Busy Bee's OSHC in Long Jetty, New South Wales, Australia | Childcare service

Busy Bee's OSHC

Locality: Long Jetty, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 488 345 417

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25.01.2022 At Busy Bee’s Wyong we are learning about swim safety this week. So far our children have loved our discussions about this topic at group time. These are some of our fun play areas we have set up this week. Our children even had a go at CPR on our dummies. Great job guys!

24.01.2022 First Day of Vacation Care Tomorrow Niagara Park Stadium! Who is excited, be ready for a day full of fun physical activity!! See some of our photos from our last visit Reminders ... -All children need a blue Busy Bee TShirt -All children must have enclosed shoes -Everyone must have a refillable drink bottle - a sausage sizzle lunch is provided but you still need morning and afternoon tea. - busses will be departing at 8.30am please arrive on time See more

24.01.2022 CARE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER FOR MACKILLOP STUDENTS Dear Families, It has been brought to our attention that Mackillop Catholic College is now finishing a day earlier on Tuesday 15th December, 2020.... We had contacted the school prior to planning our vacation care and we were advised that the last day for students would be Wednesday 16th December, however this doesn’t seem to be the case anymore and the school has not advised us of the change to the finishing date for students. Therefore, our vacation care program had only been planned for Thursday and Friday care. We will be opening on Wednesday the 16th December for Mackillop students. This will be a centre day and we will be planning some fun activities to keep the children entertained for the day. Water activities will be included so please pack the required items for the day. If you would like to book this day please use the same booking form, just cross out where it says school day and sign on that day as you normally would to book your child into care. We apologise for any confusion; it is very frustrating for us when the school does not communicate these changes with us, but we will definitely be open. Hope to see you all in the holidays! Kind Regards, Busy Bees OSHC

24.01.2022 Last week at Shelly Beach Busy Bees we learnt all about fire safety. Our students were very interested in ways they can keep themselves and their homes safe coming into summer. As an experiment we demonstrated how fire needs oxygen and fuel to continue to burn, along with the power of water to put out a fire. We demonstrated this with birthday candles, showing the students what happens when oxygen is taken away, when water is poured on and when the candle has very little wax (or fuel). The students were amazed how the flame went out when a jar was placed over the flame to take away the oxygen. We love teaching our Busy Bees knowledge and skills they can use in their day to day lives.

23.01.2022 Busy Bee’s OSHC is Hiring! We are seeking positive, energetic and fun casual educators available to start immediately and to work between our Shelly Beach, Wyong and Warnervale centres. Applicant Requirements: ... Be able to work shifts Monday-Friday between 6.30am-9.00am and 2.30pm-6.30pm and Vacation care 7.00am-6.00pm Must be available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons Must be over 18 Drivers licence (Full License Preferred) Have a current Paid Working with Children Check or willing to obtain First aid certificate with Asthma/ Anaphylaxis training or willingness to obtain Previous experience preferred but not required Must be motivated with a bright, friendly personality and enjoy working with children. Must have the ability to work unsupervised as a part of our fantastic team. The role involves Carrying out daily activities Supervising children during outdoor and indoor activities Assisting other Educators in contributing to programs that are both fun and educational Setting up activities and cleaning duties Offer and maintain safe and secure environment Communicating with carers and families Complete Daily Reflections, Observations and Documentation Maintaining a fun, positive atmosphere Applications including resumes can be sent to [email protected]

22.01.2022 W A R N E R V A L E Fire Safety Week We loved all of the questions and rich discussions that came up through all of our Fire Safety Activities this week! Some of our activities included- ... - Put out the chalk fires - Build your own fire truck - Creating a Centre fire danger dial - Shaving cream fire sensory play & Fire dog sock puppets We hope our Warnervale Busy Bees each took something away from this week! Learning life skills through play is where it’s at!

