Our Programs
Before School Care
At Before School Care, the children can enjoy participating in fun activities and indulge in a delicious breakfast, easing into the start of the day until they transition across to school.
This program is a fantastic way to ease your child into the Ainslie OSHC experience, as it provides a quieter, smaller group environment.
Educators and children love this program as it creates a safe space for children to try new things, and relax into a day of education.
After School Care
At 3pm the children from grades 1-6 make their way to After School Care, while the kindergarteners (Children that attend school in the Yerra building) get picked up and brought over.
The children are split into two separate groups; Kindy and year 1 spend most of the afternoon in the Yerra building, coming over to the Hall at 5pm, where years 2-6 spend their afternoon.
During the afternoon, children are provided with a delicious home-cooked meal and another snack, just to tie them over until they get home for dinner. We also offer a wide range of activities and resources, both indoor and outdoor, for the children to play and learn. Each afternoon also has a special club that are decided from child interests and run by an educator each term.
Vacation Care
Our Vacation Cared Coordinator works amazingly hard to create a fun, engaging and educational program for the children to enjoy!
We fill our days with all sorts of excursions and workshops, even our centre days are filled with fun and exciting activities.
How to Enrol:
We have a new way to enrol in our Vacation Care Program using just the OWNA app, so please follow the steps below!
Book in on your required day – First, you will need to open the OWNA app and book in the days that you need! Press the + icon and select casual bookings, and select the week, child and room you need to book for. For more assistance, please follow the steps in the link here: https://ownaportal.tawk.help/article/parents-book-casual-spots
Sign Excursion Authorisation Form – If your child is booked in for a workshop or excursion, you will need to sign the associated form. This is also where you can view the Risk Assessment. For more information on how to complete this step, please follow the steps in the link here: https://ownaportal.tawk.help/article/signing-excursion-forms
And that’s it! You will be able to view the days your child is booked in for through the OWNA app, but feel free to contact us if you are experiencing any difficulties.
Our Menu
We have a designated educator who cooks meals and prepares snacks for the children at our service.
At Before School Care we provide the children cereal with various milks, Toasts with a choice of margarine, vegemite, honey and jam. We also provide the children with a warm option as well.
At After School Care we provide the children with a hot meal when they come in and a selection of snacks, such as sandwiches and fruit, later on in the afternoon.
At Vacation Care we provide three meals during the day; breakfast, morning tea and lunch. The only meal we don’t provide is afternoon tea, this is so our educators have plenty of time to clean up the kitchen from the days activities.
During service time we also provide water for the children at all times.
The menu is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances, in this event all families will be notified via email.