Berkeley Vale Public School Before and After School Care in Berkeley Vale, New South Wales | Primary School

Berkeley Vale Public School Before and After School Care

Locality: Berkeley Vale, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4389 8734

Address: 6 Pindarri Ave 2261 Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.berkeley-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Don’t forget !!!! Survey about our closure period closes Sunday. Make sure you have your say Results will be announced Monday with confirmation of our 2020/2021 closure period

23.01.2022 Yesterday’s tie dye shirts looks amazing !!! Thanks to Educator Keira for running Mondays activity! More photos are on the home app for families who attended yesterday

23.01.2022 Good Afternoon families, Don't forget that tomorrow is wheels day at Vacation Care! Please bring a bike, scooter or skateboard. NO HELMET = NO RIDING! We highly recommend packing kneepads and elbow pads as the children will be riding on hard surfaces. We look forward to celebrating the last day of school holidays on our wheels

22.01.2022 The last of the unnamed vacation care lost property! Last chance to claim, it will be taken to salvos on Friday if unclaimed

21.01.2022 On Friday 9 October, Grow will be celebrating the annual Odd Socks Day; a national mental health anti-stigma campaign to remind people that anyone can have an ‘odd day’. https://bit.ly/31aKqZf #osd2020 #oddsocksday

21.01.2022 Dear Parents/Carers, The updated Departmental COVID-19 Guidelines have specific requirements for students who display flu like symptoms; 'If a student has been ...absent due to flu-like illness or develops flu-like symptoms while at school, they are not to return to school until they have a negative COVID-19 test and are symptom-free. The negative COVID-19 test result must be sighted and received by the school for both students and staff members before their return to school.' If this applies to your child in the coming weeks, please ensure that they bring their test result with them to school on their return, or that you send us a copy of the result via email. Students will not be able to re-enter learning activities until the test result is received by the office. The NSW Department Of Education have this week stated that where a parent/carer is unwilling to allow their child to undertake a COVID test or provide the school with a negative COVID-19 test result, the student is to be excluded from school for a 10 day period. Additionally, the student must have been symptom free for at least 3 days before returning to school. Thank you for your understanding and support.

20.01.2022 Good Morning Families, The survey for our 2020/2021 closure period has now closed as of last night and results are attached. The most voted response and in result our operational and closure period for 2020/2021 is as follows:... Operational for Vacation Care from Thursday the 17th December until the Thursday the 24th December. Closure period from the 25th December 2020 until the 8th January 2021. Reopening on Monday the 11th Jan 2021 until school returns. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Amelia Madgwick Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

18.01.2022 Dec/Jan Program - bookings are NOT open! Good Morning Families, The time has come for our vacation care program to be released. Please see attached our December 2020/ January 2021 vacation care program. ... PLEASE remember that bookings will OPEN on Monday the 30th November 2020 and will close on Friday the 24th December. We will send notifications as soon as bookings open on the SkoolBag App and our facebook page. Most activities will remain at the centre. Please check the program and ensure vacation care t-shirts are worn/packed for our adventured on Tuesday the 12th January AND Friday the 22nd January. Please check what is occurring each day to ensure you pack swimmers where required or anything else required for participation on each day. NO TECHNOLOGY PERMITTED. Please do not send your children with any technology. We have our fingers crossed that parents will be allowed back on site for signing in and out by January but for now please continue to text your child’s name to our mobile phone for drop off and pick up and remain outside the school gate on Pindarri avenue. Bookings MUST be paid for prior to attendance and your bookings will be cancelled if your account is not up to date. The last day to make any changes or cancellations is the 24th December 2020. As we are closed for 2 weeks after this date please make sure your bookings are paid for and finalised to avoid disappointment. Phone calls and emails will not be returned until the 11th Jan 2021. We are so excited to see you all for another fantastic vacation care program Kind Regards, Amelia Madgwick Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Assistant Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

17.01.2022 Educator Maddy and the OOSH kiddies have been busy getting the garden beds back up and running for some yummy fresh fruit and veg

16.01.2022 Don’t forget to join us on SkoolBag for important updates

16.01.2022 Attention families, Last vacation care we had a culture day where a family brought in a sentimental boomerang to share for news. Unfortunately the boomerang has been unable to be located since this day. This family also brought in black goodie bags with colouring in, a water bottle, a hat and broachers where the boomerang may have ended up by accident. If your child/ren has accidently come home with this please let us know so we can return it to the owner. If you have any i...nformation please contact the service, Thank you. See more

