Inside Ivanhoe

Wominjeka to OSHC 

Coordinator: Alexis Simmonds and Assistant Coordinator: Sarah Emerson

Week 5 & 6 - 18th - 29th Aug   2025

We acknowledge the first peoples of the Kulin Nation, their Dreaming of the past, present and future. We pay our respect for their land by looking after the land we learn and play on.

Tea Tuesday - Sivan and Felix
Cat in a Hat skewers
Making bracelets
Painted elephants
Willy Wonka's 5 golden tickets hunt
Elmer the Elephant
Brekkie time at Before Care
Printing
Games in the hall on a rainy cold afternoon
Tea Tuesday - Sivan and Felix
Cat in a Hat skewers
Making bracelets
Painted elephants
Willy Wonka's 5 golden tickets hunt
Elmer the Elephant
Brekkie time at Before Care
Printing
Games in the hall on a rainy cold afternoon

BOOKWEEK AT OSHC 

 

We’re always up for a themed week at OSHC so linking to Book week was perfect. Food is always our favourite place to start for a theme. Our menu for the week used 5 picture story books as inspiration: The Runaway Pancake, Tony Baroni Loves Macaroni, Tony and the Pizza Champions, The Bread Pet and Let’s Pop, Pop Popcorn. Recipes used in our cooking activities asked students to skewer strawberries and bananas to make Cat in a Hat fruit kebobs and Bruce Bogtrotters chocolate cake (from Roald Dahl’s Matilda) was turned into mini take home muffins. 

 

Willy Wonka made a secret visit to the program and hid 5 golden tickets for children to find which created a hive of excitement. The hunt challenged children’s persistence and determination as no clues were provided. In the end only 4 were found. This then led to a student created Where’s Wally hunt as a follow up activity. 

 

“What inspired me was seeing the happiness and determination between the students during the Golden ticket scavenger hunt” Maya M, one of the Where’s Wally hunt instigators. 

 

Student’s made paper collage bookmarks, using scrap bits of paper to create their designs. These were then laminated for longevity. Using sponges, paint and an elephant outline, students were free to use their creativity to make their own Elmer the Elephant. Like the bookmarks, each one was different in design and no two alike but each one fabulous in their own way. 

 

Tea Tuesday 

By Felix & Sivan

Tea Tuesday is a fun activity where we make our own tea. We enjoy it because in the end we get a fun lesson as well as a tasty treat. We do have some conditions:

  1. The tea type has to be decided on the Monday before.
  2. The tea has to be voted by the tea team (students who want tea)
  3. No one can be left out.
  4. Caffeine free teas only  

 

Ivanhoe Primary OSHC (Out of School Hours Care)

For bookings, enrolments or inquires phone: 9499-5226

Or email us at iposhc@ivanhoeps.vic.edu.au

 

Find us at the corners of Tate & Ailsa Grove, Ivanhoe 3079.                                                           

It’s the building called ‘The Playhouse.