What’s happening at Helping Hands?

From helping to cook brownies for afternoon tea to Father’s Day craft to games of soccer, last week was a jam-packed week at Helping Hands. Our crafty children decorated their name using leaves found around the yard, explored wet crayon drawings and drew various trees and flowers to get excited for spring. Handball kept many of our children entertained in the afternoon sessions and our morning crew enjoyed games of red rover and stand up, sit down. Inside the house, role playing dolls, teachers and parents proved popular, and many of our children got into the spirit of playing dress ups.

A big congratulations to our new senior co-ordinators Ryanne.T & Samantha.B, and our new junior co-ordinators Isabella P.B & Pippin.G. This week, our educators will be on the look-out for our new sports co-ordinator. This will be awarded to someone who can show leadership in outdoor games and help select sport activities.

Our lost property pile is starting to pile up with jumpers, hats, socks, drink bottles and hair bows. Some of these items have been sitting here for a while and quite a few items are not labelled. Please ensure hats and jumpers have names on them so we can return them to the right child/ren if they get left behind.

Children require a hat for outdoor play each session they attend and with spring around the corner, children are being encouraged to make sure they have a drink bottle. We are happy to re-fill bottles if they come to after school care with no water :)

Homework club happens Monday to Thursday afternoons from 4:30-5:00pm. It’s great to see children getting into the routine of completing this daily with minimal prompting from educators. If you would like your child/ren to be a part of this, please see one of our friendly team.

September vacation care bookings are now open online. Children need to be enrolled into the service prior to bookings. Please see below for how to do this online. We have exciting excursions to Underwater World and the cinemas, as well as learning to make our own movie and a dance incursion at the service.

 Vacancies are available for both morning and afternoon sessions on selected days, and we welcome all children and families to the service. To enrol your child, please visit www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au, selecting Dayboro as your service and following the prompts to access the iParent Portal. If you have any issues, please contact Jenny at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts on 1300 612 462.