Eden Hills OSHC: February 21st 2017

Firstly we would like to apologise for the delayed blogs this year! We have been without internet for sometime now.

Welcome back and welcome to new students and families for 2017!!!

We have kicked off this year and are back into the swing of things. We have some new students and families joining us, so this is a great chance to give you all some reminders.

Reminders

Lost property can be found next to computers. Clothes, containers, water bottles and personal items accumulate there. After a long period we move these to the schools lost property.

Tuesday is going to remain our electronic free day. We will also continue to be limiting time on devices in the evenings. Children get to watch a turn and play a turn. Turns last 20 minutes. This is so we can promote other options, such as sports, outdoor play, creative arts and crafts, role playing games and more.

Bookings are to be honoured or paid for. If children are absent due to illness or emergencies, we will make exceptions. But we expect a cancellation before 11am on the day of the booking to avoid an absent fee. This is so that families who are looking for bookings can find a place. As some nights are booked out, this is important to us so we can continue to provide care for families.

This year there are some changes to staffing. Maya has now graduated from uni and is a qualified teacher. She is starting a part time role at another school.

Brandon has heard the call of the mountains once again, the whispering of wind through the valleys. He will be going to spend three to seven months in Falls Creek. While working he will be able to mountain bike and snowboard.

Sarah will be completing her studies and will be gone most of May and June on placement but will be back for the remainder of the year.

Over the last couple of weeks we have been playing volleyball, cricket, football and tennis in the SAC. We have avoided being outdoors while the weather has been unbearable, both to avoid sunburn but also heat exhaustion for a little ones.

This has meant that we have spent more time indoors. We’ve been watching more movies, playing more video games, building cubby houses, reading books and playing board games. Battleships has been the favourite this week. We love board games as they can help to build on skills the students are learning in class. Battleships can build on coordinate and grid understanding; monopoly can develop addition and subtraction and so on.

We have now introduced a written poster for wii and computer games. These rules have always been in place but are now being supported with visual aids.