Toongabbie West Vacation Care
Enrolments Now Open
- No Cancellations of any Bookings will be accepted after close of business on Friday 04th April 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
Autumn Vacation Care Program
Find a Summary of our Summer Program Here:
Autumn Calendar Here
Throughout the holidays children will have the opportunity to visit Ambrose Hallen Park, as well as engage in activities such as wheeled Toys and on the school Handball Quad (which is not part of our licensed spaces) – For your child to participate you will be required to sign the below permission form.
Permission Form for Ambrose Hallen Park, Cooking, Wheeled Toys & Handball Quad
Ambrose Hallen Park Risk Assessment
Handball Quad Risk Assessment
Electronics – children will be able to play their own electronic devices everyday throughout the holidays at allocated times. Please read and discuss rules, located below in the “electronics and Media” tab, with your child prior to the holidays. Any children not following the rules will not be permitted to play devices.
Wheeled Toys – children will be able to bring and play on their own wheeled toys everyday throughout the holidays at allocated times. Please read and discuss rules, located below in the “wheeled toys” tab, with your child prior to the holidays. Any children not following the rules will not be permitted to ride. Wheeled Toy Risk Assessment 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.
VACATION CARE WEEK ONE
Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and immerse yourself in the natural beauty that surrounds us! Join us for a day filled with fun, discovery, and relaxation in the heart of nature.
Today the children will be getting up close with nature and using natural resources from our local surroundings.
- Using natural air-dry clay and lentils to design and create a mosaic to take home
- Collecting and using leaves for a leaf rubbing craft
- Exploring our outdoor surroundings to complete an outdoor alphabet scavenger hunt
- Competing in an outdoor camouflage hide and seek game
- Drawing a garden, dice rolling game
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It’s time to unleash your inner sharpshooter! Grab your Nerf guns and gear up for an epic day full of friendly competition, challenges, and non-stop excitement.
An additional charge of $10.00 will apply today.
Children will participate in a range of Nerf Gun themed activities including:
- Target shooting practice
- Capture the flag where teams design and decorate their own team flags
- Build team forts to use during battles
- Design your own monster theme trading cards.
Cost: $90.00
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Join us for a day filled with fun, creativity and Easter joy! Easter themed games, craft and biscuit decorating, it’s going to be egg-cellent!
Easter is only four days away so let’s learn about the holiday through some themed activities including:
- Watching the Easter story for kids online with relating craft
- Easter relay races
- Making Sock Bunnies
- Decorating and eating Easter themed biscuits
Cost: $80.00
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Today the children will be engaging in a fun and exciting movie excursion day, which will be followed by some exciting group games following their return to TWAC:
- Excursion to the Movies.
- Group Games: One Bounce, Pacman, Survival Tag, Children’s Choice etc.
We will be watching a PG or G rated movie at Reading Cinemas Auburn. Movie choice and Session time TBA closer to the excursion date. Children will be provided with popcorn and a poppa juice at the service before we leave, which they can consume at the cinema.
Bus Pick Up: 9:30am Approx
Bus Drop back to service: 2:00pm Approx
Cost: $125.00
If we do not get enough enrolments to cover the cost of the excursion we will be having a Movie Marathon Day at the service.
Cost: $90.00
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Service Closed – Public Holiday – Good Friday
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VACATION CARE WEEK TWO
Service Closed – Public Holiday – Easter Monday
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Today the children are engaging in some creative Minecraft construction/craft activities, as well as an Earth Day themed activity!
- Recycled materials crafts (Earth Day)
- Recycled flowers
- Recycled robots
- Pop-Out Minecraft Creeper/Pig Paper Craft
- 3D Paper Minecraft Character Making
- Hamma Beads Minecraft Designs
Cost: $80.00
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Today the children are engaging in a variety of different mind-boggling science experiments to broaden their scientific understanding!
- Magic Water Elf Activity
- Lava Lamp Experiment
- Mentos and Coke Volcano Experiment
- Rainbow Foam Experiment
- Making Kinetic Sand
Cost: $80.00
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Get ready to launch into a day of cosmic fun and adventure! Travel through the universe with this awe-inspiring Earth and Space science experience to engage, amaze and inspire!
This space adventure will take children on a journey to discover the Solar System, Planets, Stars, Lunar Cycles, Seasons, Constellations and much more by being immersed in a stunning 360-degree movie.
Time: 10:30am -12:00pm
The day will also include special ANZAC-themed activities to pay tribute to the brave men and women who served and sacrificed for our nations.
- Planetarium Incursion
- Build an astronaut craft
- Flying straw rockets
- Anzac Day wreath
- Watch and learn about the history of Anzac
Incursion – Planetarium – Risk Assessment
Cost: $100.00
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Service Closed – Public Holiday – Service Closed
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VACATION CARE WEEK THREE
Get ready for a day of brain-teasing fun at Puzzled Day! It’s time to challenge your mind and put your problem-solving skills to the test with a variety of exciting puzzles and games. From jigsaw puzzles making puzzled scavenger hunts, there’s something for every puzzle enthusiast. Team up with friends, use your creativity, and unlock the mystery as you work together to solve each challenge. Whether you’re a puzzle pro or just starting out, Puzzle Day is sure to spark fun, teamwork, and lots of “aha!” moments!
Today the children are getting creative.
- Create your own puzzles
- Making masking tape shape puzzles
- Puzzle scavenger hunt
- Puzzles out all day for children to do
Cost: $80.00
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Join us for a thrilling Superhero Day at Vacation Care! It’s time to suit up, unleash your superpowers, and embark on a day full of action-packed fun! Kids will enjoy a range of exciting activities, from designing their own superhero mask and racing through obstacle courses to solving superhero challenges and creating epic hero ID cards. Whether you’re saving the world or mastering your super strength, Superhero Day is all about fun, imagination, and adventure. Don’t miss out on the chance to become the hero you’ve always dreamed of – it’s going to be a super day!
Today the children are getting creative.
- Dress up as super hero
- Making your own super hero mask
- Making captain American shield
- Spederman hands
- Hero quiz
Cost: $80.00
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Back to Before and After School Care from Wednesday 30th April 2025 for the start of Term 2!
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 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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