20.01.2022 Reminder that vacation care booking forms for December are due in today!

20.01.2022 W A R N E R V A L E Today we had our own Busy Bee Extravaganza Bonanza Cup Race (with some of the most hilarious horses we could find on google) followed by a delightful High Tea with cookie decorating to celebrate the race that stops the nation! We love celebrating special events with our Busy Bee’s

20.01.2022 Wow what an amazing afternoon. Today we were very lucky to have Berkeley Vale Rural Fire Brigade come to visit our Busy Bees. We learnt fire safety, had a truck tour, seen what the fire fighters have to wear and we all had a turn using the fire hose. Coming into summer and warmer weather means we need to be alert and educated on what to do and what not to do when confronted with a fire. Our students all learnt about making a fire escape plan with their families Incase of an emergency. Do you have a fire escape plan at home? Big thank you again to Berkeley Vale Rural Fire Brigade for coming out to our Busy Bees today.

18.01.2022 After our fire safety week last week at Shelly Beach Busy Bees, we have been lucky enough to organise Berkeley Vale Rural Fire Brigade to come pay a visit on Thursday 22nd October at After School Care. We can’t wait to meet their crew and for the students to learn as much fire safety as possible. If you have not booked in for Thursday after school care, make sure to do so before we are fully booked. We hope everyone is having a great week.

17.01.2022 Reminder to everyone, our early bird bookings are due in tomorrow. We currently still have vacancies available, but make sure you book in early so you dont miss out. Our forms are available on our one drive link pinned to the top of our Facebook page.

17.01.2022 Busy Bees Warnervale/ Wyong vacation care We have a large number of drink bottles, hats and jumpers that have been left behind from our September vacation care that are still yet to be collected. Please check lost property for these items as they will be donated by the end of next week if not collected. ... We also have a growing number or MacKillop hats named and unnamed please check the box each time you come to the centre to see if any belong to you.

16.01.2022 Don’t forget Early Bird booking forms for vacation care are due in today!!

16.01.2022 Day 2 Vacation Care: Wow what a beautiful day. Our Shelly Beach Busy Bees walked to Salt Water Creek Park where we meet with our Warnervale and Wyong Busy Bees. We were blessed with lovely weather and great company. Our kiddos loved getting outdoors and playing on the equipment, along with joining in group games ran by the staff. Our Busy Bees also bought along their bikes and scooters to use the bike track, showing off their tricks and talents. We finished the excursion with an adventure walk along the footpath to see the fish and wildlife. The children got to see a school of bull mullet swimming along and feeding which they were all very amazed at. It feels great to be back outdoors together again.

15.01.2022 At our Shelly Beach Centre, we are constantly trying to incorporate thinking outside of the box. With summer approaching, we love getting the ice blocks out. Such a simple but amazing activity for all our students. We freeze golden coins in water along with paddle pop sticks. The students are then allowed to use natural materials from outside to safely access the coins. Here, our students are working together using different techniques to reach the golden coin. Together they used sticks, the warm concrete, moving the paddle pop sticks and using the warmth of their hands to melt the ice around the coin. The children all took turns and collaborated ideas to get to the coin. We look forward to creating more activities like this for the students!

15.01.2022 With Vacation Care commencing on Monday please be reminded to pack healthy lunch box options for your children. Please no Bags of lollies, blocks of chocolate or soft drink. While a little treat here and there is ok after all it is school holidays! Please make sure your children have enough food packed to sustain them throughout the day. we have found in previous vacation cares once it hits 2-3pm children are starving with no food left in their lunchboxes. We get up to so mu...ch through the day and we are open much longer than a normal school day please pack a little bit extra than you normally would Below is attached the healthy lunchbox website which has lots of great options if you are stuck for ideas *Please no nuts as we do have a number of children that are anaphylactic* https://healthylunchbox.com.au/

15.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last day of school! If you haven’t already booked for vacation care now is your time to do so, before we 100% finalise our numbers. limited places available call Shelly on 0488345417 or Warnervale on 0488345414

14.01.2022 With Halloween this Saturday, we thought we would make a week worth of fun at our Shelly Beach Center. With the help of some of our busy bees we have started to decorate the hall with some fun and spooky items. The students have been enjoying seeing the new features added to our area each day along with all the fun activities such a pumpkin paper mache piñatas, sensory boxes, Halloween scavenger hunts and plenty more. We understand during these Covid times our busy bees may be missing out on their usual Halloween celebrations so we will continue to do our best to create the fun at our centers for them.

