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Vacation Care Cancellation Notification Update

 Please note: Due to the overwhelming demand for places at our vacation care programs, to ensure equitable access for places rolls will no longer be open for booking until week 7 of the preceding term. For Vacation Care, cancellations will not be allowed. Cancellations after bookings will not be possible on the app for Vacation Care. You can only mark your child as absent and full fees will apply. 

All families wishing to attend our Vacation Care program will first need a My Family Lounge account to enable online enrolment and bookings of their children at OOSH Northern Beaches, please register for MFL here.

Before proceeding with registration for a My Family Lounge account please read our How-to-guide and Troubleshooting information.

After registering for a MFL account, all children then need to be enrolled in the relevant Service before they can be booked in to our Vacation Care Program.

New Kindergarten children  for 2024  will not be allowed on any excursions and we strongly suggest only bookings Kindergarten children in for a maximum of 3 days per week. 

All Vacation Care and Pupil Free Day bookings need to be made via our casual booking calendar either through your My Family Lounge account online or through the My Family Lounge phone app (which is available for download via our website). Please do not make a “new booking request” as this does not constitute a booking and you may risk missing out on a place before we can contact you as our program fills up very quickly.

OOSH Northern Beaches operates Vacation Care at two central locations – Cromer Primary School, Carcoola Road, Cromer and St Johns Catholic Primary School, entry is via St Johns the Apostle church, 57-59 Waratah Pde, Narraweena.

Please note: All children who attend a Catholic Primary School will need to be enrolled and booked through St Johns Kids Club, and for any other school they will need to be enrolled and booked through Cromer Kids Club.

We welcome everyone, regardless of which school your child attends, to join us at this service. We will accept children of school age for the vacation care period. School Age is any child who turns 5yrs old on or before 31st July of the current year. We will accept children in our Jan Vacation Care if they are beginning school in the upcoming year.

All children must be pre-booked for our program. Our Vacation Care Centre opens from 7.00am to 6.00pm. Please advise if your child/ren require collection earlier than 3.30pm on any day as this is when we usually return from excursions.

On excursion days, child/ren should be at the centre by 8:30am in preparation for a 9.00am departure on our bus. Should your child not be present by 8:45am they may miss out on the excursion for the day.

Each day apart from the scheduled program, there are sport, games, and art & craft experiences provided. Children are encouraged not to bring any electonric devices and do so at their own risk.

On in-centre days, morning tea is at approx. 10.15am & lunch is at approx. 12.30pm. We attempt to have afternoon at approx. 3.15-3.30pm, but this is usually prepared by the children so the time may vary slightly (and dependant on the return time from an excursion).

Children are to bring enough food and drink for morning tea and lunch. Afternoon tea is provided (unless specified or any special dietary requirements).

Please ensure lunches will not spoil on the warmer days (include an ice pack for example). Please encourage your child/ren to eat all their lunch as we are not able to check lunch boxes to ensure children have eaten their meals.

Our vacation care program is usually online and rolls are opened at the start of Week 7 of the preceding term.

We also offer care on Pupil Free days (School Development Days). Check with your individual school as these dates may vary from school to school.

If you need care on any of the pupil free days please book through our casual booking calendar via your My Family Lounge account by selecting “Pupil Free”.