Darlington Vacation Care
- Early Bird Special Enrol by 9:00am Friday 28th June 2024 – to lock in the current Early Bird Rate.
- Bookings made after 9:00am on the 28.06.2024 are automatically charged at our standard daily rate.
- No Cancellations of any Bookings will be accepted after close of business on Wednesday 3rd July 2024.
- Excursions and Incursion Days incur an additional charge, please see each day’s description for any additional charges on specific days.
- Please see our Fees Page for a complete list of all our Fees and Charges for Vacation care here
Winter Vacation Care Program
Monday 8th July 2024 – Friday 19th July 2024
Pupil Free Day: Monday 22nd 2024
Find a Summary of our Summer Program Here: DAC Winter Program Calendar_ 2024
Click on each day to see all the details of the exciting things we have happening each day these school holidays.
VACATION CARE WEEK ONE
Come dressed as your favourite Super Mario character. Today we will complete a range of Mario themed activities as part of our Super Mario scavenger hunt. We will round out the day with some Nintendo Switch games of Mario Kart.
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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We are going to explore some science based activities today. We will grow a rainbow, make pictures float on water, try some building challenges and make a paddle pop stick catapult
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Wear old clothes, you might get messy today! We are going to experiment with ways to paint without a brush, you can make your own candle and we will work together on another collaborative art work!
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $70.00 Standard: $90.00
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Learn about dinosaurs and prehistoric life today.
Come and engage in a range of space themed learning activities like creating your own alien creature, make your own glittery space slime and play space games!
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Bring your favourite card game, board game or group game.
We will spend time learning to play some classic games like giant pick up sticks and human noughts and crosses.
Children must have:
- Morning tea & lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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VACATION CARE WEEK TWO
Come and make your own passport, collect stamps from the countries you visit through the planned activities today.
Children must have:
- Morning tea & lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Today through craft and games we will learn about mythical creatures from fairies to dragons and unicorns. Get a glitter tattoo of your favourite mythical creature.
Permission slip required, click here
Children must have:
- Morning tea & lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Today we will have opportunities to relax and enjoy some movies!
Bring a pillow and a blanket if you want to get cosy and comfortable! We will watch Toy Story 4 and make Forky!
Children must have:
- Morning tea & lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Permission slip required, click here
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Bring your bike, scooter, skateboard or skates today, along with your helmet and other safety gear. We will create an obstacle course on the basketball court and squeeze in as much riding time as we can!
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
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The 2024 Olympics start next week! We will create a medal tally board that we can use during the Olympics and we will compete in some Olympic style events!
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Cost: Early bird $60.00 Standard $80.00
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VACATION CARE WEEK THREE
Wear your warmest PJs and your slippers today! You can make your own animal pillow today, create your own beaded jewellery and decorate a biscuit to have at afternoon tea time.
Children need to bring:
- Morning tea
- Lunch
- Water bottle
- Hat
Decorate an arrowroot biscuit using:
- Icing sugar
- Cocoa
- Food colouring
- Skittles
- Mini marshmallows
- Sprinkles
Permission slip required, click here
Cost: Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Important Information
- Once the enrolment form is complete, the service coordinator will confirm your start date with you.
- Then you can download the Kangaroo Time App (KT Connect)
Used us before
- PLEASE DO NOT register a new account.
- Download the Kangaroo Time App (KT Connect) and use your Log in email address your statement is sent to log on.
- Use the casual calendar in the app to make a booking for vacation care.
New to our Organisation
- Click on the below link and follow the prompts to create a booking request.
- Once the service coordinator has confirmed we have a place available you will be required to complete an enrolment form.
https://enrol.kangarootime.com.au/inquiry/10C7DE6AA3EBE113
PLEASE NOTE: Not supplying all the mandatory information will slow down your enrolment process and push back your start date.
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- Daily Fees and charges for Vacation Care can be found here.
- There is an additional charge applied for any incursions and excursions – these are outlined above in the Holiday Program
- Fees will apply to all bookings, unless you have cancelled your booking in writing by the cut-off date for the holiday period. No Cancellations will be accepted after this date.
Fee Policy
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- If you have not used the service in 12 weeks your CCS will automatically drop off and will show up as ‘Ceased’.
- To ensure that you receive CCS for Vacation Care, you need to confirm your enrolment with CCS.
- To confirm your CCS you need to go on your My Gov account and go to your tasks and confirm your booking at Girraween Activity Centre.
- It is your responsibility to ensure you confirm your bookings, without completing this step you will pay full fees for the vacation care period.
When Logging into My Gov to confirm CCS enrolment.
- Centrelink have their own weeks (that apply to their CCS fortnights), these do not always match our week one and two of vacation care, so this can be confusing when you go into confirm.
- CCS fortnights are sometimes different to Vacation Care Weeks, please don’t just “dispute” the booking as this can take some time to rectify. Your booked days are correct as of this confirmation letter.
- As per Centrelink guidelines, there may be some days during this vacation care period where you will be charged full fees, due to you capping out your approved hours in the CCS fortnight.
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- An authorised person must sign children into care and out of care each day. The service cannot be held liable for any child not signed in care.
