Kensington Public School OOSH Care provides Vacation Care for primary school-aged children in the Kensington community. Children can be signed into Vacation Care from 7:15 am onwards and collected at any time up until 6:15 pm.

Each Vacation Care program is designed by qualified educators to provide a wide variety of experiences that reflect the changing interests and needs of children, families and the broader community. KPSOOSH Care runs a combination of in house, incursion and excursion days during Vacation Care. On in house days, children participate in a range of activities facilitated by KPSOOSH Care educators on-site, to match an exciting new theme every day. On incursion days special guests are invited into the centre to perform for children and run interactive workshops with them. In the past children have been visited by magicians, explored petting zoos and participated in Gadigal and Bidjigal Aboriginal Cultural workshops. On Excursion days KPSOOSH Care ventures off-site to explore our local community and its facilities, including visits to the zoo, cinemas, Chinese gardens and much more.

Our vacation care program comes out in week 6 of each team. 

Safety and Supervision

Kensington Public School OOSH care incorporated runs a minimum 1:15 (Educator: Child) ratio at all times during in house and incursion Vacation Care days.  A first aid qualified Educator will be present at all times. We conduct risk assessments for every excursion to determine the best ratio requirement for the activities planned. Risk assessments determine increased ratios as follows:

  • 1:5 (Educator: Child) ratios for High-risk activities
  • 1:8 (Educator: Child) ratios for Medium risk activities
  • 1:10 (Educator: Child) ratios for Low-risk activities

Meals

Breakfast is available to children from 7:15 – 8:45am. Daily breakfast options include a selection of cereal, toast, fruit, yogurt and eggs. Afternoon tea is served at 3:15pm following roll call. The afternoon tea menu changes each Vacation Care, and is displayed on the family notice boards both inside and outside the centre. Tacos, salad rolls and raisin bread are examples of foods served for afternoon tea. A variety of fruit and vegetables are also served with afternoon tea. At 5:30pm following a second roll call children are offered a snack of seasonal fruit and vegetables

* Please note that morning tea and lunch are NOT provided during Vacation Care. Families are required to pack their own morning tea and lunch unless the program instructs otherwise.

Vacation Care Programs

Upcoming Program

Summer Vac Care Program 2023/24

Past programs

Spring Vacation Care 2023

Winter Vac Care Planner 2023

Autumn 2023 Final Program

Summer Vacation Care 2023 Program

Spring Vacation Care Program 2022

Winter Vacation Care Program 2022

Autumn Vacation Care Program 2022

Summer Vacation Care Program 2021

Spring Vacation Care Program 2021

Winter Vacation Care Program 2021

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How to Book a place

To book a place at Kensington Public School OOSH Care Vacation Care program your child/ren must be enrolled at Kensington Public School OOSH Care through the KT Connect App.

Kensington Public School OOSH Care thrives on reflective practice. In addition to the collaborative approach to programming we take that engages educators and children. We encourage families and the community to give feedback on and contribute to the development of our Vacation Care program. If you have questions, concerns or feedback regarding our Vacation Care program please use the “Contact” section of this website to share them with management.

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