OSHClub News

Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to a busy term with bookings already beginning to increase. If you would like to enrol your child to attend Mount Pleasant Road OSHClub, please see the enrolment information below.

Making & Doing at OSHClub

During the recent school holidays we ran our Vacation Care program. Each day we explored a different theme through arts & crafts, games, problem solving activities, science experiments and drama.

We got up close with an array of reptiles during our incursion with Reptile Encounters and learned some fascinating facts about their survival strategies, habitat, growth and lifespan.

Our Build Something Big Day was a great opportunity to learn about gravity, water flow and buoyancy as children constructed their own water and ping pong ball runs using cardboard tubing and boxes.

Our camping theme day inspired plenty of drama and pretend play as we told ghost stories around the camp fire, 'roasted' marshmallows, climbed mountains and made mud pies and muddy concoctions to feed our native animals.

Children used their our innate creativity and artistic abilities to decorate their own kites. These flew surprisingly well too!

We got soaked on Water Games Day with hat dunking followed by a game of water balloon dodge ball.

One of the decoding challenges on Crack the Code day. Children had to use their problem solving skills, literacy skills and knowledge of the school environment to collect clues as they raced towards the finish line.

We made an ocean in a jar as part of our Explore the Ocean Floor theme day.

Fizzy hands experiment - exploring chemical reactions using baking soda and vinegar during our science day.

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

When collecting or dropping off your child, please wait at the front gate and call the program phone on 0427 144 945. Either myself or Haylie will come out and meet you there.

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