Beresford Road Vacation Care
- Early Bird Special Enrol by 9:00am Friday 06th December 2024 – to lock in the current Early Bird Rate.
- Bookings made after 9:00am on Friday 06th December 2024 are automatically charged at our standard daily rate.
- No Cancellations of any Bookings will be accepted after close of business on Friday 13th December 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
Summer Vacation Care Program
Find a Summary of our Spring Program Here: 2024 Summer BRAC Program Summary
Throughout the holiday period we may visit Darling Street Park – which is just a short walk from the service. If you are happy for your child to attend these excursions to the park, please ensure you return the Permission form below and read the attached Risk Assessment to know what children will be doing at the park.
The Permission form also includes our regular excursion to the school computer room throughout the holidays, face and nail painting, and cooking authorisation.
Darling Street Park RA 2025
Computer Room RA 2025
Cooking Activities RA 2025
Please see “What to Pack” tab below to ensure your child has everything they need each day.
Each daily tab will provide you with all the details of the exciting things we have happening and what additional things may be needed each day these school holidays.
DECEMBER 2024
PUPIL FREE DAYS
Join us for Day 1 of Everything Christmas crafts and games, getting into the festive spirit!
We will create a mixture of take home crafts, with some spread over the two days like polymer clay ornaments and making your own baubles.
Today we will be making some Christmas Ornaments using polymer clay to hang on your Tree at home.
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Join us for Day 2 of Everything Christmas crafts and games, getting into the festive spirit!
We will continue with creating a mixture of take home crafts and the highlight of today will be making your own Baubles to hang on your Tree at home.
Cost: Early Bird $60.00 Standard $80.00
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We are Closed for the Christmas New Year Period for 3 weeks, from 6:30pm Friday 20th December 2024. We will reopen for Care on Monday 13th January 2025 at 6:30am.
JANUARY 2025
VACATION CARE WEEK ONE
Come in, in your comfy PJ’s and enjoy a day of games, and crafts.
Plus Build your own Animal pillow to take home.
Incursion Starts 10:00am – so make sure to be on time so you don’t miss out!
Children will also be involved in children choice craft and games
All day Electronics. Bring your electronics and enjoy a day filled with Electronics
Limited Spots – Capped to 30 children
Cost: Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Children use Role Play to better understand the world around them.
Today our children will take on different roles or play different characters that mimic real-life experiences. We will be setting up pop up shops, mechanics, café and other exciting games and activities for the day.
Children can dress up for the role play e.g policeman, fireman, barista, mechanics etc
Cost: Early Bird $60 Standard $80
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Children will fun playing on the following machines :
- Single Car Racer
- Twin Gun Simulator
- Mortal Kombat
- Marvel Superheroes
- Classic 80’s & 90’s Multi Arcade
- StarWars Virtual Pinball Machine or Digital Pinball machine
Children will also be involved in children choice craft and Minute to Win it games throughout the day
All day Electronics. Bring your electronics and enjoy a day filled with Electronics
Cost: Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Today we have children from our Lapstone Centre visiting us.
Children will get to play on the following machines :
- Single Car Racer
- Twin Gun Simulator
- Mortal Kombat
- Marvel Superheroes
- Classic 80’s & 90’s Multi Arcade
StarWars Virtual Pinball Machine or Digital Pinball machine
Cost: Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Get ready for a day full of creativity and culture exploration.
Discover the delights of Turkish culture as we create colourful Mosiac Craft :
- Paper Mosiac Killim Rug
- Mosiac coaster
We will also be learning about an ancient Turkish art while creating an art with some paper marbling using ancient Turkish Ebru marbling technique and engage in exciting Turkish traditional games!
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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VACATION CARE WEEK TWO
Today our children will be using recycling materials to create fun craft and activities.
While turning these trash into treasure, children will be learning the importance of sustainability, and how to care for and respect their environment.
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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In continuation of our exploration of Space, today we will step in a Planetarium to Unravel the mysteries of the night sky and the universe beyond on our Space adventure.
We will embark on an extraordinary cosmic journey with state-of-the-art 360° portable 4K projection system, meticulously crafted to whisk you away to distant galaxies
Children will also be involved in space related craft and games
All day Electronics. Bring your electronics and enjoy a day filled with Electronics
Incursion Starts at 10:00am and goes for approx. 1-1.5hrs
Max 30 children needed for incursion to go ahead – if incursion is cancelled we will be involved in Space theme Day activities and Games
Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Messy play is often called sensory play
Today get ready to explore a huge range of experiences through touch, smell, hearing, seeing and a bit of taste.