- Children must be collected before 6:30pm.
- If a child is to be absent, parents/ guardians must contact the service before 8:30am and inform Educators of my child’s absence. You will be charged for absent days.
Pick Up and Drop Off Policy
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- A Hat – No Visors
- Closed in sturdy shoes, sturdy sandals with back straps (no thongs).
- Children must be dressed appropriately for the weather conditions.
- All t-shirts/tops dresses must cover shoulders. No singlet tops.
- Packed healthy recess and lunch – please include an ice brick to keep lunch fresh and refillable drink bottle. Please ensure you pack enough food to last the day.
- Ideas for packing a healthy lunch can be found at:
– Healthy Lunch Box | Cancer Council NSW
– Easy And Healthy Lunch Box Ideas For School | Best Recipes For Packed Lunches – Food.com
– Healthy lunchboxes | Healthy Eating Advisory Service
– Lunchbox Nutrition | Healthy Lunch Box Week - In summer Months: A change of clothing, a towel, sun shirt or t-shirt (for covering their shoulders while engaging in water play), as well as shoes that can get wet (no thongs), costume, hat and sunscreen.
Please Note:
- We would prefer you leave toys and personal items at home. The service takes no responsibility for items that are lost, broken or stolen.
- Please ensure that all items are labeled with your child’s name.
- Children are NOT to bring mobile phones or devices capable of making phone calls (e.g. smart watches) to the Service.
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- Families must inform the service of any behavioural, medical or additional needs that a child may have to ensure the service is adequately staffed to cater for all children’s needs at the Service.
- It is the parent/guardians responsibility to:
– inform the service of any medical conditions your child may have
– supply the service with medical management plans from a medical practitioner and all medications needed.Note: This must be done at least 5 working days prior to the child’s 1st day of care to ensure the Educators have sufficient time to complete a Risk Minimaisation plan. - As per Regulation 90 and our Medical Conditions Policy, without the correct medications and paperwork children will be unable to attend the service.
Medical Conditions Policy - As per Regulation 95, medication must be supplied in the original container.
- Medication cannot be administered if there is not a completed Medication Form or it is not in its original container. Medication Administration Policy
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Throughout the holiday period we have nominated days that children will be permitted to bring their wheeled toys, such as bikes and scooters – see above.
A detailed Risk Assessment and Polices has been carried out and is available here:
Wheeled Toys Risk Assessment
Wheeled Toy Policy
Please Note: In wet weather bike and scooter day will not go ahead.
WHEELED TOY RULES – Read these rules with your child prior to attendance:
- All children must follow directions of Educators and ride within the designated riding area.
- All children must have a helmet and closed in shoes. If children do not have a correctly fitted helmet or suitable shoes, they will not be allowed to ride. Knee, wrist and elbow pads are required if bringing skateboards, roller blades, roller-skates etc.
- Children will not be allowed to ride another child’s Wheeled Toy, only owners permitted to ride.
- Children will not be able to do any tricks on their Wheeled Toys.
- Wheeled Toys must be walked into school grounds so that children playing are not injured.
- All Wheeled Toys must be taken home at the end of the day.
- Wheeled Toys need to be well-maintained, If staff deem any as unsafe, children will not be permitted to ride.
- Children must be able to ride wheeled toy competently and safely, it is not a learn to ride day.
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- Children can bring along their electronic gaming device to be played with during the allocated times only – when not being played children can lock games up and sign them into our register.
- All devices must have internet, calling and messaging capabilities shut off prior to them being brought into the service.
- If these features can’t be deactivated then children will not be able to play on then, we will lock them up in a secure location and hand back to the parent at the end of the day.
- We ask that no child bring phones or devices capable of making phone calls and messages, including smart watches – if families wish to contact their child while they are in care, you are welcome to do so via calling the service directly.
- All gaming device cameras must be covered at all times.
- One device per child is to be brought in.
- Games and Apps used need to be rated G or PG only. Educators will not allow children to play games they deem as inappropriate.
- Social Media applications and sites will not be able to be used while at the service.
- Please label all devices with names.
- We WILL NOT charge game devices at the service – they must come fully charged.
- Children are only permitted to play their own device.
- Anyone not following the rules will not be permitted to play.
- We take no responsibility for lost or broken electronic devices. If you are concerned about this please leave them at home.
- We ask parents ensure they discuss these rules with your child prior to allowing them to bring their devices to the service.
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- Emergency drills are practiced randomly throughout the holidays. The evacuation plan is in place and located at the exit of each room.
- First aid kits are easily accessible and well stocked at all times.
- At all times we will have educators on shift who hold a current first aid certificate, as well as asthma and anaphylaxis training.
- Sunscreen is available at the service and will be applied to the children when required.
- While at the service children may be photographed and appear in photo books, organisation videos, class dojo, social media or our website. If I do not wish for this to occur then you need to inform the service is writing and update your enrolment form in My Family Lounge.
- All children are expected to follow the Service rules and Educator instructions. If a child fails to do so, a parent/guardian or (if they are unavailable) an authorised contact will be called to collect.
- Families and Children must abide by all Activity Centres Inc., Policies and Procedures. These can be viewed on request at the service or here
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