OSHC News

What’s been happening?

For a couple of weeks at Before and After Care, we worked on a project which we named ‘Tiny Town’. We started by brainstorming what buildings and services a city would need to serve its residents and thought about the optimal layout of a town. The kids had lots of thoughtful suggestions, including having a hospital and supermarket in the middle for easy access, and having a playground nearby to a primary school. Using recycled materials like cardboard boxes, tubes and plastic trays, we then turned all these great ideas into real miniature towns. In the end, two Tiny Towns were made; one regular, and one “Suss Town™” with Among Us characters overtaking the city! Mossy, Haziq, Theo C-L and Tommy T-S made excellent contributions to the project.

Another activity highlight has been making paper spinners. We ended up renaming them ‘hypnotisers’, as staring into the spinning colours almost put us into a trance. We tested them out by asking a partner to stare into the spinning colours; when the spinning stopped, they would turn into a… ‘frog!’, ‘chicken!’, ‘slime monster!’ and so on. Arthur C enjoyed the activity so much that he made about 6 of them!

Being stuck inside during wet weather days can be a challenge, but with our creative OSHC staff and resourceful kids, we’re confident that the fun will continue all through winter!

Before Care Opening Hours

We’re pleased to confirm that from Term 3 onwards, Before Care will open at 7am! We hope this makes a positive difference to all the early risers in the Newlands community.

Pupil Free Day Program

The next Pupil Free Day will take place on Monday the 31st of July. We’ll be open and running another fun themed day from 7am to 6pm! Stay tuned for more details at the start of Term 3.