2023 summer holiday and before and after school care bookings

Bookings for 2023 opened earlier this term, but can still be made online. To make a booking:

log onto or create a Smartcentral account here
from the drop down menu, select the service you require (choose from Before school, after school or vacation care)
check your information is up to date, especially medical or court order information and authorised collection contacts
Select the booking you require and click submit

Any bookings made after the last day of term (20/12/22) will be processed when Biz - E Kidz reopens on the 9/1/23 and are subject to availability.

Biz - E - Kidz relocation for summer holiday program and term 1

As communicated by the school recently, (see the Compass post dated 6/12/22) construction delays have meant that the new campus will not be operational at the start of the school year

The school has been working with the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) to put in place interim arrangements for the school and for the new kindergarten.

For Term 1, 2023 Molesworth Street Kindergarten will operate from our Errol Street Campus (subject to regulatory approval) and relocate to its permanent home on level five of the Molesworth Street Campus when works are completed, for the start of Term 2.

To support this, the school’s OSHC program (Biz – E – Kidz) will be temporarily relocated with all costs associated with the relocation to be borne by the VSBA.

At this point we plan to base our headquarters in the FLEX on the southside of the school with our prep program running from the library. In addition the these spaces, we intend to use the Com and the gym.

The interim kindergarten space will be adapted to suit the needs of the kindergarten children in line with national early childhood education and care regulatory requirements.

This will include access to an outdoor play area that is separate to the primary school playground. To support this, works to retrofit the kindergarten space will commence on site from December and will be complete by the end of January (subject to regulatory approval).

The kindergarten will be run Northern Schools Early Years Cluster. For enrolment enquiries email office@nseyc.org.au or phone 9306 1662. Please note: Biz – E – Kidz and the Kindergarten are separate organisations

We are currently working with the school and the regulatory authority to determine the best space for Biz – E – Kidz for the summer holiday program and term 1 of 2023 and will let families know before the end of the school year.

We are confident that we will be able to provide the same welcoming, fun and high-quality service regardless of our location, but welcome any feedback or suggestions and thank you for your patience during this time.

Contact the VSBA:

Email: vsba@education.vic.gov.au

Phone: 1800 896 950

Biz - E - Kidz New email address

Biz - E - Kidz is in the process of migrating all of our email addresses to the new email address oshc.north.melbourne.ps@education.vic.gov.au

Please send all email to the above address and save it to your contacts. Although currently still operational, the old email addresses will soon be retired.

Thank you and happy holidays

A really big thank you to all of the Biz - E - Kidz families and wider community for your support throughout 2022. It's been a really big year for us, planning for the new campus, and establishing our ‘new normal’ amidst the challenges that those things also bring. A special thank you to everyone for your understanding through our ongoing staff shortage.

We hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday period, we wish those who are leaving us all the best (remember, once a Biz - E - Kid, always a Biz - E - Kidz!) and look forward to seeing everyone else in 2023

Contact

Biz - E - Kidz

Errol Street North Melbourne Primary OSHC

210 Errol Street, North Melbourne. 3051

Ph (03)9329 5529

Mob 0400 838 448

Email bizekidz@northmelbourneps.vic.edu.au

From the Art Room

Farewell the Faces of Year 6