For everyone who wants Vacation Care for the July holidays - here are the dates so you can make you plans…
Tues 14th July Wed 15th July Thursday 16th July
and
Tues 21st July Wed 22nd July Thurs 23rd July
It will run from 9.00am - 6.00pm (not 6.30pm) and will cost $41 per day
Please bring warm clothes, hat, lunch and water. We supply fruit at 2.30 and bread time at 4.00pm.
Thank you the parents who have volunteered to cover a morning shift. For more info please speak to me and sign up for the days you want on the sheets on the noticeboard.
Many thanks
Amba
9418 3681 / 0405 584 198
Posted June 24th, 2009
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Firstly a big thank you to the families who contributed fancy dress clothes for CASP. The children love dressing up in a variety of outfits. We are still looking for any sporting equipment you might be happy to donate.
Last week we saw more creativity in the kitchen. Some of us made scones on Tuesday and fresh fruit salad with a tang on Wednesday.
There was lots of play outdoors last week weather permitting including Stuck In The Mud, Forty Four Home and Tip Off The Ground.
We will publish a list and put it next to the CASP sign-in sheet of the permanent days children have had for CASP for this term. If you could indicate on this list which permanent CASP days you want for term 2 and let us know by the end of the first week of term 2.
Thank you to everyone, staff, parents and children for helping make CASP the happy friendly place that it is. Some of you may be coming to holiday CASP or we will see you next term.
Remember Monday 27th April is a public holiday for schools only, Tuesday 28th is Coordination day and first day back to school is Wednesday 29th.
Have a safe and happy holidays.
Love Colin, Sarah, Emma and Rowena.
Posted April 8th, 2009
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CASP is proving very popular this term especially on Thursdays for some reason. However we cannot supervise and are not licensed to look after more than 25 children so please add your child’s name to the CASP list far enough in advance so that you are not disappointed.
One more administrative thing. Can you please remember to sign your child out when you pick them up and also to say hello to one of us so that we can know your child has been safely picked up.
We have been doing many interesting things of late.
There has been lots of cooking going on with creations of lemonade, nachos and avocado dip. Also bigger cooking projects with cooking rice and chilli con carne.
There was great excitement when four tons of sand arrived last week with us watching the truck tip the fresh sand onto the ground. Then there followed lots of sand play.
We have been making cardboard glasses and also experimenting with making a simple popup book with a frog opening its mouth.
Outside there has been lots of tennis, handball, ping-pong, frisbees, and play with bouncy rubber balls.
Other inside activities have included story reading which is always popular and on one day we made our own money using coin rubbings.
We are on the lookout for more sports equipment. Racquets, balls, etc. If you have anything that you would be happy to donate we would be grateful.
Love Colin, Sarah, Emma and Rowena.
Posted April 1st, 2009
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HOORAY!!! IT’S BACK!!!
Our wonderful casp staff will be looking after our kids and doing all sorts of art activities and outdoor games with heaps of fun these holidays!
Please send your child along with lunch, a water bottle, sunscreen and a hat. We’ll provide fruit at 2.30 and the infamous bread time at 4pm.
We need 10 kids per day to cover costs.
DATES
Tues 14th April Wed 15th April Thurs 16th April
Mon 20th April Tues 21st April Wed 22nd April Thurs 23rd April
HOURS 9.00 am - 6.oopm
COST $41.00 per child per day.
If you are interested please sign up on the sheets on the notice board.
Thank you
Amba
Posted March 18th, 2009
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Everyone settled into CASP very quickly this term and we are having a wonderful time playing after school.
My apologies to permanent CASP bookings for making a mistake with the billing as I thought this was an eleven week term when it is really ten. Julianna has sorted this out and you won’t be overcharged. If you have already paid you will now have a credit.
Last week we did painting with our own paint made from raspberries and blackberries. Some of the children enjoyed eating the paint.
We did other craft activities including making marbled paper, watercolour painting and mask making.
One day we had a nice little fairy party set up using the little cup shaped ends of the acorns from the big oak tree.
We played different inside games such as Marble Run, Boggle, Connect Four, Panic and Twister.
We played outside games such as tennis, red light - green light, what’s the time Mr Wolf and crocodile-crocodile.
And we enjoyed hide and seek, ball play, sandpit play and just general running and chasing.
The children have also been having fun with our handpuppet collection as well.
