Glen Osmond OSHC in Adelaide, South Australia | Childcare service

Glen Osmond OSHC

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 411 138 748

Address: 5 Fisher Street Myrtle Bank Adelaide, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Welcome to a brand new year with Glen Osmond OSHC. We invite all interested parents of our OSHC community to join the OSHC Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee is responsible for... Assisting the school governing council to comply with the Education and Care services National Regulations Supporting the school governing council, principal (or delegate) and OSHC director to ensure the quality of care being offered is in keeping with the values, principles and policies of the school, council, community and the department. Ensuring that children, families and staff have a voice in the management of the OSHC service. Supporting the OSHC director and other educators on a day to day basis Making recommendations to the school governing for its endorsement (ratification) The committee meets generally twice a term, two weeks before Governing Council meetings for an hour. Our first meeting for the year is 18th February at 5:00pm. Please see Paula in OSHC if you would like to attend. The Governing Councils AGM will be held on 12th February 730-8:15pm. Straight after the acquaintance night.

25.01.2022 Quick reminder of the Pupil Free Day on the 29th May. Please see Paula or Jedd to book in Quick reminder of the Pupil Free Day on the 29th May. Please see Paula or Jedd to book in

24.01.2022 We hope everyone had a restful and safe Easter break. From this term until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, an educator will sign in/out your child from OSHC during the morning and afternoon sessions. This eliminates multiple people using the Ipad each day. Please note we still require an authorised adult to be on site for handover. If you require any details, please see either Paula or Jedd.

23.01.2022 Here is the program for the Pupil Free Days in Week 11. Please ensure your child brings age appropriate games for the electronics day. Bookings can be made in person, by phone or by email. Children need to bring recess, lunch, a drink bottle and their red OSHC hat

22.01.2022 Hi everyone. Please take some time to fill out our survey regarding the possibility of having vacation care at Glen Osmond. It only takes a few minutes to complete. Please share the link with others in our school community. This will also be made available with the school newsletter https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P9TGNSV

21.01.2022 Yesterday 11/02/20 we all tried paper plate weaving. Children of all ages joined in and it was such a great experience. There was so much conversation about turning their weaving into wall hangings and coasters. The conversation also turned into @what we want to do when we grow up It was great to hear all the exciting career aspirations. We had a five year old who wants to be an inventor and a seven year old who said she wants to be a scientist. She wants to be a palaeontologist. Its great to chat with the children about their dreams and ambitions

21.01.2022 Book week 2020 in OSHC. We love getting involved with the school community

21.01.2022 Wishing the GOPS community a lovely and safe Easter break. We look forward to seeing you all in term 2.Wishing the GOPS community a lovely and safe Easter break. We look forward to seeing you all in term 2.

19.01.2022 An example of how activities grow. We had popstick houses as an activity today. The children were not interested in creating houses and instead used their imagination and made a whole rabbit family from different materials. They worked together and even made a bed for the rabbits to sleep in. How awesome are they?

19.01.2022 Today(29th July) is South Australias first ever OSHC Educator day. Its a day to celebrate each of our achievements in the sector and to bring recognition of the uniqueness that is OSHC. On Monday, we had our own celebration. We acknowledged each others skills and celebrated our efforts as a team. Happy OSHC Educators Day As an industry... We are special ... We are unique We are out of this world See more

17.01.2022 Happy Monday everyone. Just a quick reminder that children need to wear their red OSHC hat each time they come. Have a great dayHappy Monday everyone. Just a quick reminder that children need to wear their red OSHC hat each time they come. Have a great day

16.01.2022 We have made some amazing Hama Beads for our Hama bead wall today.

14.01.2022 Monday November 2nd is a pupil free day. Bookings are essential, please contact the service if you need care for the day. Children must bring their red OSHC hat, lunch, recess and a drink bottle. Lots of games, sports and crafts on offer right across the day. Spaces are limited

13.01.2022 Our mini edible garden is really starting to take shape. The greenhouses have lettuce, cucumbers, parsley and bok choy and our raised garden bed has carrots, spinach, cos lettuce and celery. Children will be involved in loking after the garden, weeding, watering and the favourite.... picking the veges when they are ready. We cant wait to make afternoon tea with our home grown produce. (MTOP 2.4, 3.2)

