About Program
Welcome to the Italian Bilingual School After School Hours Care (the IBS OOSH).
Co.As.It. offers an After School Care Program to provide care and recreation for children from Preps to Year 6.
The OOSH program follows the new National Quality Standard for out of school hours care services. This standard has been designed to ensure a continuity of care across all areas of childcare with the focus on a child's learning and development.
The seven Quality areas are:
I. Educational program and practice.
II. Children's health and safety.
III. Physical environment.
IV. Staffing arrangements.
V. Relationships with children.
VI. Collaborative partnerships with families and communities.
VII. Governance and Leadership.
At IBS OOSH we aim to enable parents to pursue work or study in the knowledge that their children are being well cared for in a safe and happy environment. We provide a wide variety of supervised play and recreational activities that assist the overall development of the children.
To promote and encourage equity and access throughout the centre, we provide equal opportunities for the children including promoting and encouraging bilingualism by employing bilingual staff, whenever possible.
WHO CARES FOR YOUR CHILDREN?
The Co.As.It. Language Services department manages all financial and administrative duties. The Nominated Supervisor oversees the program and management of staff. The Educational Leader collaborates with educators and provides curriculum direction and guidance. The OOSH Coordinator is responsible for the implementation of the cycle of planning ensuring that children's learning and development are guided by the learning outcomes of the approved learning frameworks. The OOSH Coordinator is also responsible for daily activities, while the OOSH assistant provides assistance to the OOSH Coordinator in all areas and educational activities as well as catering requirements.
The IBS OOSH program operates on a 1:10 staff/child ratio.
All team members are committed to providing quality childcare in a safe and happy environment.
ACCREDITATION
The IBS OOSH program aims to provide preschool and school age children in outside school hours care with high quality care that promotes learning and development with particular emphasis on play, social interaction, recreation and developing language skills. OOSH is a Commonwealth Government initiative linked to Child Care Benefit funding approval for outside school hours care services.
PROGRAM
We implement a balanced program that is stimulating, interesting and exciting which allows opportunities for children to play, explore and develop new skills and is appropriate to the developmental and leisure needs of all children.
The IBS OOSH program aims to:
· Reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of the local and wider community with special attention to the Italian community
· Promote the importance of play in the child's life
· Encourage co-operative and responsible behaviour among children
· Consider all developmental areas
· Be balanced by providing a range of indoor/outdoor activities, quiet/active times and areas for structured/unstructured activities
· Provide a variety and choice of activities for the children
· Be stimulating, interesting and exciting, to allow for opportunities to explore and develop new skills
· Help children develop self-discipline skills through positive example and direction
· Help children to appreciate and care for each other and their surroundings
HOURS OF OPERATION
The centre operates during IBS school terms Monday to Friday, between the hours of: 3:15pm to 6:30pm. OOSH operates on the grounds of IBS at 30-32 See Street, Meadowbank, NSW, 2114.