Director of Mary Bailey House and OOSH

Out of School Hours Care (OOSH)

Vacation care

Our six-week summer vacation care program has just come to an end, so we thought we’d share highlights of the fun that was had in the daily activities, incursions and excursions. These experiences provided the children with opportunities to imagine, wonder, discover, create and move. They promoted fun, laughter, joy and friendships.

Vacation care started with a visit from a Petting Zoo. Meeting and interacting with animals is one of the children’s favourite experiences. This farm gave the children the opportunity to pat and feed farm animals including Dora the pony.

As the children enjoy connecting with and learning about animals, we took them on an excursion to Featherdale Wildlife Park to see Australian animals. Each child was given a passport which was stamped when we visited each animal exhibit. They even watched a Tasmanian Devil feeding show.

Abracadabra! A magician visited to perform some amazing and incredible tricks that left the children stunned. The floating table was also a huge hit where Aaliya was the magician’s assistant and helped to make the wooden table float in the air. These illusions sparked a lot of discussion among the children, who eagerly shared their theories about how each trick worked and were inspired to try their own magic tricks.

Exergames Coach Sam led a sport session in which the children played a lot of fun games that had them moving, grooving and running around. The games were carefully put together to build the children’s teamwork, independence and confidence.

Term time care

With the commencement of school OOSH is now providing Before School Care and After School Care.

Before School Care (BSC)

Opening at 7:00am, BSC provides children with a smooth transition between home and school. At this time of the day OOSH is peaceful, our activities relaxed, and breakfast available. Educators greet and settle children into play and walk them to Prep or Warami to meet their classmates.

After School Care (ASC)

After School Care commences as soon as school ends. Primary school teachers walk children to the rotunda where OOSH educators collect them. ASC is a lively and busy program with opportunities for children to play, create, imagine and have fun indoors and outdoors with friends. Children who participate in co-curricular activities after school can attend ASC afterwards.

OOSH aims to be a place between home and school, where children can relax and play with friends with the support of responsive educators. To learn more about and book your child into OOSH, contact our Coordinator Frances Windon at: ooshmail@ssc.nsw.edu.au