Welcome to week 7 more than halfway through the term how exciting! These past few weeks we have started our art club on a Wednesday which has been a great success and our children are loving the opportunity to get creative and show the skills they have. We have also started our science club on a Tuesday, the children have been sharing all their ideas of what experiments they would like to do. The best part of our science club is they get to learn and play at the same time. We got to explore and make oobleck which was very messy however, the children said they loved it and even what to try it at home. Science club gets the children thinking and exploring about the world around them and being able to have fun in the process.

A reminder to confirm your bookings are correct via the iparent portal. We also have some lost property still in the black bucket outside the service, so please encourage your child/ren to check this regularly (there are drink bottles, jumpers and hats with no names).

If your child/ren will be absent from a session, please ensure they are marked absent on the iparent portal. This is done under the bookings tab by selecting the date/session and clicking the red x on the right. Alternatively, please send the service a text message on the mobile number below. Failure to notify us of absences in after school care means educators are having to search for children and a no-show fee may be applied to your account. A reminder that bookings with less than 24hrs will need to be made via contacting the service on 0459 991 697.

Need a helping hand before or after school? Enrolling your child/ren is easy and there are no enrolment fees. Visit www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au , click 'How to enrol’ on the right-hand side of the page, and follow the steps. When this is submitted, we will be in touch as soon as possible to support the finalisation of your enrolment and initial bookings. If you have any issues, please contact Ryan at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts team on 1300 612 462.