Before & After School Care
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Background
In response to community needs, Oak Park Primary School has established and operates an Out of School Hours Child Care (OSHC) Service. The service incorporates Before Care and After School Care Programs. The service operates to provide high quality childcare in a safe, enjoyable and caring environment. This service is provided at minimal cost and enables parents to pursue options leading to employment, training, recreation and the pursuit of personal interests. The service includes a wide variety of activities that are prepared and implemented in a friendly environment, which accounts for children's social, emotional, intellectual, language, physical and creative needs. In this way the service endeavours to complement the school's activities and be consistent with the school's policies and procedures. Philosophy Our aim is to provide a high quality play based school-aged childcare service for Oak Park Primary School which is community-based, flexible and meets each child’s need for care in a happy, creative, stimulating, safe and secure environment in both before and after school. A place that is a warm and inviting where children can relax, have fun with their friends, make new friends and be empowered to shape and control their world; a place where they belong, a place that belongs to them. We strive to build trusting, collaborative partnerships with families, the school and services that work with children and acknowledging the family as the first and most important educator in a child’s life. We aim for a consistent and compassionate approach where children are at the heart of every decision we make. We cultivate an atmosphere where all children and families are actively welcomed to join us in celebrating diversity of thought and culture. We provide an OSHC experience where children engage in a range of play and leisure activities and experiences that support them. We value that children learn through play, and our program invites children to actively engage in creative experiences as well as sport and imaginative free-play and that with encouragement and guidance, all children have opportunities to engage in meaningful experiences which recognise the individual interests and needs of the children in our care. To provide an environment for children that:
Pricing Full fee before childcare subsidy:
Hours of Operation Before School Care: 7:00am - 8:45am After School Care: 3:30pm - 6:00pm Phone: (03) 9300 3412 Email: oshc.oak.park.ps@education.vic.gov.au Click here for the 2022 Enrolment form |