OSHC
Welcome to McLaren Vale Primary School Outside School Hours Care.
McLaren Vale Primary School Out of School Hours Care offers care, learning, and fun for primary school age children before school, after school, on pupil free days, and during the school holidays.
We’re located between the main and junior primary buildings with a wonderful outlook on to the school oval and rolling hills. If you’re new to our service, please touch base with us or pop in and check us out!
Our service complies with the National Quality Framework for School Age Care in Australia and we follow the My Time, Our Place learning framework. We are registered with ACECQA by the McLaren Vale Primary School Council Inc.
Our goal is to create programmes that reflect the interests and needs of the children and families in our community. We like to think that children should have opportunities to investigate, find adventure, and be challenged all in a place that is just for them.
Before School Care
6:30am- 8:30am, Monday to Friday during the school term
Fees: $14.00 per booking, before CCS
We serve delicious and nutritious breakfast options including hearty porridge, gourmet Vegemite wholemeal toast, and warming cinnamon fruit loaf with Nuttelex spread until 8.00am. Children who come after this time can access the school’s breakfast program.
We like to inspire healthy minds and bodies in before school care to help children begin their day well. You’ll find children dancing on the oval, shooting hoops at the courts, or going mad in the gym playing games! Dodgeball and OneTouch are staple games for many a mOSHCer.
After School Care
3:05pm- 6:30pm, Monday to Friday during the school term
Fees: $24.00 per permanent booking and $29.00 per casual booking, before CCS
Whilst students in Years 2 and above sign in with an educator at OSHC, children from the junior primary building are signed in and walked to OSHC as a group by our most professional child organisers! No child is left unaccounted for, not on our watch! It is very important that you contact the OSHC office to make a cancellation or report an absence, we will always follow up with a phone call to enquire about absent children.
Once grouped and accounted for at OSHC, all children are offered afternoon snack. We’re usually eating something amazing like house made cornflake cookies and honey joys and also a sensible fruit and salad platter. Sometimes (only sometimes!) we might make something cheeky! If there are any dietary considerations we should know about, please let us know! Children can choose to join our OCAT (OSHC Cuisine Action Team) meetings twice a term, to plan our afternoon snack menu.
Our programming is informed by the interests and needs of children and families and children can make choices about how they spend their time when at OSHC. We’re always encouraging children to play outside to make the most of our beautiful grounds and we offer indoor alternatives and opportunities for relaxation too.
Vacation Care and Student Free Days
6:30am- 6:30pm, Monday to Friday during school holidays and student free days
Fees: $55.00 per booking, or $50.00 for an early bird booking, before CCS
The school holidays are always a welcome change of pace for us at OSHC. The busy-ness of before and after school care calms down a tad and opportunities for quality time with children and programmes improves.
We’re often out and about on adventures visiting far flung places and the Fleurieu wonders that are close to home, and we enjoy planned school based activity providers too. The movies are always a hit as well as our regular winter stomps at Chookarloo, where we splash about in muddy puddles!
We like to make sure that children are dressed well and are prepared for the activity and the weather, whether it is hot or cold. A change of clothes might be required, and always a hat and drink bottle. We offer children breakfast and an afternoon snack each day, but please remember to help your children pack their lunch and snacks just like they would for school.
For further details and enrolment, please contact the OSHC team:
Phone: 8323 9217
Email: dl.0251.oshc@schools.sa.edu.au
Web: www.mvpsoshc.org