St Michael’s College OSHC

In line with the Queensland Government’s directive, St. Michael’s College Early Learning Centre and Outside School Hours Care will be closed on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th March.

We encourage you to stay informed through the City of Moreton Bay - Disaster Dashboard (https://disaster.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/)

During and after the cyclone, our ability to communicate with families in the usual manner may be impacted due to damage to infrastructure within or external to the Early Learning Centre and Outside School Hours Care. We will continue to attempt to provide updates to families via Storypark and the Early Learning Centre Facebook group. We encourage you to check school closures on School Closures on the Disaster Dashboard (https://closures.qld.edu.au/)

The Australian Government has announced a Child Care Subsidy period of emergency in affected areas. This emergency allows for the following support to flow to services and families affected:

• the service can continue to get Child Care Subsidy
• the service can waive gap fees for families
• children will get unlimited allowable absences for the duration of the period of emergency

Further information on CCS periods of emergency is available here - (https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood/providers/extra-support/emergency #:~:text=During%20a%20CCS%20period%20of%20emergency%2C%20families%20in%20affected%20regions,the%20CCS%20period%20of%20emergency)

As this event unfolds, please prioritise the safety and wellbeing of you and your family above all else. Stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you all once the cyclone has passed.

Today we commemorate National Sorry Day.

"Every year on the 26th May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation."

While this date carries great significance for the Stolen Generations and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it is also an important date for all Australians’, as it reminds us that we all play a part in reconciliation and, on the eve of National Reconciliation Week, prompts us to consider how we will and begin to close the gap.

Meet Stormi and Toffee!

They're here . . .after a day of settling into their surroundings, our new pet guinea pigs will be out and about spending time with the OSHC children.

We have moved their cage into the OSHC office whilst they acclimatise to the busy play environment and get familiar will lots of little hands patting them.

When they get a bit bigger we are hoping to put them back on the veranda for everyone to enjoy. Parents and siblings are most welcome to pop in and check the new additions out.

St Michael’s College Outside School Hours Care is seeking experienced and dedicated educators, to join our team! We are a small but expanding service providing Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation Care to students of St Michael’s College, Caboolture. The successful applicants will be committed to providing a quality program and welcoming environment for all children and their families.

Key responsibilities include:
• Assisting with the delivery of a high quality, inclusive and educational program
• Ensuring the day to day operations of the service including are completed to a high standard
• Providing children with a safe, secure, welcoming and nurturing environment
• Working collaboratively within an established team to ensure the best outcomes for children and families
• Promoting the service within the local community

Job requirements
• An ACECQA approved qualification or be willing to undertake an approved qualification
• Current working with children check (BlueCard), First Aid, CPR, asthma and anaphylaxis.
• A strong understanding of childcare legislation including the National Quality Standards and My Time Our Place
• Previous experience within an OSHC or Early Learning Environment is desirable but not essential

If you would like to join our amazing team please email your resume to Emily at; [email protected]

Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Mr. Terry Young who presented our OSHC with an Australian Flag so that we are able to display the Australian Flag along with the Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag within our OSHC. He spent some time talking with the children about Flag protocol and why it's important to respect the protocol and then he presented some of our students with our new Flag.

Thank you Terry Young MP for your time and our Flag, we look forward to displaying it and sharing what we learned from you with all the other OSHC children!

Meet our OSHC Team for 2022! We have had a very different start to this year but we have enjoyed reconnecting with our students from last year and getting to know all our new OSHC friends. We are looking forward to an amazing year and we can't wait to share our adventures with you so feel free to pop in and say hello!

Merry Christmas and happy new year to our amazing OSHC families! We look forward to seeing you all in the new year 🎄🎄🎄

Please see the notice below for important information for all our OSHC families!

A big shout out to Bribie Island Community Kindergarten for letting us borrow their foot spas. The children were very enthusiastic to "volunteer" to work in the nail salon so that they could pamper each other. It was wonderful to observe their team work. Thank you!! :) (They were that keen, the educators got the "sack", haha).

Wheels day is well underway. The children are spending as much time outside as possible before the wild weather arrives.

Were ready for the rain with our homemade playdough. 😁

A massive shout out to Camp Hill Outside School Hours Care for having us yesterday. The kids (and big kids) had the best day exploring all the play spaces (we all slept well😴). Everyone has been inspired, we are all keen to build and make our backyard even better. Thank you for the leading the way and showing us that taking risks has so many positive benefits for the childre !!😁🙏

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This is fantastic! 😁

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