Upwey South Primary School
Their Care- Out of School Hours Care Program
Communicating with our team
Offering before-school, after-school, and holiday care for our community
Service Mobile Number: 0473 222 771
Email: upweysouth@theircare.com.au
Before and After School Care
Before-School Care and After-School Care is available each weekday, with the following hours of operation:
Before School Care: 7:00 am – 8:45 am
After School Care: 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
This term is very busy, there is so much to celebrate in the world around us.
The overarching goal and theme present in our planning will be community. We will have weeks celebrating Halloween/ Diwali, the Melbourne Cup/ Remembrance Day, Worldwide Recycling Week, and of course Christmas. The last 3 weeks have already been so much fun with the children choosing week 2 to be full of Pokemon fun, we made real-life Poke balls from paper plates, and some imagination along with cubed Pokemon such as Charizard and Bulbasaur.
Week 3 was all about nursery rhymes, music, and movement in honor of World Nursery Rhyme Week happening the 11th- 15th of November, during that week we will be participating in Recycling Week which we felt was a super important week to celebrate. We took inspiration from Jack and Jill and had a race for water which ended with a super fun little water fight for us to cool off with.
Book for next week's Halloween funky fresh activities.
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Friday the first of November 1/11/24 we will be running an all-day program starting at 7 am and finishing at 6:30 pm. The theme will be Halloween, the children can learn to make pannacotta along with having a little dance party to celebrate the spooky season. We will have tones of scary and not so scary games to play including night in the museum and find the black cat, while also creating freaky masks and painting Frankenstein. Plus, heaps of fun outside!
Week 4 - Halloween / Diwali
Week 5- Melbourne Cup / Animal week
Week 6 - Recycling / remembrance day
Week 7 - Fairy week + a very special national fairy bread day !!(22/11)
Week 8 - under the sea
Week 9 - Summer Party
Week 10 - children's choice / TBD
Week 11 - Christmas
The last school holidays were FANTASTIC we went to the circus, and the excitement to see the crazy silly dogs and the epic motorbike was at an all time high. Time zone was a blast we played almost too many games it was awesome. My personal favorite days were the in-house fun, the crafts these kids created blew me away especially the fashion show where the children worked in groups to create a recycled clothing line and tested it down the runway.
School term breaks (holiday) care is available each weekday (with the exception of public holidays), with the following hours of operation:
We’re busy planning the next Holiday Program adventure! Check back mid-term to see what we have planned.
Be the first to know when we launch our Holiday Programs!
HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS WILL OPEN VERY SOON
Enroll Foundations for next year now to be ready for all the fun come January 2nd.
Just a quick reminder that the service opens at 7 am. If you arrive early, you unfortunately will not be allowed in until 7 am. Sorry for any inconvenience :)
Our staffing structure for Semester Two is detailed below:
Permanent educators - Lily, Harry
Casual educators - Samara, Oriane, Kurtis
Holiday program coordinators- Lily, Harry & Chloe
Staffing arrangements often change due to the needs of the service and growing numbers, there will be some new faces, but we understand consistency is important in building connections and creating a strong sense of wellbeing for our children.
If you have a child in Foundation or wish to start attending our fantastic program in 2025 you can register at TheirCare now, booking is not available as of yet, but I will keep you updated. It is always best to book for OSCH as far in advance as possible, to ensure we have the proper staffing ratio needed for the safety of our service.
In order to run an effective and personalized program rely on community involvement. The easiest way for us to ensure we are catering to the needs of your children and family is through suggestions and feedback. Please don't hesitate to speak to me directly with any concerns or ideas for the service. We love hearing anything that can help us exceed.
In order to access the OSHC service, families must register prior to booking. During the registration process, you will be asked to provide details such as emergency contacts, medical requirements, dietary needs, etc.