The OSHC Team!

Karen Willis

Director

Sharon Norris

Assistant Director

Naomi Goldsworthy Taylah Willis

We care about your family!

Sam Cubitt Olivia Mortimer Brodie Moore Tyler

Bussenschutt

Renae Walker

OSHC

TERM 1 2020

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Welcome to the 2020 year! A warm welcome

to new families and welcome back to all.

For new families we have a newsletter once a

term, this gives you an opportunity to learn

information about OSHC and to see what

activities and learning has taken place.

Important dates to remember are listed.

There is a Student Free day coming up on

Thursday February 20th. Make sure you book

in.

We have a focus in this newsletter around the

learning and how the children learn at OSHC.

We welcome families to support this learning

by sharing your feedback and suggestions at

any time.

Karen Willis

Director

Dates to remember:

OSHC Advisory Mtg: Monday 24th February

Student Free Days: Thursday 20th February

End of Term 4: Thursday 9th April

Autumn Vac Care dates: Tuesday 14th April to Friday 24th April

2020 Term 2: Tuesday 28th April

Learning at OSHC!

Your children’s learning at OSHC is based on BELONGING, BEING & BECOMING The Early Years Framework and

MY TIME, OUR PLACE Framework for School Aged Care in Australia.

For more info:https://www.education.gov.au/early-years-learning-framework-0 https://www.education.gov.au/my-time-our-place

WHAT IS THE FRAMEWORK?

The Framework aims to extend and enrich children’s

wellbeing and development. It acknowledges that

children need a place to engage in a range of play

and leisure experiences that allow them to feel

happy, safe and relaxed. It also recognises that they

need time to interact with friends, practice social

skills, solve problems, try new activities and learn life

skills.

Children’s learning in care settings compliments their

learning at home and at school or preschool

PLAY IS LEARNING

Play is very important for children. Through play

babies and young children explore and learn to

understand the world around them as they come to

communicate, discover, imagine and create.

When children play they are showing what they have

learned and what they are trying to understand. This

is why play is one of the foundations of the Early

Years Learning Framework.

By using this Framework educators will guide your

child’s play by carefully designing learning activities

and stimulating indoor and outdoor learning

environments.

TIME AND PLACE

This is a vital time and place for children

to relax, make friends, engage in

personal growth and develop skills and

attitudes for healthy living. By using the

framework Educators provide an

environments that is welcoming for

children and families. We create vibrant

and flexible spaces that are responsive to

the welfare and abilities of all children.

The vision is for all children to feel safe

and have enjoyable experiences. We

provide play and leisure-based

experiences that are engaging and

building foundations for life-long learning.

We view children as active participants

and decision makers. They are given

choice, responsibility and through this

they learn to make connection between

actions and consequences. Activities are

selected as that are meaningful to the

children. Educators and children respect

and trust each other, and share decision

making about opportunities to support

children’s needs and interests.

WORKING TOGETHER

Children thrive when families,

educators and wider community work

together in partnership to support

children’s wellbeing and learning.

Within this partnership everyone

values each other’s contributions and

engages in shared decision making.

RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY

It is well known that children learn best when they have

secure relationships with caring adults. When children from a

very early age develop trusting relationships they feel more

confident and able to explore and learn.

When children feel emotionally secure they learn through

play to develop the skills and understandings they need to

interact positively with others and gradually learn to take

responsibility

BELONGING, BEING, BECOMING

Belonging is the basis for living a fulfilling life. Children feel they belong because of the relationships they

have with their family, community, culture and place.

Being is about living here and now. Childhood is a special time in life and children need time to just ‘be’—

time to play, try new things and have fun.

Becoming is about the learning and development that young children experience. Children start to form

their sense of identity from an early age, which shapes the type of adult they will become.

Hockey & Gym Games!

Learning different skills for

different activities, as well as

team work, sportsmanship, rules,

respect, honesty & persistence

Term 4 activities at

OSHC

Group Games!

These games are

intentionally planned by

Educators to develop

experiences that are rich in

relationship building, self-

confidence and fun.

There is a focus on

teamwork, fairness and

communication.

Throughout the term we

play different games for a

variety of experiences.

Everyone enjoys this time.

Anti-Bullying Day

As a Community at Ingle Farm Primary School everyone was encouraged to

dress in Pink for the day to support Anti-Bullying.

We all participated in activities about friendship and kindness

Friday 22nd November 2019

Christmas!

Learning about

different

cultures and

different

celebrations.

Together we put

up the

Christmas tree.

Nature Play!

Children learn to appreciate

nature. It helps children to

regulate emotions and

provides sensory play

opportunities

Vacation Care

So many different activities and perfect weather to enjoy inside

and outdoor games. We had Slip’n’slide fun, went swimming,

climbed and jumped on inflatables, meet a variety of animals,

learnt to rollerskate, teamed up for Laser Tag, tie dyed pillowcases,

played a lot of Just dance on the Wii and had lots of fun!

Our Values

During Term 1 we will be focussing on the School Values

Gym Floor Renovation!

During January we were unable to access the gym, due to the floor being ripped up and

replaced! We will return to using the gym in Week 3

First there was lots of machines that came in and ripped up the old floor. The old floor was

put into big bins. Next they painted all the cracks on the floor, and put a coating on the

floor.

Then they laid the nice new blue floor.

Ingle Farm Primary School is a Seesaw school. This includes OSHC.

Seesaw is a valuable tool that allows you to share in celebrating your

child’s achievements. Children are able to share photos, videos, stories

of their work that you will be able to see and contribute to from a phone

or tablet. Seesaw is also a powerful communication tool designed to

inform you of important information, events and update.

Your child’s teacher can provide you with a code to quickly get you

started. When you are set up with the class, you will be added to the

OSHC group.

Seesaw is a free app and is compatible with most devices.

Seesaw is a safe and inclusive internet based program but we need your

permission to add your child’s photos, videos and work to Seesaw.

Please ensure you have completed consent forms when enrolling. If you

are not sure, or haven’t completed one, please let one of the OSHC team

know.

FAMILY

FEEDBACK

AND INPUT We use a

Suggestion Box,

Surveys, Facebook

and Seesaw, face

to face chats for

children and

families to provide

us with feedback

and suggestions.

We love to hear

from you. Feel free

to offer any

feedback or

suggestions at any

time!

Our Values

During Term 1 we always focus on the Ingle Farm Primary School values

We will be learning about what these mean, what they look like, how they work in

OSHC

Children will learn about positive emotions and how these effect ourselves, other people

and the environment.

Look out for our display board

Remember to be Sun Smart! At OSHC we always need a Hat!

Before school care: sun protection is not required as UV radiation levels are rarely 3 and above at this

time

After school care: sun protection is required in terms 1 and 4, and whenever the UV is 3 and above at

other times.

Vacation care: sun protection is required for all outdoor activities during terms 1, 3 and 4, and

whenever the UV is 3 and above at other times.

Bucket hats are suitable to wear at OSHC

We wear Sunscreen when the UV levels are 3 or above