16.01.2022 Look what we made week 7 term 3 !

15.01.2022 Look what we made week 9 term 3

14.01.2022 Attention Families! Please see below a link to complete a survey to help our service identify the needs of our families over December and January school holidays. This survey will close on Sunday the 27th September with the results announced Monday the 28th September to confirm our 2020/2021 closure dates and operational dates.... The survey consists of the following question: Every year our service closes for two weeks over Christmas and new years. Which operational and closure period would be best suited to your needs over the Christmas and New Year period? Term 4 concludes on Wednesday the 16th December 2020. Operational for Vacation Care from Thursday the 17th December until the Thursday the 24th December. Closure period from the 25th December 2020 until the 8th January 2021. Reopening on Monday the 11th Jan 2021 until school returns. OR Operational for Vacation Care from Thursday the 17th December until Friday the 19th December. Closure period from Monday 21st December until Friday the 1st Jan 2021. Reopen from Monday the 4th January 2021 until school returns. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VZ2FFMG

11.01.2022 Hello Families, We are slowly adapting to the new normal! Considering you are unable to come on site to answer our family questions we have started a Question of the Month to help us gather your feedback and voices. These will be simple yes and no questions where your response is anonymous. We will also ALWAYS have the option to add any further feedback, comments or suggestions to each question of the month. This will be replacing the feedback jar and questions jars that ar...e kept on the parent desk and your participation is greatly appreciated. We need you help and feedback to ensure we continue to improve and strive to provide the best quality care possible. Here is the link to our NOVEMBER 2020 Question of the Month: Do you feel BVPS OOSH have been clear with communication to changes of operation during COVID-19? Follow the link to have your say https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FYVXK7N

10.01.2022 We have been busy at OOSH this morning creating conflict resultion, emotional regulation and self help resources

09.01.2022 Don’t forget the educators are working hard to get your children to and from the gate for drop off and pick up! We are looking forward to seeing you all back on site for drop off and pick up when the department guidelines change to allow for this

09.01.2022 UNNAMED LOST PROPERTY !

08.01.2022 Good Morning Families, Vacation Care bookings are now OPEN and bookings must be made via the Xplor home app. All families should now have their account set up for the home app. Please ensure you have set up all your emergency contacts especially those who will be collecting and dropping off. Once you have added any hub guests to your home account please ask them to follow this link to set up their sign in and out using their mobile and a pin. https://support.ourxplor.com/.../360039413152-Xplor-Home-Hub- NO bookings will be finalised without fees being up to date and you will receive a confirmation notification of your booking on the home app. Make sure when booking for VACATION CARE you select the 7.00am- 6.00pm timeslot if available so your bookings go through. If you cannot confirm your bookings instantly please request a space and if permitted we will accept the request. If you have not received the confirmation notification within 24hrs this is due to being FULLY BOOKED or the booking being entered incorrectly. Please contact the service in this scenario and do not assume you are booked in. All bookings MUST be paid for before the child/ren attends. If payment is not received prior to attendance your booking will be cancelled and opened up to other families. Statements are available at the tip of your fingers in the Home app. We ask that ensure your children bring along hats, jackets, water, food and always wear enclosed shoes with socks and sun safe clothing! Please read the second page attached to the program for other important things to consider and to be notified and up to date of any changes. Kind Regards, Lauren Gleeson Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Assistant Coordinator

08.01.2022 NO TECHNOLOGY this Vacation Care Please be aware that technology will NOT be allowed this Spring Vacation Care due to challenges experienced last holiday period. Please make sure your child/ren are aware of this before attending to avoid confusion and upset when arriving. If Educators notice your child/ren arrive with any technology it will be placed into a locked cabinet and returned to the parent/carer upon arrival that afternoon. ... If you have any questions or concerns, Please contact us via email on [email protected] OR phone us on 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