14.01.2022 We had an awesome day out at Toowoon Bay today. The weather was just beautiful! We first headed down to the beach for some exciting beach games including volley ball, footy and soccer. We had fun on our obstacle course and burying each other in the sand. Small groups at a time headed to the waters edge to splash their feet and build sandcastles. We were very lucky to see the new park at Toowoon open today, we were the first group to get a chance to play on it !! ... We hope everyone has a restful long weekend we will be back to do it all again on Tuesday with Gymnastics

14.01.2022 Day 4 Vacation Care: KIDCHELLA What an incredible day. Kidchella at our Warnervale Centre was a day to remember. Together all our busy bee centres combine to celebrate a festive day organised by our amazing staff. The day was filled with plenty of activities ranging from tie dye socks, face painting, glitter, temporary tattoos, hair spray, djs, karaoke, song writing, limbo, teepee sensory station, dancing and overall fun. Our busy bee children were able to float between each station and embrace everything there was to offer. There was plenty of smiles, laughs and memories being made at The Busy Bee Kidchella. A BIG thank you to the hard working staff that spent their time setting up and creating such a magical day. Here are just a few snippets of the best 2020 festival let us know in the comments which station is your favourite

14.01.2022 Day 3 Vacation Care: Time flies when you’re having fun. We are already half way through our first week. Today Archery Attack set up a fun and exciting activity at our Warnervale Busy Bees Centre. The children were able to use their equipment to play along side all our Busy Bee centres. Thankfully the rain held off to allow the children to play outside for as long as possible. Tomorrow we are very excited for our Kidchella festival

13.01.2022 What a cute way to start off the week at our Wyong centre. Another furry friend coming in to say hello to our Busy Bee’s this afternoon. This is Abbey! Isn’t she the cutest! Our Busy Bee’s at Wyong certainly think so!

11.01.2022 Our mud kitchen at Shelly Beach has had a work out since the weather has started to warm up. We have come to find out we have many chefs that specialise in mud pies at Shelly Beach. We love this space outside amongst the trees, gardens and birds. Also don’t forget to look at our amazing vacation care program and book a spot

11.01.2022 Day 1 Vacation Care: On Monday we had an amazing start to our Vacation Care with all our beautiful Busy Bees. We attended Niagara Park Stadium were we engaged in wheel chair basketball, soccer, hockey, basketball, trampolines and an inflatable maze. Our Busy Bees showed us their skills across all the areas and finished the day with a sausage sizzle. We couldn’t have asked for a better time. Also a BIG thank you to Niagara Park Stadium staff for putting on the fun activities and lunch.

11.01.2022 Hey everyone, we are wanting to measure up our Warnervale centre to increase numbers do we have any one on here that is a licensed builder or drafts person? Please get in contact with us on here. Thank you

10.01.2022 Salt Water Creek Park Be ready for a fun day riding our scooters and skateboards and playing in the park. Reminders - children are welcome to bring their bike scooter or skateboard to care today to ride at the park everyone must have a helmet or they will not be able to ride ... -Shelly children will be walking to the park so they must be able to walk themselves and their bike/scooter/skateboard themselves, educators will not be able to carry it for them. - scooters and skateboards only for warnervale NO BIKES -all children must have a blue Busy Bees T shirt and enclosed shoes and a hat - everyone must have a refillable drink bottle, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea Please arrive to the centre by 8.30am for departure

10.01.2022 Its time to check your emails, Our Vacation Care Program is out! See Below our Program for January 2021. booking forms for the below dates are due back at the centre by Friday the 11th of December 2020

09.01.2022 Archery Attack Today! Shelly Beach - Busses Leave at 8.30am - All children must wear a blue Busy Bees T Shirt... - Drink Bottle, Lunch and Morning/ Afternoon Tea, Hat and Enclosed Shoes Required Warnervale - Hat, Drink bottle, Lunch, Morning and Afternoon Tea and Enclosed Shoes Required.

09.01.2022 Busy Bees Vacation Care Program is Out Now! prices start from as little as $13.52* per day Book Now to join in on all the Fun!! * CCS Available

08.01.2022 Quick reminder that Vacation Care bookings are due back this Friday!!! Please get your bookings in ASAP so we can confirm numbers. Printed forms are available at each centre if required.

