Blog 24/02/2017
We have had a quiet week, with lots of children going to
play sports and some leaving early for Parent/Teacher interviews.
This week has been heavily focused on art and sports. Craft
has also been popular, with dream homes, hotels for snails and lots of
different objects being constructed out of recycled materials. Here is a water park that was designed with slides, swings and showers.
Our young people have also been putting together some
collages, displaying images that they liked or felt represented them. Some
people also made mashed images with different heads on different bodies. We even had a couple of girls construct a magazine!
We have also seen a bigger interest in painting lately, particularly
abstract images and shapes. Because we have a hot week next week, we will be
supplying a lot more art and craft activities to help keep everyone cool.
With the cooler weather on its way, football has started to reappear. Along with cricket being a constant, we have been playing lots of soccer, badminton and basketball. Gymnastics is being practised frequently. But not just on the blue mats, we are seeing it practised on the oval, in the play ground….inside the OSHC building. But it is great to see!
Roller skates and roller blades have been used a lot lately.
It is always a source of great pride when we see our older students lending a
hand to our receptions, helping them balance, strapping on the shoes and giving
advice. This supportive behaviour is seen during sports, arts and helping out
with afternoon tea. We are very impressed!
There seems to be many people reading at OSHC lately. Harry
Potter seems to be back in vogue, along with Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate
Events and Northwood. A bit about Northwood from Gemma:
“A girl called Cecilia, lives with her mum and dad in a six
story balloon house. She finds out that a man who was once kind, turned mean
owns a dog called Rocky, who he treats badly. When Cecilia steals the dog, the
man takes revenge”. – Gemma C.
Board and card games seem to be rising in popularity. Uno,
battleship, Super Fight and Fluxx are played the most. But we see other games
being played too. These games are a great way for the adults to get involved
and spend more time with the kids.
We will soon start planning the April Vacation Care program.
If you have any excursions, incursions or activities that you have liked in the
past, please let us know! Also if you know you will be away in the lead up to
the holidays please come see us early to arrange dates.