We will be fun exploring our senses engaging in
- Scented Dough
- Fizzy Cloud dough
- Messy art using sponges
- Citrus Lemon infused water play
Wet play
All Children Must have today: – 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), hat and sunscreen.
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Children will be watching a PG or G rated movie.
Movie choice and Session time TBA closer to the excursion date.
Children will be provided with popcorn and drink in the cinema
The cost includes popcorn and a drink as well as movie admission and bus hire cost. This is a COMPULSORY excursion.
Children will not be permitted to buy anything from the candy bar so please do not send children with any money. Children may bring snacks packed from home, no nuts please.
Children will be travelling to and from the venue by chartered bus, Baxters Bus Lines, the bus will be driven and insured by the hire company.
Departure and arrival times will depend on movie times, we are aiming for a morning movie session so we would leave the service at approx. 9:00am and be back at the centre by approx. 2:30pm, but these may change.
Bus times and Movie will be advised closer to the date as they will greatly depend on the movie session times.
No Kindy 2025 will be permitted to attend.
This Excursion is capped; a waiting list will operate if needed. See Coordinator to add your child on waitlist if unable to book.
All children must be at the service by 8.30am to ensure that they do not miss out on the Excursion and to ensure that they have been provided with an Excursion shirt, have had their name marked off the roll, and to provide staff with time to finalise numbers and do final preparation for the excursion.
A permission form must be completed for your child to attend
If excursion is cancelled for any reason we will be involved in an inservice Sports Racing Day with Relay races, three legged race, Water games.
Cost: Early Bird: $130.00 Standard: $160.00
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Its nearly that time of the year again, where everything that makes us, Aussies is celebrated! Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into the creating of Indigenous art craft and games.
Let’s also make a Traditional Damper to enjoy at afternoon tea.
Cost: Early Bird $60 Standard $80
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VACATION CARE WEEK THREE
Closed – Public Holiday – Australia Day Observance
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Painting is a way for children to do many important things: convey ideas, express emotion, use their senses, explore color, explore process and outcomes, and create aesthetically pleasing works and experiences.
We are turning BRAC into a Paint Studio where we will be holding a special painting class where children will create a take home artwork on canvas, with step by step instructions and will each receive a popper. The day will be filled with art, colour and paint activities and games!
Numbers will be capped at 36 – so get in early so you don’t miss out.
Please ensure you complete the permission form for your child to participate
Early Bird: $70.00 Standard: $90.00
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Embracing diversity by the celebration of the Lunar New Year.
Children will explore different cultures, traditions, values by participating in art craft and games related to the theme.
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Summer Day fun! Day of Water packed activities with Splish, Splash and Slide
All things water… Water Slide, water fights, water experiments & craft with water colours!
Children will also be involved in children choice craft and games.
All day Electronics. Bring your electronics and enjoy a day filled with Electronics
Remember to Bring your own water gun to participate in a water gun fight.
All Children Must have today: – 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 (Closed shoes no thongs), hat and sunscreen.
Incursion – Inflatable Games RA
Cost: Early Bird: $80.00 Standard: $100.00
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Today we’re heading for a fun Picnic day at the oval where we will enjoy group games followed by lunch with Pizza n Popper on a picnic blanket / mat.
Later in the day we will be making some wire sculptures.
Please complete the form to select your child’s pizza lunch for today:
Cost: Early Bird $70 Standard $90
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VACATION CARE WEEK FOUR
Children wear your lucky sports jerseys and get active playing Pokémon World Cup Soccer and water activities and games throughout the day.
All Children Must have today: – 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 (Closed shoes no thongs), hat and sunscreen.
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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What Can the Wind Do?
Today we will explore play and wonder by both craft and outdoor activities and Find out… the Power of Wind
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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School bells are ringing loud and clear; Vacation’s over, let’s end vacation care with a BANG doing some popular demand arts and craft to get our School Spirits up…..
Cost: Early Bird: $60.00 Standard: $80.00
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Back to School and Before and After School Care from Thursday 06th February 2025 for the start of Term 1!
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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- If you have not used the service in 14 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 Activity Centres.
- 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.
- 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.
Delivery & Collection of Children 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 2022
- 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 160822
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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 (found above in program information) has been carried out and Policy developed.
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 you do not wish for this to occur then you need to inform the service is writing and update your enrolment form in you Kangaroo Time app (KT connect).
- 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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