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Napoleons Primary School OSHC

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Napoleons Primary School OSHC

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We’ve only operated OSHC this year.

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We were fortunate to get a seeding grant

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from the Department of Education,

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and that enabled us to operate our program

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while we built up our

numbers and our interest.

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We’re a small school so the OSHC grant

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has been really vital to us starting

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because it’s meant that we

haven’t had to worry too much

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about a minimum amount of numbers.

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It’s allowed us to just allow people

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to take advantage of the opportunity

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without the stress of

worrying about affordability

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and that has been fantastic.

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So we use OSHC services

here at Napoleons

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for after school care, primarily.

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This way parents who do work late

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are able to have their kids cared for.

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We also offer services

through the holiday program

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so that’s both weeks

of the holiday program.

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And kids from every

region here in Victoria

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are able to attend there.

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Our students have really

benefited from OSHC.

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They love going.

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The girls that run it are great.

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It’s a smooth operation.

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A lot of our students

keep asking their parents

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to please work after school

so that they could go to OSHC

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instead of go straight home,

which is really terrific.

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I think it’s been a great

benefit from the kids

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in terms of a fun activity

to do after school.

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The benefit’s really been felt

by our families who do work

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and now have an easier juggle

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between working, finishing

work and collecting children.

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They’re able to step out of their shell.

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We have a few kids that you know

were trying new things

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but you know, I get to see them grow.

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They get to be very vocal

about what they love

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and get to do what they want.

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We do really fun outdoor

activities and indoor.

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Both of them are really entertaining.

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We do painting and we do colouring

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and we do drawing contests.

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I enjoy just the people

that take care of us

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‘cause they’re really nice.

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This has been a new experience for us.

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And so drawing on the

expertise that others have

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when we don’t have it.

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So seeking feedback and references

from neighbouring schools

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who have run these programs,

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getting support and

guidance from the people

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in the department who

have assisted with us

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gaining the grant in the first place

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and also ensuring that

when we got the grant,

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that we knew the steps

we had to go through

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to establish the service and

then maintain the service.

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So yeah, lots of communication

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with the supports that are in place.

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I believe the key to having

a successful OSHC program

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is communication.

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So communication between

ourselves and the school

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and also ourselves and the teachers,

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parents and also the community.

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They’re part of our school,

they’re part of our school.

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And so it’s really

important to recognise that

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they’re not an addition,

they’re part of us.

Updated 28 November 2022

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