Welcome to Tauwhare School's Out of School Care Programme

We are pleased to be able to offer both BEFORE and AFTER school care for busy parents who need their children looked after in a safe, secure environment. We offer a programme for children aged between 5 years and 13 years which is fun and welcoming.  Please contact the office more further information and toenrol your child.

We believe that:

• All children have a right to learn and to have exposure to a high-quality, balanced curriculum.
• Learning is lifelong for students and teachers.
• The After School Care programme will be a warm, caring and welcoming place for the whole community, especially children.
• The children and staff have a right to feel secure and confident in After School Care and on school grounds. The environment will be aesthetically pleasing yet educationally functional.

• Community involvement and participation is essential to the value of our school: “It takes a village to raise a child”.
• Cultural diversity (differences) of our school community will be acknowledged, respected and valued.

The After School Care programme will provide a safe and positive environment in which the child’s wellbeing is paramount.

Fees

•    Permanent enrolments $5.00 per hour
•    Casual enrolments $6.00 per hour     
•    Please note: Children booked in permanently will still be charged for a session if your child does not attend.
•    Parents will be invoiced weekly.
Payment must be paid by the due date and can be made by cash or cheque to the School Office, or direct bank transfer.  Late payments may incur an interest charge of 14% and may also be referred to a collection agency. If you are regularly picking your child up after 5.30pm there will be a charge of $10 per  hour.

After School Lessons

Children booked into After School Care will be charged for the total time regardless of whether they leave for extra-curricular lessons.

Enrolment Forms

•    For   Parents/caregivers whose children attended After School Care in 2009, please check the enrolment forms as soon as possible and make any amendments necessary to the details recorded.  The enrolment form should be signed and dated  to verify all details are correct.
•      Parents/caregivers are reminded that they need to inform the programme of any changes to details on their child's enrolment form  at any stage of the year.

Programme activities

Time    Activity
3.00 pm    Snack and drink
3.20 pm    Homework/quiet reading
4.00 pm    Snack and drink
4.15 pm    Outside play or art activities
4.45 pm    Tidy up, quiet inside activities

Healthy Eating

•    Snacks are given twice during a full session, the first one at 3.15 pm then another one at
4.00 pm.
•    Water, milk and Milo are the drinks on offer.
•    Fruit will be offered at all snack times.
•    Snacks vary daily and may  include one or more of the following:
cheese on crackers, sandwiches (no peanut butter), toast in winter, jelly and tinned fruit, yoghurt, muesli bars
•    Children will also have the opportunity to bake their own pizzas, scones, pancakes etc.
•    Please let us know if your child is not to have any of these items.
•    Please let us know immediately if your child has an allergy to any foods.
•    Occasionally there may be a special occasion when treats may be given. Please let the staff know if you are against this for your child.

Art Activities

Art activities will vary throughout the year but will generally involve painting, scissors and paper, crayons, collage.

Enviro Schools

•    Recycling bins are used as with the rest of the school.
•    Zero waste continues – rubbish brought to school needs to be taken home to be recycled.

Home Work / Home Learning

For the children who stay at After School Care until quite late there will be a designated ‘Home Learning’ time set aside for everyone. This will occur for about 20 minutes after the children have had a snack and a short play. This will be a quiet, settled time for everyone so that home learning activities can be achieved. If a child has no specific home learning activity there will always be plenty of books to read and share with others or basic facts and spelling to learn.