GWC OSHC - GWC Community Services · GWC OSHC NEWSLETTER 2016 Volume 11 Issue #2 Greek Orthodox...

GWC OSHC NEWSLETTER 2016 Volume 11 Issue #2

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Parramatta OSHC – 0410 505 521

GWC Community Services Supervisors – Julia and Ellie

PO Box 784 Newtown NSW 2042 (T) 9516 2188 (F) 9516 3177 Kingsford OSHC – 0410 505 524

[email protected] Supervisor – Patricia

GWC OSHC Newsletter

September 2016

GWC COMMUNITY SERVICES IS NOW ON FACEBOOK!

Children Services News DATES TO REMEMBER

Paralympics

7th – 18th September 2016

Sept/Oct Vacation Care

26th September to 7th October 2016

Labour Day Public Holiday Monday 3rd October 2016

Re-enrolments for 2017 OSHC

November 2016

Kingsford December Vacation Care

Mon 12th – Fri 23rd Dec 2016

Parramatta December Vacation

Care

Wed 21st – Fri 23rd Dec 2016

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THE LAST WORD!

Feedback, feedback, feedback!!!

We love it, we want it and to improve our services,

we believe your input helps.

If there is something about our centre, or if you have

a great afternoon tea idea or would like to see

something changed or added to the program…don’t hesitate to tell us or email us!

Suggestions are always welcome and appreciated.

PLEASE LET US KNOW!

Please contact us if your child will not be requiring

before/after school care due to illness or change of

plans.

A quick text can save 10 vital minutes for staff. Due

to time restraints in getting all children picked up in

a timely manner we are unable to wait or going

looking around the school for your child who may be

at home sick.

It is our duty of care to check for all missing children,

however we need to be informed. Thank you.

MEDICAL INFO. REQUIREMENT

If your child has an allergy or condition, then it is

your responsibility to obtain a letter from your

doctor that outlines the diagnosis, symptoms and

must contain ways in which we can effectively assist

your child in managing their condition/allergy.

Afternoon tea has a high consideration for allergies

but if your child cannot eat the food, is a fussy eater

or you don’t want them eating it, then you are also

welcome to pack extra food for your child. Our

menu is displayed on parent board.

All self-medicating children must sign appropriate

form, all anaphylaxis, severe allergies and asthma

must also have a written plan with a current photo.

Please see staff if requiring assistance.

You will be contacted by staff should the medication

you have provided approaches its use by date, and

we will request new medication is purchased and

brought to the centre.

NEW PROCESS FOR PAYING FEES

COMING SOON

In order to simplify our Account Payment process,

we will be partnering with Ezidebit to introduce

Direct Debit from Credit Card or Bank Accounts.

Payment by Direct Debit offers you the convenience

of ensuring that your Account is paid on time,

without the hassle of having to manually process the

payment yourself.

This service is completely flexible and can be set up

to suit each parent’s pay cycle with their employment benefits. Payments can also be placed

on hold, cancelled or altered simply by phoning the

centre if your circumstances change.

We are in the process of getting this started and will

keep you informed of its progress.

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JULY VACATION CARE

The June/July School holidays were packed full of fun!

Our children enjoyed a large variety experiences and

activities such as science day, a trip to Wannabees

Playtown, talent show, archery lessons for our Hunger

Games battle, pyjama day, mini golf, soccer

workshop, cooking day, robot workshop and making

as well as snow globe making.

Kingsford OSHC


ROBOT RIOT DAY was a fantastic day ! Michael taught us how robots really work! We played soccer games

and wrestling games with remote robots – it was so cool! In the afternoon we put our creative hats on and in

groups designed our very own robots. We presented them to the group and explained what the robot’s purpose

was and how to use them


TERM 3

PASSPORT TO THE WORLD

In terms 2 and 3, Kingsford After School Care students have been studying different countries such as India and

Germany. We have been doing many different activities and craft to do with these countries. We have made

passports and each week, we collect a stamp from each country we visit. Our educator Julia has also been

cooking traditional food every week and it has been

delicious! We have learnt so much about the countries.

The educators have been showing us pictures, word

searches and facts about each country and all children

have enjoyed it. We have been doing this program for

around 4 months now and we have done 13 countries so

far. Each week we display the flag of the country we are

visiting on our display wall.

By Sia Manos and Nicholas Kalligiannis,

Year 6 St Spyridon College.

FATHERS DAY

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads at our service. We hope you

had a lovely day with the family and you enjoyed the beautifully

designed mugs your children created at after school care.

RIO 2016 OLYMPICS

During the Rio Olympics we kept track of the top

10 performing countries and celebrated our

Australian Olympians who received medals. We

have a display in our room on our notice board.

The Olympics is an amazing time where the world

unites with the best athletes in the world

representing their motherland and it was great to

see children enjoying keeping track of our

Olympians and Australia’s progress.


TERM THREE

Each week this term we have been learning and working on many different topics. Our older students in room

three have also been taking turns at being our local news reporters. They have been observing, taking photos

and writing up weekly reports. Here are some of our favourites.

SCIENCE WEEK

Science week was fantastic! Every day was spend learning cool things and doing lots of fun science experiments,

where we learned about colour changes, shadow tracing, water travelling, and some good old chemistry.

Our week got even more exciting and messy when we made our own play dough to use in our vinegar volcano

experiment.

Parramatta OSHC


BOOK WEEK

Book week was a great week for all. Room 1 read Jack and the beanstalk, recreating the beanstalk in our main

room where you will see our kindergarten kids climbing themselves.

Room 2 split into groups to create their very own stories that we have turned into books. Here is a sneak peak

below but please take a moment to read them on our display table.


Room 3 created a team of news reporters that wrote up an article of the week that was.


FATHER’S DAY

The lead up to Father’s Day was a very busy week for us with the children creating lots of fabulous gifts for their fathers and grandfathers. On behalf of all of us at GWC we hope you all had a very happy father’s day!


Father`s Day Poem All those times you spent money on me,

the toys, the lunch, dinner and breakie.

All those things you served me,

were all for free.

You help me with homework when I`m stuck.

You are my big bro.

You`re the best dad ever, oh aren`t I in luck!

When I`m not well and feeling blue

And mum the doctor is at work,

You become the doctor,

I love you.

Thanks dad for all the things you have done.

From now on I will be the best child ever.

So you`ll have the best father`s day with a lot of fun!

(Written by: Erin Palen, Isabella Ineson,

Trisha Dang, Zeina Elemam, Insha Kanji

Dhruv Kulkarni and Megha Aravindaraja )

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