08.01.2022 Busy Bee’s Wyong have started the week off with some great Halloween activities ready for this weekend! We have some great costumes for the children to enjoy this week. Our Busy Bee’s are also free to bring in their own costumes or props if they wish

08.01.2022 Its time to check your emails our Vacation Care Program is out! Below is our Activities for December 17th and 18th Booking forms for these 2 days are due to be returned by Friday the 4th of December. * Edit our dates for the Thursday/ Friday are wrong in the picture and in information sent out. Thursday is the 17th and Friday is the 18th.

07.01.2022 Here at our Shelly Beach Centre our staff work hard on creating engaging spaces for all our students to enjoy. Our activities range from colouring in, painting, obstacle courses, imaginative play, card and board games, plus many more. We also love to get the children outside to garden, creating race tracks, use our mud kitchen, play on the playground and explore all the natural elements our space has to offer. We pride ourselves on our wide range of activities, crafts and experiences that we supply for all the students at the Shelly Beach Busy Bee’s Centre. Here are some pictures of a just few of our activities from last week, along with our up coming fairy garden and dirt bike track. Please feel free to come in and see our amazing space.

07.01.2022 KIDCHELLA, Busy Bee style. One of our amazing vacation care days

05.01.2022 Hi Everyone, a quick reminder that our offices will be closing at 12pm today. If we are awaiting any further information from you to complete your enrolment or if you are yet to bring in vacation care paperwork you need to bring it into the centre ASAP so we have time to process it before it closes. Today is Busy Bees last day for 2020 and we will be closed until the 4th of January 2021 during our closure period you will not be able to get in contact with us as we will all be enjoying our much needed time off after a busy year.

05.01.2022 WARNERVALE Working at the busy bees car wash

05.01.2022 Tomorrow is Bandanna Day and here at Busy Bees Shelly Beach we are selling all different kinds of cool bandannas. Bandanna Day is ran by an amazing foundation ‘Canteen’. All money from the bandannas will be donated to helping young Aussie’s stand up to cancer. Each bandanna is only $5 with only 2 premium bandannas left for $15. There are multiple paying options with the use of QR code’s, cash or online payments. Please come in and check them out and help us raise money for Aussie teens fighting cancer. #BandannaDay

04.01.2022 Thanks to all the rain at our Busy Bees Shelly Beach Center, our garden is flourishing. All of our fresh herbs and vegetables are growing none stop at the moment. We love giving back to our families and have been able to collect plenty of basil, parsley, flowers and we have also organised some mint plants for everyone to take home. We were very pleased to see all our produce go home with our Busy Bee Families

04.01.2022 W A R N E R V A L E A fun way to finish off Fire Safety Week! Side note: Shout out to our little Busy Bees who continue to show great resilience and positivity through the obstacles this year has given us! We are very proud of you... Have a happy and safe weekend!

03.01.2022 Hey Everyone, we need your help. We desperately need more educators at our centres! We advertised a few weeks ago but we had very little applicants, and many no shows to interviews. Getting applicants to begin with seems to be a big struggle as it is with many centres and organisations on the coast at the moment. We find word of mouth is the best way to get people to apply. If you could please share our job post that has been posted on our page.... This is just for Casual mostly afternoon work, so if anyone knows someone that is looking for work please pass on our information. I know we have many parents that are high school teachers, TAFE Teachers etc. This position would be the perfect opportunity for 2020 school leavers, perhaps someone that is interested in going to UNI next year to studying something to do with children, Teaching, OT etc. We are also open to potentially putting the right applicant on as a trainee. We would really appreciate you sharing our job post and getting the word out there. Thank you for your help. Emmy Busy Bees OSHC * Job post is pinned to the top of our Facebook page

02.01.2022 And just like that we have come to the end of Term 3 What a whirl wind this term has been but we can’t thank all our beautiful busy bees and families enough for their patience and cooperation during these times. We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday, and we look forward to seeing all our Busy Bee’s at Vacation Care P.s There are still spots available so be quick to book if you are wanting a day at Vacation Care.

02.01.2022 Heading to Toowoon Bay today! All children must have -Their blue busy bees tshirt -Enclosed shoes ... -Spare clothes and a towel -Drink bottle -Lunch, morning and afternoon tea -A hat Please arrive by 8.30 am for Warnervale And 9.00am for Shelly beach