Join us for a colour explosion! Race your friends through our obstacle courses as you are sprayed with all the colours of the rainbow. Bring a spare pair of clothes.

Scooters

Don’t forget your scooter and helmet because today we will be scooting around the centre.

 What to bring:

• Sun safe hat
• Drink bottle
• Enclosed shoes and socks
• Morning tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Bring a spare pair of clothes

Sit back relax and enjoy the movie as we follow the Clades, a legendary family of explorers, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous adventure.

Umina Park

Race your friends up the climbing frame, swing on the flying fox and verse the educators in a game of cricket.

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 8.30 am

Address: Peninsula Recreation Precinct, Umina Beach NSW 2257 and Cinema Paradiso, 84/189 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257

Distance travelled: 35km

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Come dressed in your pyjamas as we create reindeers, polar bears and teddy bears in our Build a Bear workshop.

Christmas Movie Madness

Join us for milo and popcorn as we dive into a Christmas movie marathon.

What to bring:

•  Sun safe hat
•  Drink bottle
•  Enclosed shoes and socks
•  Morning tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea

Join us for a Christmas Eve gift making workshop. Create Christmas photo frames, decorate Christmas cards and Christmas keyrings.

Christmas Feast

Come decked out in your favourite Christmas outfit as we sit around a table and share a feast together.

Christmas Cookie Decoration

HO! HO! HO! Hand craft your cookies for Santa’s treat on Christmas eve. Mix, Kneed, roll and cut your cookies and of course you can decorate them too!

What to bring:

• Sun safe hat
• Drink bottle
• Enclosed shoes and socks
• Food Provided

It’s time to bounce on into the new year at the Inflatable Bounce House Berkley Vale. Jump, spin, dodge and race your friends on inflatable obstacle courses, explore the amazing play equipment and participate in a variety of sporting activities.

Bring Socks

Playdough Master Class

Make your own playdough and have some gloopy, stretchy, messy fun! What creations will you make with yours?

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 8.30 am

Address: Inflatable Bounce House, 1 Enterprise Dr, Berkeley Vale NSW 2261

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes
• Bring Socks

Children’s choice – Are you ready for chocolate eating races, bottle flip competitions, and crazy coloured hair spraying because today we will be running our own mini fete.

OOSH talent

From magic to dancing to stand-up comedy we are calling you ready for our OOSH got talent show

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Come dressed in your best camouflage attire and get your binocular ready! We will be exploring Kariong OOSH on the hunt for hidden animals.

Incursion – Insectarium

Children will have the opportunity to look at and hold a variety of insects such as giant snails, spiny leaf insects, giant cockroaches and giant millipedes. We will then be building an insectarium to keep.

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Join us as we travel to the Koala Park sanctuary where we will see Koalas, red and grey kangaroos, dingoes, wombats, quolls, emus and a large collection of Australian native birds.

Koala cookie decorating

It’s not just cute it tastes good too. Come decorate a cookie to look like a koala or your favourite animal. 

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 7.45 am

Address: Koala Park Sanctuary Sydney, 84 Castle Hill Rd, West Pennant Hills NSW 2125

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

Distance: 108km

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Come explore Italian culture with us. Children will learn through art, song and dance.

 Pizza masterclass

Bring along your apron as we cook up a storm. We will be making pizzas with your choice of toppings to enjoy.

What to bring:

• Bring your own device today
• Sun safe hat
• Drink bottle
• Enclosed shoes and socks
• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea
• Food is provided

Travel down to Penrith with us today as we explore the fire museum.  Ride on a genuine Ford D200 fire truck, become a junior firefighter and even buy a souvenir from the gift shop.

Ice-cream cones

Sit back, relax and cool down after a firey day with a cold ice-cream cone. 

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 7.45 am

Address: Museum of Fire, 1 Museum Dr, Penrith NSW 2750

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

Distance: 208km

Children may bring along $10 to spend in the gift shop

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Cool down with wickedly wild water games! Partner battles, team challenges, water slides and tonnes of water activities.

Slime master’s workshop

Do you love slime because today we will be creating ooey gooey slime today.

Bring a towel and a spare Water Wars pair of clothes

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes
• Spare clothes

Come race against your friends. There’s nothing better than the thrill of the whiz, dip, and slide of slot car racing.

