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OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE STUDENT FREE DAYS/VACATION CARE The school has Before and After School Care as well as Vacation Care and Student Free Days. Before School Care runs between 6.20 am to 8.20 am, where breakfast is provided with toast, cereals, milk drinks and pancakes on Fridays. Activities include indoor play and craft.
After School Care runs between 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm, where afternoon tea is provided with a variety of sandwiches, fruit and water. Activities include indoor/outdoor play, craft and cooking. We are a member of the Active After School Communities which is run through the Australian Sport Commission and as such we provide different sports with instructors to come to the centre each term for eight weeks. Some of these sports have included basketball, bowling, dancing and tennis.
Vacation Care and Student Free Days run between 7.00 am to 6.00 pm with morning and afternoon tea provided. Activities include indoor/outdoor play, cooking, craft, excursions and visitors to the centre. Examples of excursions may be Dreamworld, Movie World, Sea World, Australia Zoo, and parks with BBQ lunches. Some of our visitors have been Cool Companions (reptiles), Hands on Science, and Multicultural performers.
This program has passed Quality Assurance and will be Licensed soon. All staff hold Blue Cards, First Aid Certificates and are Qualified in Child Care and Outside School Hours Care. The Centre is a member of the Sun Smart program and Nutrition Australia. Application forms for entry into the program can be obtained from the school office or from the coordinator. Child Care Benefit is available through Centrelink. Outside School Hours Care is based in the purpose built building near the Gibbon Street school entrance. Phone contact is 3208 1610.
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