Darlington Vacation Care
Enrolments Now Open!
- No Cancellations of any Bookings will be accepted after close of business on Friday 19th December 2025.
- 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
- Fees and Charges for Vacation care here
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Summer Vacation Care Program
January 2026 Vacation Care Program
Click on each day to see all the details of the exciting things we have happening each day these school holidays.
- Throughout Vacation care, children have the opportunity to bring their own digital technology devices or access service issued devices such as Ipads or Nintendo Switches. In line with NSW Regulations, Activity Centres has implemented strict guidelines on the use of digital devices. This permission form covers information regarding children’s use of digital devices during the Spring Vacation Care Period. If you do not sign the attached form your child will be unable to use any digital devices at the service during the holidays – Please sign here
- What to bring everyday – morning tea, lunch, drink bottle and hat. Please pack a spare change of clothes and a towel if it’s going to be a hot day, we will engage in water play when we can!What to wear – comfortable play clothes, please ensure that clothing is sun safe and covers children’s shoulders (no thin straps or singlets) sunscreen is available and will be applied when required during the day. Water Play Risk Assessment
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VACATION CARE WEEK ONE
Make and create with paddle pop sticks, matchsticks and pegs.
You will also get to paint your own wooden yo-yo to keep!
Cost: $90.00
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We will use a range of natural materials to create art today.
We will learn about some beautiful natural places in the world.
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We have plaster shapes ready to be painted today!
We will also learn how to use plaster powder to make our own chalk to use on the playground!
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Can a fish have legs? Is a capybara just a really big wombat?
We’ll learn about some interesting and amazing animals today!
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Learn some magic tricks, mix up some cool, bubbly potions and maybe even write some spells to cast!
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VACATION CARE WEEK TWO
This was requested again! Children will be able to paint and decorate their nails today. We will also have the standard glitter tattoos in addition to some temporary tattoo markers for body art!
Glitter Tattoo RA
Glitter Tattoo Risk Assessment
Cost: $90.00
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Come along and learn to make different types of fidget toys.
All children will get to paint a squishy fidget toy to keep!
Cost: $90.00
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Our scientists will make their own slime today as well as create volcanoes that explode and try some experiments with food colouring!
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Bring your artistic skills to the sky, todays activity is building your own kite to fly and take home!
You get to decorate your kite with markers before you build it and take to the sky!
Cost: $90.00
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Come dressed as something or a character who shares the same first letter of your name!
Try different crafts related to your name today, including making labels for drink bottles or lunch boxes!
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VACATION CARE WEEK THREE
Service Closed – Public Holiday – Australia Day!
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Bring your favourite game with you or test out some of our newest games.
There will be a Monopoly themed treasure hunt, team work will help you to collect all of the properties!
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Come today and make cookie themed crafts!
We will also make lots of different coloured playdough to create a playdough bakery. For afternoon tea the children can ice and decorate a cookie to eat!
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By request! A blank canvas is an invitation to create your own masterpiece to take home.
We will have a go at recreating a famous Kandinsky art work as a group.
Cost: $90.00
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Join your friends to relax in your pyjamas for the last day of the holidays.
We will watch a move or two and make pancakes for afternoon tea!
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Back to Before and After School Care from Monday 02nd February 2026.
Important Information
- Once the enrolment form is complete, the service coordinator will confirm your start date with you.
- You can then download the OWNA Parent app.
Used us before
- PLEASE DO NOT register a new account.
- Use the casual calendar in the OWNA app to make a booking for vacation care.
New to our Organisation
- Click on the below link to see how to enrol in to the organisation
- How to Enrol – Activity Centres Inc
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 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 by 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 your 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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