Category: After School Care

On Sunday, the 1st of March, millions of people recognised and participated in the national event, Clean up Australia Day. This day was created in 1989, by an Australian man in Sydney. His simple idea is now the nation’s largest […]

Vacation Care enrolments are now open for the April school holidays. Please complete the form attached and return via email to Helen or drop them off at the Centre. Remember, our early bird price: book by Thursday 19th March 2020. […]

Dear Families, Our Vacation Care program for OOSH at SGCS and Oatley West OOSH will be available tomorrow. The program will be sent to all families and will be available on the blog.

Why are  play and social skills important? Play is one way by which children learn. “Free” or unstructured play in early childhood is an important way that children learn about their world. Play is also an avenue through which social skills can develop. As […]

This year at The Scots College OOSH we will be continuing to collect items for the Dandelion Support Network. For the Month of March, we will be collecting consumables (new items only) What Can I Donate? -Tops                              -Dresses -Pants -Pajamas […]

This week has been a busy week at OOSH! We’ve had so much fun doing loads of different things, we have welcomed a new OOSH assistant recently and our OOSH group has grown a lot! Recently the boys welcomed Lucas, […]

Today, the boys loved enjoying a perfect Sunny afternoon. Hopefully we have plenty more before the colder months begin! Amy led the group this afternoon while they were outside. She showed the boys some great Rugby/Football skills for one of […]

Many children first enter early childhood education and care services at a time when their immune systems are still developing. They may not have been exposed to the common germs that cause infections before and they may be too young […]

Every afternoon, all of the boys head straight to the LEGO when they arrive to OOSH. They would sit there for the whole afternoon, building, changing and creating items from LEGO if they could. Often the boys will get stuck […]

Healthy eating is essential for your child’s good health, growth and development. Healthy eating in childhood means they will have less chance of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. It will also mean […]