Beresford Road Vacation Care
Enrolments will open Monday 31st August!
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- No Cancellations of any Bookings will be accepted after close of business on Friday 18th September 2026.
- 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
- Fees and Charges for Vacation care here
- Electronics – children will be able to play their own electronic devices throughout the day at allocated times. Devices must have cameras covered, internet turned off and G or PG games only. See Below Electronic Games and Media’ Section in Important Information for all rules & conditions.
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Spring Vacation Care Program
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Click on each day to see all the details of the exciting things we have happening each day these school holidays.
VACATION CARE WEEK ONE
Winter is over! Flowers are blooming, Leaves are growing! In honor of spring, we’re going to have so much fun! We’re going to play Spring games such as “Pollinator Tag” and “Bird-nest thieves,” as well as some Flowers and Bee crafts!
Cost: $85.00
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Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into two of the coolest, messiest, and most explosive science experiments ever! Join us for an incursion learning about how ingredients react, what causes real volcanoes to erupt and making slime!
The rest of the day will be filled with conducting our own experiment to observe over the holidays by making crystals, a volcano craft and running colours flower craft. We will play Don’t Touch the Lava, Balloon Rockets and Volcanoes and Craters.
Incursion will be taking place from 10am – 11:30pm so make sure you arrive in time to take part!
Risk Assessment Science Experiments
Risk Assessment Slime Activity
Cost: $100.00
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Lets go on a global adventure, celebrating diverse cultures through hands-on art projects, traditional world games inclusing Patintero from the Phillipines, Fire in the Mountain from Nigeria and Catch the Crocodiles Tail from China. We will get creative and make a World flag Garland, Maracas from recycled materials and Greek Mosaic Art.
Along with this we will be doing a cooking activity, making Ricotta and Spinach Tarts, an iconic Greek snack!
Permission Note to be signed in OWNA
Risk Assessment Cooking Activities
Cost: $95.00
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Today will be a day of bouncy, high-energy fun with a Bubble Soccer Incursion!
We will also be playing a game of Baseball Soccer, a fusion of the two sports, make World Cup trophies and Red Light, Green Light Dribble Edition!
Incursion will be taking place from 10am – 12pm so make sure you arrive in time to take part!
Risk Assessment Incursion – Bubble Soccer
Cost: $100.00
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Every colour of the rainbow is unique, and so are we!
Join us for a day for ultimate colour explosion. Children will jump into a world of vibrant activities, messy art, and rainbow challenges.
We will explore colours through Truck & Car tyre paint craft, Truck & Car W and other creative arts. Come dressed in your brightest neon, tie-dye, or Favorite colour. Let’s see how colourful we can make our centre today!
Cost $85.00
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VACATION CARE WEEK TWO
Public Holiday – Service Closed
Labour Day
Cost: $00.00
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Today we will have Murphy Sports with us for a sports incursion! They will be focusing on soccer and archery during their visit with us!
Enjoy some Jersey Designing, Supporter Fingers and Medal Making, and play some Target Games with rings and sponges.
Incursion will be taking place from 10:30am – 12:00pm so make sure you arrive on time to take part!
Risk Assessment Incursion – Archery
Cost: $100.00
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Roll into vacation care for kawaii fun. Step into a world of ultimate cuteness! Gear up for an action-packed day of rolling fun and ultra cute craft
Bring your Favorite set of wheels to vacation care today! Speed through our custom obstacle courses.
Children can bring their own bikes and scooters today to use them for activities. Please note we are not teaching the children to ride on the day.
Risk Assessment BRAC Wheeled Toys
Cost: $85.00
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Join us for an excursion day to Blaxland Riverside Park! The park includes A diverse environment for children to play, socialise, get active and build memories!
Located next to the Parramatta River, the park includes A double flying fox, Mega-swings, Tunnel slides, a Multi-level tree house and a large outdoor water play area!
The children will enjoy a fun day out and have the opportunity to play on all aspects of the park. We will also have some Farm themed crafts and games on hand to play and create.
PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE HERE NO LATER THAN 8:30 AM.
Bus Leaves 9:30am SHARP
Return to service: 2:30pm (traffic Permitting)
Enclosed shoes to be worn by all children
All children to be wearing sun safe clothes, including hat and a shirt with shoulders covered
Pack lunch and Drink bottle
Children will have the option for water play at the park, if you are allowing your children to get involved with this Water play – pack: towels, swimwear, wet shoes, plastic bag for wet clothes & spare clothes (including underwear and socks).
Children will be provided with icy pole at the park.
Permission Form to Be signed in OWNA
Blaxland Park Excursion Risk Assessment to be viewed in OWNA
Cost: $125.00
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We’re going to outer space! While in space, we’re going to play awesome games like “Toss the Meteorite,” and a space scavenger hunt! Not to forget out-of-this-world crafts like making your own solar system, galaxy oobleck and pipe cleaner constellations.
Cost: $85.00
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VACATION CARE WEEK THREE
The Raptor Reptiles team are coming along today and offering the chance to get up close and personal with some of their finest critters! The incursion will include hands on participation and learn about how our animals natural history and unique traits.
Ther will be fun reptile themed activities today: make a colour wheel Chameleon, Bubble Wrap Snake Painting and Cardboard Crocodiles.
We will play lizard Leap Obsticale Course, Turtle relay and Please Mr Crocodile!
Incursion will take place from 1:30pm – 3:00pm.
Risk Assessment Incursion – Reptiles
Cost: $100.00
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Back to Before and After School Care from Tuesday 13th October 2026.
Important Information
- Once the enrolment form is complete, the service coordinator will confirm your start date with you.
- You can then download the OWNA Parent app.
Used us before
- PLEASE DO NOT register a new account.
- Use the casual calendar in the OWNA app to make a booking for vacation care.
New to our Organisation
- Click on the below link to see how to enrol in to the organisation
- How to Enrol – Activity Centres Inc
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 you 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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