Face painting

A unicorn, a lion or your favourite superhero. Our educators will transform you.

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Are you ready to become a Moving Bodies Ninja?  Can you conquer the 4 warped walls, a spider wall, cargo net, ladders, floating doors and parkour area?

Nerf war

Choose your ultimate nerf war team. Create bases to protect yourself, shoot targets and battle it out. 

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 8.30 am

Address: Moving Bodies Centre, 10/2 Marina Cl, Mount Kuring-gai NSW 2080

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

Distance: 75.6km

Please bring sunglasses

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes
• Sunglasses

Calling all witches, wizards and warlocks to a day filled with magic and fun. Create magic potions, learn magic tricks and even drink SPIDERS for afternoon tea.

Harry Potter trivia

Do you love Harry Potter as we do because we will be battling it out to see who knows the most about Harry Potter?

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes
• Bring your own device
• Food is provided

Sit back, relax and enjoy the movie as we follow Puss in Boots on his best adventure yet. Enjoy a drink and a bag of popcorn as we watch the movie.

Umina Park

Race your friends up the climbing frame, swing on the flying fox and verse the educators in a game of cricket.

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 8.30 am

Address: Peninsula Recreation Precinct, Umina Beach NSW 2257 and Cinema Paradiso, 84/189 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257

Distance travelled: 35km

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Get ready for the ultimate gaming experience these holidays. Play all your much-loved games on the big screens, race your friends and discover new worlds.

Handball world cup

 Who will be crowned handball world champ.

Team up and compete in OOSH’s handball world cup. Battle in out with other teams and even the educator.

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Put on your thick socks and jumpers as today we are travelling to Erina Ice Arena where we will be skating up a storm.

Milo and movie marathon

It’s time to warm up with a nice cup of milo as we end the day with a movie marathon.

Permission form must be returned.

Please arrive by 8.30 am

Address: Erina Ice Arena, Shop A08 Erina Fair, Terrigal Dr, Erina NSW 2250

Distance travelled: 24.6km

Staff Child Ratio: 1:10

What to bring:

• Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon tea
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes
• Thick socks

 

Rock out to your favourite songs as OOSH has its very own music festival. Get your hair braided, face painted and dance like no one is watching.

Sweet treat table

Do you like cakes, fruit salad, jelly and all things sweet because today is for you. Enjoy a plate full of sweet treats to end the day.

Bring along your own device today.

What to bring:

• Food is provided today
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Rock out to your favourite songs as OOSH has its very own music festival. Get your hair braided, face painted and dance like no one is watching.

Sweet treat table

Do you like cakes, fruit salad, jelly and all things sweet because today is for you. Enjoy a plate full of sweet treats to end the day.

Bring along your own device today.

What to bring:

• Food is provided today
• Refillable drink bottle
• Sun safe hat
• Sun Safe clothing and enclosed shoes

Sun Safety: Kariong OOSH endorses the Cancer Council’s ‘Sun Safe OOSH’ Policy. Under this policy, a daily UV check is conducted, and at times where the UV level is 3 or above, SPF 50+ sunscreen is applied every 2-3 hours. Children are also required to wear sun safe clothing, including a broad brimmed, bucket style or legionnaire hat, and clothing which covers their shoulders. Singlets and caps are not sun safe clothing. If your child attends Vacation Care without appropriate sun safe clothing, they will be provided with a hat/ shirt. This will incur a laundering fee of $3 per item. Children must also wear enclosed shoes and bring a jumper or a jacket and drink bottle each day. Thongs, open toed and slip-on style shoes are not permitted.

Caps are not permitted at Kariong OOSH.

Mobile Phone Number: 0405 358 049 Kariong OOSH has a mobile phone in addition to our landline. This phone will be carried by the Service Supervisor whilst on excursions.

Hours of operation: Kariong OOSH is open from 6.30am till 6.30pm Monday to Friday during the school holidays and Kariong Public School Pupil Free Days (excludes public holidays). Bookings are essential as places are limited. If you have enquires outside of these times please leave us a message or send us an email.

