31st July 2018

Welcome to Term 3!

We had a wonderful two weeks of vacation care. Highlights from the children were, having Kate from "Artful Place" visit us with her pottery wheel. The children were able to plan, design and create a clay animal, such as a clown-fish, dinosaur and snake. They were also able to use her pottery wheel to make a bowl.

The children's creations went with Kate to be fired in her kiln and have been returned to us to paint during OSHC. 

We were also lucky with the weather and were able to catch the train to Mitcham Cinema to see 'The Incredibles 2'!
Dwayne Nelson, original member of the Adelaide 36's came to visit us again and taught us some new basketball skills and we played a big game of 'Poison' with him. 

In our second week, we had an amazing disco where we freestyle danced and learnt new dance moves from YouTube tutorials. 

Thanks to all that came along to Vacation Care over these weeks, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. 

We have created a secret Facebook group (Parents and staff ONLY), invites have been sent to the email address parents provided when their child/ren were registered. If you have not received an invite and would like one, please speak to Dianne. 

It is also important that you let us know when your child will be absent from OSHC, as we search for children who are on our list and have not shown up. If you let us know in the morning that your child will be away there will be no charge, otherwise it will be marked as an absence and fees will be charged. 

We have also have a sizable pile of jumpers hanging up in our bag room if you are looking for a lost jumper. 

Hopefully in the next coming days we will have a new playground to play on and have some new adventures!

Tori and the OSHC Team 

Dates of Importance:  

Friday August 24th - Pupil Free Day

Wednesday 19th September - Sports Day

Friday 28th September - Last Day of Term (early dismissal, 2:15pm)

19th June 2018

Welcome!
Can you believe, it's almost time for Vacation Care again! The program is out (and listed below), Please book in ASAP, priority is given to regular OSHC users on days that book out. All bookings are final at the end of term, changes can only be made after this, if numbers permit.
Cancellations will be charged for. 

New Child Care Package
Have you updated your details on your MyGov account? Changes come into force from the 2nd of July - if you haven't updated your details you will receive no benefits. Please see staff for details.

Winter
Brr... it's cold outside in the afternoon, please make sure your child brings a jumper, children who don't have warm clothes may not be able to play outside!
Children have been enjoying making Hama bead creations, cubby building, watercolor pencils, waffle block construction, D & D, wooden shapes and dominoes.  

Dates of interest
Here is a reminder of the dates of interest for term 2...
Friday 6th July - Last day of term (OSHC available 2:15pm - 6:15pm)
Monday 9th July - Vacation care begins 

 WEEK ONE

Monday 9/7/18– Friday 13/7/18

Monday 9th July Home Day – It’s winter so that means … the games are back J We have a dual driver racing game, pinball and 3 arcade games. These are a winter holiday favourite. We will have them for the whole week. Please provide lots of snacks and lunch.

Tuesday 10th July Excursion day – YMCA gym at Marion leisure centre (10-2) We will leave OSHC at 10am and travel by bus to the Marion Leisure Centre to take part in a two part gym program. Part one is group games on the basketball court, part two in the gym room. We will be back at OSHC by 2pm. Please wear appropriate clothes and shoes for running, climbing, jumping and provide socks. Please provide lots of snacks, lunch and a drink bottle.

Wednesday 11th July Home Day – mmmm … Winter cooking It’s cold outside! We will make vegetable & pasta soup, pumpkin soup and savoury scones for lunch and vanilla slice for afternoon tea. We will have lots of discussions about food - likes/dislikes, how food grows, how to minimize food waste and how to support local producers. Lunch will be provided Please provide lots of snacks

Thursday 12th July  Excursion Day – ‘Music Box Circus’ circus performance and workshop (9-1) We will leave OSHC at 9am and travel by bus to ‘circobats’ in Edwardstown to watch a children’s circus performance (involving Aurelia Neave, a grade 7 from last year and Ginger and Laszlo’s sister) and then take part in a circus workshop. Please wear appropriate clothes for movement and the weather. We will be back at OSHC by 1pm. Please bring lots of snacks, lunch and a drink bottle.

Friday 13th July Home Day -  PJ day (all day) Wear your pj’s, bring a pillow, bring a mug for hot chocolate, bring a board game, snuggle in, build a fort/cubby, read a book, watch a movie, do some art/craft, play D&D/uno/Pictionary/Monopoly, games in the SAC or just chill out. If we are lucky and the sun is shining we will put up the hammocks (don’t count on it!) Please provide lots of snacks, lunch and a mug.

wEEK TWO

Monday 16/7/18– Friday 20/7/18

Monday 16th July Home Day – Ceramics (10-2) Kate from ‘artful place’ ceramics will be working with every child to make something individual (if possible she will bring her pottery wheel) out of clay. These will be taken away by Kate and fired in her kiln and returned to us at a later date to be painted. All children will get their artwork back to take home, we will take them to children who don’t come to OSHC during the term. Please provide lots of snacks and lunch.