07.01.2022 Don’t forget to wear PJs tomorrow !!

05.01.2022 Please read carefully BOOKINGS NOT OPEN Good Morning Families,... The time has come for our vacation care program to be released. Please see attached our SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER Vacation Care program. We are super excited that this Vacation Care we are allowed to have external providers on the school grounds for incursions but unfortunately EXCURSIONS WILL NOT BE HAPPENING AGAIN THIS VACATION CARE. In the event that incursions need to be cancelled as well, we will provide another program that our amazing staff will conduct and you will be notified of this change immediately if it occurs. PLEASE remember that bookings will OPEN on the 7th of SEPTEMBER and we will send notifications as soon as bookings open on the SkoolBag App and our facebook page. We ask that you take note of all the arrival times and ensure your children bring along hats, jackets, water, food and always wear enclosed shoes with socks and sun safe clothing! Please read the second page attached to the program for other important things to consider. Bookings MUST be paid for prior to attendance and your bookings will be cancelled if your account is not up to date. Bookings can be made from the 7th of SEPTEMBER and MUST be made via the home app. All families should now be familiar with this. Please ensure you have set up all your emergency contacts especially those who will be collecting and dropping off. Any bookings made before the 7th of SEPTEMBER will be REJECTED and will not be booked in. Please do not attempt to book in before this date. Please contact the service if you are unable to access home or if you have not yet received your registration link so we can rectify this immediately. Kind Regards, Lauren Gleeson Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Assistant Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

03.01.2022 Look what we made term 4 week 8

03.01.2022 OOSH gate drop off/pick up change as of Monday the 7th September Attention families, As of Monday the 7th September 2020 the Pindarri Avenue gate will not be accessible due the installation of a new gate. All OOSH families are asked to continue the regular procedure of pick up and drop off by TEXTING 0432335866 with your child’s name although the educators will meet you at the cool zone gate on Waroon Avenue instead of Pindarri avenue. Please ensure you follow the parking sig...ns in this area and DO NOT park in the bus bays. Pindarri avenue will still be open for parking. We will notify families of new pick up and drop off routines once the new gates are installed and request your patience whilst we learn and navigate the most effective means of pick up and drop off. Thank you for your understanding, Amelia Madgwick Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

02.01.2022 As Vacation care is ready to commence on Monday the 28th of September I just wanted to send a little reminder about what to bring. Monday is our Tie-dye day, you will be required to provide your child/ren with any white item for them to use during this experience. PLEASE NOTE the service will not be providing anything but the tie-dye so please make sure they bring what is required to save your children from missing out and feeling disappointed. If you also have a booking for... Tuesday the 29th, encourage your children to bring along their tie-dye outfits, as these would look great for our festival theme! We will also try and encourage for the clothing/ items to remain at OOSH if your children are attending on the Tuesday to prevent things being forgotten. Thank you and have a lovely afternoon Kind Regards, Lauren Gleeson Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Assistant Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

01.01.2022 PLEASE READ: CHANGES TO OUR DROP OFF/ PICK UP ZONE AS OF MONDAY THE 28TH Good afternoon Families, As of recently you would be aware of the changes we have had to make with our drop off/ pick up areas due to some work being done around the school. ... Beginning MONDAY THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER we will be returning back to the top gate for our drop off and pick up times and intend to remain here. We understand you have all become comfortable using the side gate and after quite a lot of feedback are aware that this has been a preferred area but as stated at the beginning of this transition, the side gate was only for temporary use. We apologise for and inconvenience this change may cause but thank you for always understanding our changes and transitioning with us with patience and ease. Monday is the first day of our Spring Vacation care so please make sure you are remembering to meet us at the top gate on Pindarri Avenue and have your "Home" app open and ready to sign your child/ren in/out of care quickly to avoid any clutter at the school gate. An educator will still be meeting you at the gate as normal to collect/ bring you your child/ren. PLEASE text our mobile number on 0432 335 866 when you have arrived and if you need to speak with an educator call our landline on 4389 8734. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will be here until 6.30pm tonight Kind Regards, Lauren Gleeson Berkeley Vale Public School Out of School Hours Care (BVPS OOSH) Assistant Coordinator [email protected] 02 4389 8734/ 0432 335 866

01.01.2022 Good Morning families, This morning we have received notification of a confirmed case of Impetigo (school sores). Please read the fact sheet I have attached below from NSW health and check your children before their next attendance for any sores or unusual markings. If you have any concerns or feel your child/ren may also have this, please contact the service immediately. Thank you for your cooperation ... Kind Regards, Lauren Gleeson Assistant Coordinator https://www.health.nsw.gov.au//factshe/Pages/impetigo.aspx