13.01.2022 How colourful is our Birthday Wall?

12.01.2022 19/03/20 Dear Families. OSHC has been working closely with the school and implementing extra hygiene practices due to the COVID-19 virus on top of following our Infectious Disease Policy. We are encouraging social distancing as far as practicable in an OSHC setting. Therefore, discouraging tag games and activities that require close contact.... We are ensuring surfaces and items used by children are disinfected and sanitised between sessions. The iPad is included in the sanitation process. We are encouraging good hygiene practices for children through hand washing and using hand sanitiser and modelling this practice. We are working with the Education Standards Board to ensure we are minimising the spread of the virus. In the event of a confirmed case, OSHC will follow the advice of the Department for Education and public Health officials. Various meetings and professional development in the sector has also been cancelled as a precaution. Childrens health and wellbeing is our top priority. We will continue to talk with children about keeping safe and giving reminders of good hygiene and playing safely together. Please talk with Jedd or myself if you have any questions. Warm Regards, Paula Williams OSHC Director

12.01.2022 Please be aware that we do have a cancellation policy of 1 week. For families who are not using care during the Coronavirus pandemic, you can still claim CCS for those absences. However Centrelink will take back the CCS if the last day is an absence and you cease care for longer than 14 weeks. After 14 weeks, Centrelink will cease the enrolment. This means when care resumes, you will need to confirm the attendance in your mygov account

12.01.2022 Our amazing wall of Hama Bead creations

12.01.2022 How amazing does our cottage welcome sign look? Thanks to all the children who got involved. L/O 1.2, 3.1, 5.1

09.01.2022 All families. Please be aware of a graphic video being posted on the popular app Tic Tok. Parents are being advised through media outlets to keep their children off TicTok until it has been taken down. It has been tacked on to the end of innocent cat and dog videos. This is a very traumatising video that can be quite distressing to watch. Please extend this message to those you know who are on Tik Tok and those who have children that use it.... Need to talk to someone? Don't go it alone. Please reach out for help. Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 or beyondblue.org.au Beyond Blue's coronavirus support service: 1800 512 348 or coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au Headspace: 1800 650 890 or headspace.org.au

09.01.2022 Check out the excellent line up we have on offer for Vacation Care!! We are all so excited for the upcoming holidays. Programs are available on school stream and in OSHC.

09.01.2022 The first produce from our garden. Sure they don’t look the greatest and we have learned a lot from the experience. Today we will investigate why carrots curled. In the meantime, we will celebrate our curly carrots

09.01.2022 Oh no. Someone took the favourite DVDs We need the team of GOPS OSHC investigators to help crack the case. Interrogate the educator suspects, solve the clues and crack the case. Lots of cryptograms and timed hunts throughout the day also. Plus. Guess the educators baby photo competition

09.01.2022 We want to say a massive heartfelt thank you to the Bowen family for throwing OSHC an appreciation party on Tuesday. Your generosity is amazing. We feel very humbled by your lovely gesture. The children had a ball and went home saying "it was the party of the century"

08.01.2022 A huge thank you to one of our wonderful families who brought in a chrysalis during the pupil free week. The children had the opportunity to watch the butterfly emerge and fly off. We all had a great conversation about the life cycle of a butterfly and we were amazed at the knowledge the children shared with each other. (QA5.1, 6.1 MTOP 1, 2)

07.01.2022 Last Thursday, we got creative making pavement art masterpieces. We drew flowers, portraits, colourful designs and even a snowman! It was so much fun that even one of our wonderful parents joined in creating a bee.

07.01.2022 UPDATE TO CHILD CARE SUBSIDY Dear Families. From 13th July 2020 Child care subsidy and Additional Child care subsidy will recommence. As we are required to abide by Family Assistance Law, billing will recommence from this time To ensure a smooth transition, please ensure your income and activity details are correct and enrolment details are current. This includes family income estimates for 2020-21.... Families who received CCS in 2018-19 and still havent confirmed their income for that financial year must do so by 30th June 2020, if not CCS will not start again on the 13th July. New families need to review and confirm enrolment via MyGov to ensure CCS eligibility prior to 13th July 2020 Families who can no longer engage in the same number of recognise hours prior to the Covid-19 crisis, can apply to Services Australia to access 100 hours of subsidised care per fortnight for up to 12 weeks. Service Australia will determine eligibility. This can be done from 13th July 2020 through MyGov. Once billing recommences, please ensure any tasks in your MyGov account are actioned to reduce possible delays with child care Subsidy. More information can be found here https://www.dese.gov.au/covid-19/childcare/childcare-faq Please see Paula in OSHC if you require more information. Regards The GOPS OSHC team.

