OSHC News
Our Fortnight in Review
Some happy snaps of our fortnight!
OSHC Garden
Have you taken the time to see our garden lately? Towards the end of last term our students planted many of the Woolworths Discovery Garden seeds and we are now seeing so much growth! The Bower spinach and the New Zealand spinach have well and truly started to grow and the students will be harvesting this soon and using it in Cooking Club.
A big thank you to many of our Educators who donated their time and came in over the holidays to oil our garden fence, water the plants and ensure our worm farm is functioning well.
Our New Garden Photographer
Meet out new garden photographer, Alannah E (2D)! Alannah is involved in our OSHC Garden Club and has been taking some amazing photos of all the plants growing in our garden (see above). Alannah’s photos will feature in all our newsletters for the rest of this term so keep a close eye out!
OSHC Worm Farm
Did you know we have a worm farm at OSHC? Our students and educators have been researching worm farming for almost a year and now our worm farm is finally up and running! Worm farming allows us to recycle many of our food scraps and significantly reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfill. It also provides so many opportunities to educate our students about our natural world as well as providing students with an opportunity to develop a sense of responsibility for their actions and the world we live in.
A big thank you to the many parents who have been dropping worms off to help us populate our worm farm!
Term 4 Sports Program at OSHC
This term we are running four sport programs (Hip Hop, Tennis, Soccer and Basketball) through OSHC.
HIP HOP
Trivical Dance School will be running the Hip Hop dance program on Monday afternoons (with and Educator in attendance) commencing week beginning 21 October. On top of the usual after school care session fee, the cost of the 6 week program is $60. This $60 payment needs to be made directly to Trivical by Friday 18 October.
Account Name: Trivical
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Account Number: 1046 6983
Reference: BNPS (child surname)
TENNIS, SOCCER & BASKETBALL
Sports Star Academy (SSA) will be running Tennis on Monday afternoons, Soccer on Tuesday afternoons and Basketball on Wednesday afternoons commencing week beginning 21 October. On top of the usual after school care session fee, the cost of the 9 week Tennis program is $135, the cost of the 8 week Soccer program is $120 and the cost of the 9 week Basketball program is $135.
For bookings and to make payment please click on the links below.
Once you have made payment we also request that you send an email to oshc@beaumarisnorthps.vic.edu.au so that we can keep on top of numbers and ensure your child attends the program.
Digital Sign In and Out
We have been very pleased with the positive feedback we have received to date in relation to our new online sign in/out procedures.
Our most frequently asked question is:
“Do I need to give my partner/neighbour/friend my login details when they come to collect my children from OSHC?”.
The answer is NO. Each person who is authorised on your Enrolment Form to collect your child from OSHC, will enter their own mobile phone number and set up their own pin number in order to sign your child out. As this is a legal online document, we ask that you do not share your login details with anyone. If at any time you wish to alter your collection authorisations, please come and speak with a member of our Leadership Team (Kelly, Amanda or Tamara).
Items for Recycling & Craft
Friendly reminder that we are currently collecting the following items for recycling or craft:
- Bottle tops
- Bread tags
- Boxes of all sizes
Quote of the Fortnight
“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey
Feedback
As always, we welcome feedback about any aspect of the program. Please feel free to come in and have a chat with Kelly, Tamara or Amanda, send us an email or leave a note in the Feedback box on the sign-in table.
We welcome your input!
Kelly Szabo
OSHC Co-ordinator
