transaction page to ensure that CCS has applied.

Accounts are emailed directly to a dedicated family email. If an email is not available then accounts are distributed via the office which are then handed to children by their class room teacher. If you do not receive your account please email the service.. Cash is NOT to be left at the school office. Cheques are accepted however the most preferred way is via a direct transfer to the St Finbar’s OSHC bank account

(St Finbar’s Outside School Hours Care BSB: 083 347A/c: 55055 9263. Please include your surname and child’s name in the Ref area).

Thank you in advance

Balancing: 30 June income deadline

At the end of each financial year, Services Australia reconciles family payments, including CCS. This is to ensure families receive the correct amount of assistance for the year.

Families need to confirm their income after the end of the financial year for this to occur. This process is called balancing.

Families must confirm their income for the 2020-21 and 2019-20 financial years by 30 June this year to avoid losing CCS or incurring a debt.

How to confirm income

Families confirm their income by:

lodging their tax return, or
telling Services Australia they don’t need to lodge a tax return. Families can complete an Advise non-lodgement of tax return using their Centrelink online account through myGov or through the Express Plus Centrelink mobile app. Families will need to do this even if they’ve already told the Australian Taxation Office they don’t need to lodge.