06.01.2022 How fun and yummy do our snacks look today? Funny face pizza muffins

05.01.2022 Feel good Friday. We are in the process of redecorating the cottage pinup boards. They are almost ready for some fantastic art work. It has brightened the room up so much. Have a great weekend everyone

05.01.2022 OSHC families, As you may be aware the government released a statement Thursday 02/04/20 declaring that all child care including OSHC will now be offered free of charge, as part of an Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package. This package will temporarily replace the already existing Child Care Subsidy and is set to commence Monday 6th April, until at this stage, the end of the financial year. As part of the new relief package, the service will now directly receive 5...0% of the service revenue OR 50% of the existing hourly rate cap, whichever is lower, based on the fortnight prior to the 2nd March 2020. The parent portion of the fee normally required, will as of Monday 6th April be waived resulting in no charge for care. All fees owed prior to Monday 6th April, including the week of Monday 30th March to Sunday 5th April however will still require payment. These fee are required to be paid in line with our fee policy, of 14 days. All fees must be settled prior to the commencement of Term 2. Relief care will now be available as according to the following priorities: 1. Children of parent(s) who are considered essential workers 2. Vulnerable and disadvantaged children 3. Any previously enrolled child. 4. New enrolments will be processed however we cannot guarantee there will be places available. Please note: No additional paperwork is required by the family to confirm bookings (other than the 2020 enrolment) however in order to maintain school social distancing rules and meet appropriate staff to child ratios, spaces may be limited. We recommend families book in as soon as possible. Educators will sign in/out on the behalf of the families. We still require a consenting adult to be on site for handover procedures. Accounts are still required to be sent out by the service during this time. If your tax invoice shows a balance of fees accrued after Monday 6th April, please contact the service. Due to the shortages and supermarket purchasing restrictions, the service is having difficulties providing the varied menu offered in the past. Until further notice our menu will consist of fruit and vegetable platters, crackers, cheese and a bread roll. We will try to provide a cooked snack where possible. Families are welcome to provide an extra healthy snack to tide them over until they go home. Thank you. OSHC Management.

05.01.2022 We have had an amazing day for the Pupil free day. We took part in a scavenger hunt (and cleaned up rubbish while we were at it) created a new game carpet marble bowls a fun indoor version on lawn bowls. We played music games and found our inner artist with hama beads

02.01.2022 The ability to add a note when paying by QKR has now been added. This will be handy for when families want to pay OSHC or vacation care. This is where you can let us know. Enter the amount you wish to pay, then tap in add note to order and start typing

02.01.2022 So many clues to search for. The baby photo competition was a bit hard, but we had 2 winners. No guessed the the case of the missing DVD’s

01.01.2022 26/03/20 Dear Families As you are aware, the minister has announced four pupil free days to be run from week 11. OSHC will be running a program from 7:00am 6:00pm on each of those four days. We do require children to be booked in for these sessions. Children also need a current OSHC enrolment form completed for bookings to be accepted. Any cancellations made after the 31st March will be charged to your account. ... Please ensure your children bring recess, lunch, their drink bottles and their red OSHC hat on each day that they attend. We are unable to heat up any food in OSHC. Please also be aware that due to food limits imposed by supermarkets, we have had to take the unfortunate steps of modifying our snack menus. Children are welcome to bring extra food to OSHC if they wish. Please remember we are a nut and egg aware service. Bikes and scooters will not be part of the program. We ask that these be left at home. Please book by either calling or emailing the service, or write your childs name on the list provided near the Ipad. Regards The Glen Osmond OSHC Team See more

01.01.2022 Caspers Bird Rescue is taking part in the Peoples choice community lottery. Please consider purchasing a ticket to help the charity reach their goal. Amazing prizes to be won and all money is given directly to the charity. Caspers is run entirely by volunteers who vet, care for, raise and feed all birds including lost pets. Baby season came early and there are carers who have in excess of 20 babies being fed every 2 hours. Thats a lot of food. By purchasing a ticket in the community lottery you will be helping our beautiful feathered wildlife