Child Care Subsidy (CCS): CCS is available to registered parents for Vacation Care. If you are a family that only uses Kariong OOSH for Vacation Care you will need to reconfirm your enrolment with Centrelink for CCS to be applied to your account. This will need to be done around the first day of attendance to stop your enrolment falling back into exited family status. If you fail to do this you will be charged FULL FEES. Please contact Family Assistance Office (FAO) on 136 150, or login to your MyGov account or Centrelink App to be CCS assessed.

Bookings: Bookings are to be made via BookMe, which is accessed from your Hubworks account. If you need your login details please advise us. In the case that a day becomes booked out, a waiting list will be prepared and parents will be notified if a place becomes available.

Cancellations: Please notify the Centre of any cancellations as soon as possible. We do not swap days, and there is a 25% Cancellation Fee, if you cancel your booking within 7 days of the booked day.

Payment: The cost per day during Vacation Care is $65 per child. Please note that additional costs may apply to some ‘in centre’ activities and excursions, to cover increased staffing costs and transportation costs. (Please see the program for these additional charges). Fees are due to paid at time of booking. We understand that some families’ accounts are in credit so we are requesting, in order to secure your days, that 25% of total fees are paid at time of booking. This will be calculated at checkout with BookMe.

Supervision: Kariong OOSH is approved for a maximum of 75 school age children per day, however limitations may be placed on maximum number of enrolments due to staffing or transport requirements. Staff to child ratios of 1:15 are maintained during centre days, with increased supervision on excursions. Risk Assessments are conducted prior to each excursion and are available for parents to view. These are available at the Sign in and out desk. A Responsible Person holding their Apply First Aid, Child Protection, Asthma & Anaphylaxis certificate and CPR will be rostered on at all times throughout the day. The responsible person/s are listed on the white board above the sign in and out desk.

Kariong OOSH’s Vacation Care Program: We are aware that sometimes programmed activities will not appeal to all children. Be assured that wherever possible we try to provide alternative activities such as craft, games or movies. There are also opportunities for children to assist with activities even if they do not wish to take part in the actual activity.

Program variations: The Vacation Care program is subject to change without notice if it is deemed in the  best interests of children, e.g. changes to program on wet weather days. Should an excursion change, parents will be required to sign their permission for the new excursion prior to children attending.

Medication: If your child requires medication an Administration of Medication form must be completed on each day that the medication is to be administered. Please note that no over-the- counter medication will be              given (except Panadol). Medication must be prescribed by a registered medical practitioner, provided in original packaging with the child’s correct name, and will be administered as per dosage instructions that are attached to the packaging (i.e. a sticker placed on the packaging by a pharmacist, or any written instructions provided by a registered medical practitioner). Any medication that has expired will not be administered to your child.

Food: Please pack a nutritious morning tea, lunch and some snacks for your children on all days. There may be days where we provide lunch or a snack. Please see the vacation care program for these days. Please ensure that your child has adequate food, as Vacation Care days are active and long and the children do get hungry.

Water: Water will be freely available at the Centre but please supply a drink bottle each day as these can be refilled as required. If your child forgets a water bottle on an excursion day, Kariong OOSH will supply a water bottle but $5 surcharge will be added to your account each time this occurs.

Nut policy: Kariong OOSH is an allergy aware service and we observe a nut avoidance policy for the safety  of all children. Please do not send any nuts or food products containing nuts to Kariong OOSH. These items will be removed from the care environment and returned to the parent at the completion of each day.

Special diets: If children are on restricted diets due to food allergies etc. parents are advised to provide alternative food for their child as we cannot guarantee that the foods available will be suitable for your child’s needs. Please see a Responsible Person for a Care Plan for a Child with Special Dietary Requirements.

Spending money: Children are not permitted to bring money for an excursion unless the program indicates otherwise as there is no opportunity for them to spend it. Kariong OOSH takes no responsibility for any monies that are bought into care.

Personal Gaming Devices: Children are not permitted to bring their personal gaming devices during Vacation Care except on allocated days. Specific times will be allocated for playing their games so that they spend some time participating in other activities. All games, including iPad games, must be G or PG rated as per centre policy. Any games above this classification (M, MA15+) will be confiscated and returned to the child’s parent/guardian at the completion of the day. Kariong OOSH is not responsible for any breakages or lost property.

Children are not permitted to use mobile phones and smart watches at Kariong OOSH at any time.