Before School Care (BSC)
Located within Kensington Public School grounds, KPSOOSH Care is a safe, familiar, purpose-built child-friendly environment for children to relax and have fun before the school day begins. Children can be signed into before school care any time from 7:15 am. Educators sign children out of before school care from 8:45 am to 9:00am when classes start, as children desire.
Kindergarten Students in Before School Care
In term 1, kindergarten children stay in the OOSH room until 8:55 and are then accompanied by an educator to their class lines. We do this to ensure that they are comfortable in their new environment. During term two, we encourage them to make the choice of staying in the OOSH room or playing outside at 8:30 am.
Breakfast is available to children from 7:15 am – 8:30 am every morning. The service provides a variety of daily breakfast options including a selection of cereal, wholemeal toast, seasonal fruit, yoghurt, eggs and milk & water. We also provide breakfast specials, which range from pancakes, french toast, omelettes, banana bread and more! Breakfast specials change weekly, and our menu is displayed on the family notice board and the service Facebook page! You can also find the menu for this week here.
Before School Care Activities
Each morning at before school care children are provided with the opportunity to participate in a stimulating planned experience that aligns with My Time Our Place Learning Outcomes (See Activities for this week here). Additionally, children are supported to engage in freely chosen to play and leisure activities. Free play and the morning programmed activity runs from 7:15 am – 8:45 am. The children enjoy colouring in, drawing, playing with the train sets, card games and more activities.
Children also have the opportunity to have free play in an outdoor area from 8:00 am – 8:45 am. Outdoor areas include; the green court, the big play equipment, cola, fig tree area. Children have the opportunity to play ball games like basketball, soccer, or utilise any sports equipment, including the skipping ropes, hula hoops. The children also enjoy playing tips, survival tag, and many other games and activities that utilise their creative imaginations.
After School Care (ASC)
Located within Kensington Public School grounds, KPSOOSH Care provides a safe, familiar, purpose-built child-friendly environment in which children can both plan and spontaneously enjoy play and leisure at the end of the school day. After school care runs from 3:00 pm when school finishes, to 6:15 pm. Children can be collected at any time within this period.
How do we incorporate kindergarten children into the ASC environment?
Children in kindergarten will be collected by KPS OOSH educators at their class pick up area for term 1. All kindergarten children will be given a yellow wristband by their teachers saying, “I am going to KPS OOSH today!”. In the first term of school, kindergarten students will be signed-in and enjoy afternoon tea time together indoors until they feel comfortable enough to join the other OOSH kids outside for the remainder of the afternoon. All the kindergarten children are shown the routine, rules, boundaries, and programmed activities at aftercare, and educators are constantly checking on them in-case there is any confusion or uncertainty. All other new children will be shown around during the afternoon and given an educator or student buddy to show them the afternoon routine, rules, boundaries, and activities until they are settled in.
After School Care Activities
At after school care children are provided with a range of stimulating planned experiences that align with My Time Our Place Learning Outcomes, including art and craft, cooking, sport and gross motor activities, drama and music, multicultural and community experiences. Children are additionally supported to engage in freely chosen to play and leisure activities. (See Activities here)
Which meals are provided?
In short, breakfast, afternoon tea, and a late snack. The menu for each week is planned by our Master Chef, Rhonda. Breakfast is provided for any and all children who attend Before School Care before 8:30am. There are two “specials” each week which can include foods such as pancakes, banana smoothies, hash browns, banana bread, omelets or porridge!
The afternoon tea menu changes weekly and is displayed on the family notice boards both inside and outside the centre. Examples of food served for afternoon tea include tacos, salad rolls and pasta. Fruit and vegetables are also served with afternoon tea. At 5:00 pm following a second roll call children are offered a snack of seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Incursions and Clubs
At KPSOOSH, we have a variety of clubs running every afternoon for your child to choose from! The clubs and Incursions change each term, based on family, children and educator’s interests and curiosities. We also run year specific hubs for children to socialise amongst their peers, engage in play and participate in the programmed activity.
In Term 4 2025 we have the following Clubs and Incursions:
- Gardening Club
- Coding Club
- Cooking Club
- Crochet Club
- Book Club
- Creative Arts Club
- Photography & Film Club
- Jiu Jitsu – with Sensei Carmen ($60 per child per term)