Outside School Hours Care
Welcome to the OSHC service at Holy Family Catholic School.
We believe children’s well-being and development is supported best when they feel safe and secure.
“It is only when children feel safe that they will take risks to explore their physical environment. Children need to feel emotionally secure and valued.”
We will endeavour to:
- provide a physical environment that is safe and encourages investigation and to have fun.
- provide a happy, engaging atmosphere for the children to feel belong.
- promoting a sense of well-being and independence.
- interact with children in a warm and friendly manner.
- be consistent and fair in our expectations of children’s behaviour and guide children in a positive way.
- ensure consistent and fair consequences to inappropriate behaviour.
- provide and display a predictable, but flexible routine/program.
- continue our own professional growth and development to ensure high quality care.
We believe children’s social and emotional development is critical to their future learning and wellbeing.
We will endeavour to:
- help children learn and explore with appropriate interaction skills.
- help children learn to balance their own rights, needs and feelings with those of others.
- celebrate children’s achievements and individually.
- Model positive behaviour, respect and manners as staff members.
Daily Routine
MORNING
| 6.30am | • Centre opens • Programmed learning experiences |
| 7.30am | • Breakfast opens |
| 8.00am | • Breakfast closes |
| 8.15am | • Pack up learning experiences |
| 8.30am | • Roll call • Yr 2-6 children sent off to classrooms and to the yard supervised by school staff. • Yr R-1 children stay in the OSHC room with Educators. |
| 8.45am | • Yr R-1 children are walked to their classrooms and supervised with hand over to the teacher |
| 9.00am | • Centre closes |
AFTERNOON
| 2.00pm | • Centre opens • Afternoon Tea prepared • Set up hall with tables and program • Wet area set with 3 tables for afternoon tea • Educator to send out list of children attending OSHC for after school care |
| 3.00pm | • Year R-1 children to walk to roll call accompanied by teachers • Year 2-6 walk to roll call from classrooms. • Sign in Educator to locate children who have not arrived. |
| 3.10pm | • Announcements of the day |
| 3.15pm | • Yr R-2 children to wash their hands and offered afternoon tea |
| 3.25pm | • Yr 3-6 children to wash their hands and offered afternoon tea |
| 4.00pm | • Program experiences are offered in the hall • Program experience are set up in the wet area • Children choose experiences in the hall and the wet area. Children are offered choice of oval, playground hall or wet area |
| 5.00pm | • Oval and playground area packed up and closed |
| 5.15pm | • Hall packed up and closed |
| 5.30pm | • Late snack offered • Quiet choice experiences are offered in the wet area |
| 6.00pm | • Centre closes |
Hours of Operation
Our service is open during the school term Monday to Friday:
| Before School Care | 6:30am – 8:45am |
| After School Care | 3:00pm – 6:00pm |
| Vacation Care | 6:30am – 6:00pm |
| Pupil Free Day | 6:30am – 6:00pm |
Fees
Childcare Subsidy
You may be eligible to receive Child Care Subsidy. Further information can be obtained from Centrelink.
Enrolment and Bookings
All children must be enrolled in the service prior to attending. Our OSHC service uses an online booking system called Xplor Home. Xplor Home comes with many great features using a mobile phone app to give you the ability to:
• Book your child into Before School Care, After School Care, Vacation Care etc
• View your statements at any time
• Sign your children in/out contactless using QR code scanning
• Make a payment for your OSHC statement at any time
Cancellations
Cancellations must be notified as listed below otherwise the session fee will be charged:
After School Care – notify by 9am on the day.
Before School Care and Vacation Care/Pupil Free Day – notify by 3pm the previous day.
Collection of Children
Only those persons specified on the enrolment are permitted to collect children from the Centre. In the case of other persons not on the enrolment prearranged by the parents/careprovider to collect children, the service must be notified in advance by the parent/careprovider.
Behaviour Management
At Holy Family OSHC all children are expected to follow the Centre’s rules and guidelines. These are posted up on the Information Board in the Centre. In the event that rules are broken, reasonable consequences will follow. In the case of a disruptive child, the Director will discuss the issue with the parents or caregivers.
Please note: The Centre reserves the right to terminate enrolment if inappropriate behaviour continues after reasonable measures have been taken to involve the child positively.
Enquiries
Come in and see us at the service in our operational hours for all your enquiries. (6.30—8.30am & 2.00—6.00pm.) We are located at the front of the school in the multi-purpose hall.
If these times are inconvenient for you, you can leave your name and a contact phone number at the front office of the school and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
For all general enquiries
Phone: 8258 0293 or
Email: oshc24@holyfamily.catholic.edu.au
OSHC FORMS
OSHC POLICIES
- Administration of Medication Policy v2
- Authorisations Policy v2
- Child Protection Policy v2
- Child Safe Environments Policy v2
- Delivery and Collection of Children Policy v2
- Educational Program and Practice Policy v2
- Emergency and Evacuation Policy v2
- Enrolment and Orientation Policy v2
- Excursions Policy v2
- Fees and Charges Policy v2
- First Aid Policy v2
- Grievances and Complaints Policy v2
- Infectious Disease and Infestations Policy v2
- Interactions With Children Policy v2
- Leadership Staffing and Service Management Policy v2
- Medical Conditions v2
- Nutrition Food Beverage and Dietary Requirements Policy v2
- Privacy and Confidentiality Policy v2
- Rest and Sleep Policy v2
- Risk Assessment Policy v2
- Service Philosophy v2
- SunSmart Policy v2
- Supervision Policy v2
- Sustainability Policy v2
- Water Safety Policy v2