Tuesday 17th July Home Day – Basketball clinic (10-12) Dwayne Nelson, an original member of the Adelaide 36’s, will involve the children in a clinic that teaches ball skills and team building. Please wear clothes and shoes that allow for – running, throwing, catching, dribbling (the ball!), jumping and having fun. Please provide lots of snacks and lunch.

Wednesday 18Th July Excursion day – ‘the Incredibles 2 or ‘hotel Transylvania’  movie at Wallis Cinemas Mitcham (9-2pm) We will travel by train to Mitcham and walk to the Wallis cinema in the Mitcham shopping centre to watch a movie. We will be back by 2pm. Please bring a rain coat or umbrella if it looks like rainy weather. We will provide a movie snack. Please provide snacks, lunch and a drink bottle.

Thursday 19Th July Home Day – Disco Day (10-3) There will be music, disco lights, glow sticks, singing, dancing J wear your disco dancing clothes and get ready to boogie J we will have two discos, am and pm. Lunch will be provided Please provide lots of snacks.

Friday 20th JULY Home Day – ‘TOONWORLD’ cartooning workshop (10-11.30) “Come on a journey filled with creativity and challenges where you will meet fun characters and we will design our own lands against Evil Rubbix and his rampaging stickmen army! There is no erasers because there is no mistakes, erasers are the enemy! We give kids the power to believe their pencils are the ‘swords of destiny’ and can defeat the enemy.” Please provide lots of snacks and lunch.

Please read your Vacation Care programs carefully, as there are some days that have clothing/footwear requirements. We have several excursions that require children to wear shoes that are appropriate for walking, wet weather clothing/umbrellas, and PJ's (For PJ day!). Please ensure that your children's clothing and footwear comply with the requirements of the day, as it makes it difficult for them to fully participate in activities if they do not.

On each day we ask that you provide lots of snacks, as well as lunch on most days. We ask this because the children are often extremely active at OSHC, and that combined with long days means that they are very hungry! Please check what food is required for each day your children attend, and ensure their lunchbox is full.



Tori and the OSHC team.

1st May 2018

Welcome to term 2!

We had a wonderful last few days of Vacation Care.
On Thursday, we learnt some circus skills. These skills included juggling, plate spinning and flower sticks. We had a great time working together to build our skills!

On Friday we made slime! We used Borax, shaving cream, food colouring, glue and water to make it. The slime was soft and squishy - we spent the rest of the day playing with it. Because the weather was so nice, we were also able to get out the hammocks and make cubbies in the playground. It was a great, relaxing way to spend the last day of Vacation Care.

We've had a great start to term 2. An activity that has been very popular at OSHC lately is making pet rocks. The children use rocks, googly eyes, and sharpies to create a unique pet rock with their own personality. Have a look at some of our creations...

Dates of interest
Here is a reminder of the dates of interest for term 2...
Friday 8th June - Pupil Free Day (OSHC available 7:30am - 6:15pm)
Friday 6th July - Last day of term (OSHC available 2:15pm - 6:15pm)

Enjoy the rest of week 1!
Maya and the OSHC team

24th April 2018

Welcome back!

We've had a great time at Vacation Care so far. As we come to the end of the holidays, we have been looking back on what we have gotten up to...

Week 1
On Monday, we had Warrawong Sanctuary come to Eden Hills with a selection of native animals. These animals included a barn owl, 2 sugar gliders, a lizard and some snakes! The children got to hear some interesting facts about these animals, as well as the habitat around our school and what animals live in it. They also got to have a hands-on experience with the animals, which everyone enjoyed! We are really glad that we could help support Warrawong in reopening it's sancuary in Mylor.

On Tuesday, we went roller skating at the Blackwood Rec Centre. This is one of our most popular excursions, and the children had a great time yet again! We had wonderful weather, which meant we got to play on the playground at Karinya Reserve before we returned to OSHC.

Wednesday was a very active day, as we had Stay Active come along to help us get moving! We had a 'Minute to Win it' session, which involved lots of competitions and games. This program also taught the children coordination, balance, strength and how to be a good sportsperson.

On Thursday, we went to the Beach House in Glenelg. We got to spend 2 hours playing on the carousel, dodgem cars, mini golf and all sorts of arcade games! We had more great weather, which meant we got to have lunch and a play on the beach afterwards.

Friday saw us using our green thumbs, as it was gardening day! We made hairy heads out of stockings, sand and lawn seed, and refilled and replanted our vegetable garden.

Week 2
We spent Monday at Belair National Park, playing on the Adventure Playground. We were so lucky to have even more great weather, which meant that the children could run and play to their heart's content. The staff also accompanied some groups of children on a nature walk around the area.

Mobile Science came to Eden Hills on Tuesday, to teach us all about forces! It was so fascinating to learn about the way forces affect us in our daily lives. After seeing some of this in action, we got to have a go at making catapults and rockets!

We're so excited about the last few days of Vacation Care - on Thursday we will have a circus skills workshop, and on Friday we will be making slime!

Happy holidays,
Maya and the OSHC team