Wominjeka Everyone,

First of all, we would like to welcome our new staff members to our amazing OSHC team:

Mia – who joined us at the end of last year and has been working at the school as ESS

Carlos – who has been working at the school as ESS since the start of 2021

Ruby – who has recently moved from Sydney and she is studying a master in education

Laxmi – who is a parent of the BNWPS and is full qualified in child care services and used to be a teacher in Nepal

Please come and say hi to our new educators and introduce yourself if you have some spare time!

In saying that, we said goodbye to Mika -who has been appointed as a secondary school teacher, Zoe – who spent a couple of years with us and sadly to Thelma and Theresa – our wisest and oldest educators!

We wish them all the best for their future.

FROM THE PROGRAM:

We have been very busy this week with our cooking club making apples turns over, anime club, which has been very popular with the drawings and quiz, everblocks and the outdoor play!

Important Communication:

Xplor Home Account for both parents:

Just to clarify that both parents, on the same account, can have access to the app, with different emails.

We have noticed that there are few parents who have set up the app, but not their partners.

If your partner hasn’t set up their account, please send an email to Bernadetta with their email address and they will be guided how to set up their app.

Finance Account:

Only parent 1 can have access to the finance account on their app and make payments.

If you struggle to access to finance tab in your app, please contact Bernadetta.

Emergency Contacts:

Emergency contacts cannot sign in/out your children through the app. You will need to send a code to them via Hub Guests:

Go to Account tab

Click on Hub Guests

Click “ + ” on the top right on the screen

Click Next

Type their contact details, e.g. email, name and address

Click on Send Invite

Your contact person will receive an email with the code and they will use it for sign in/out.

For more information please click here:

https://support.ourxplor.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039413152-Home-Hub-Guests

Change in permanent bookings:

If you need to make any changes in your bookings, you will need to contact Bernadetta on oshc.brunswick.nw.ps@education.vic.gov.au with your request, as Xplor will not allow you to make any changes in your bookings.

Reminders:

To claim your CCS (Child Care Subsidy) you must:

1. Sign your Complying Written Agreement (CWA) on your XPLOR HOME app: go to accounts/finance

2. Confirm your enrolment with BNW OSHC through Centrelink or myGov.au

Please note if your child hasn’t attended for the last 12 months, Centrelink will automatically decease your enrolment.

Learning Feature on the Xplor Home app:

As you may have realized the Home app will allow us to share learning observation of your child through the app.

You will get a notification every time we publish a learning observation and you will be able to comment on the feed, you may even want to share some of your child’s interest or make a suggestions for us. For example, and activity that you think that your child would like to do at OSHC as an extension of their learning.

Lastly, you can also share some of your child’s experience at home with us using a photo or video, by Xplor Home app:

Go to ‘Learning’ tab, on the left bottom
Click on the double ‘cameras’ on the left top and choose photos or videos you would like to share
Write a comment or your experience in the Caption box and then click on ‘the send icon’ on the right top

How to enrol your second child to OSHC:

To enrol your second child you will need to click enrol on the following link using your same email for your Xplor account The system will automatically recognise your account and merge all your children together:

https://www.brunswicknwps.vic.edu.au/page/183/Register-for-OSHC

The Nor'Wester

Issue 7 · 12 Mar 2021

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