If you are new to the school and have not yet seen CASP then feel free to come in and have a look on your way home. Visitors welcome.
Love Colin Sarah, Emma and Rowena.
Posted March 4th, 2009
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by juliannam
Welcome back after the summer holidays to a new term of the Currambena After School Program.
CASP runs every day from 2:30 to 6:30.
The afternoon starts with the preschoolers coming up at 2:30 and we usually have a craft or art activity for them to do. Juice, water and fresh fruit is laid out for the children to help themselves to. At 4pm we have bread time which consists of bread or toast with various spreads including cheese, cheese spread, jam and vegemite.
At 5pm everyone helps do a pack up and apart from this the afternoon is fairly unstructured. Children are free to choose to do what they want.
CASP is available on a permanent basis where you book the same day each week for your child, or on a casual basis where you just book in on the morning required. If you want permanent days can you indicate this on the sheet on the table in front of the office. Permanent days are $13 per day. Casual days are $18 per day. For preschoolers picked up by 3:30 there is a short CASP which is $6 per day. If you want permanent days can you please let us know by this Friday 6th February.
Can children new to CASP please fill in a CASP enrolment form?
Our staff this year all worked in CASP last year and are:
Sarah who is a swimming instructor and has completed her degree in education. She is also working as a teaching assistant in Fran’s class.
Emma who has just completed her teaching degree and is also available for babysitting.
Rowena who has just completed her degree in education and has recently returned from overseas.
Colin who has been a Currambena parent for 4 years and has a degree in Steiner Education.
Children and parents are welcome to drop into CASP anytime and say hello.
Looking forward to a great year,
Love Colin, Sarah, Emma and Rowena.
Can you help?
Does anyone have an old manual pottery wheel we could buy/borrow for a special painting project?
Posted February 4th, 2009
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by juliannam
Hi Everyone!
Short and sweet this week:
Firstly, a big welcome to Amelia (Milly) and her family to the Currambena community.
We are getting closer to being ready for a trip to Reverse Garbage. Can anyone help us drive out there this Friday? The children are so excited about the class play and have some wonderful ideas for props, scenery and costumes.
Lastly, I would like to send a gentle reminder of our “no nuts” policy. This includes all types of tree nuts. Please read the food packages if in doubt, “may contain traces” is ok - but definitely nothing that actually contains any type of nuts in the “ingredients” section.
That’s all for this week.
Cheers, Olivia
Posted September 3rd, 2008
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by oliviam
The big thing in CASP last week for us was Sarah’s accident. On Wednesday after CASP at 6:30pm Sarah and Rowena were crossing the road at the crossing in front of Currambena when Sarah was hit by a car. Thankfully and miraculously her injuries are not worse. She has extensive bruising and swelling and suspected fractures in her foot. She is missing the children and will be back as soon as she is able. All our best wishes to her.
On Monday the children made lemonade from lemon juice and sugar. Very tasty! On Friday we made a yeasted bun which gave everyone an opportunity to kneed and shape the dough. And it tasted great. More cooking is planned.
We have drinks and fruit each day around 3pm. As well as a variety of fruits we sometimes augment the choice with different vegetables. Carrots, cucumber and fresh peas have all proved popular recently.
We have been playing some of our new games recently. Connect 4 has been popular and a card game which we made ourselves. It is a form of the game “Billionaire” where you have to collect all of the same type of card. It is great for all ages and one of the class teachers noticed a group of mixed ages playing this game in CASP one afternoon and commented on how well the children were all getting on.
Any donations of other board games for rainy days will be gratefully received.
Love Colin, Sarah, Julia, Emma and Rowena.
Posted June 11th, 2008
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by juliannam
CASPThe first day of next term is Tuesday 29th April but on the Monday 28th April the teachers have a coordination day which is a pupil free day. However CASP will be open all day that day from 8:30am until 6:30pm. Children supply their own lunch and we supply afternoon tea as usual. A variety of craft and sport and games will be available. The cost for children picked up by 3:30 is $26 and for those who stay later it is $38. If you are interested can you please write your name down on the sheet next to the CASP sign in sheets.
Last week we enjoyed a variety of activities including making golden lanterns from shiny golden paper which some children enjoyed taking home. We made different shapes from red playdough and did gluing of letters onto paper.
The old couch outside CASP was folded out to become a bed and the children enjoyed extensive jumping on this as a farewell to it. It was becoming very dilapidated.
Fun was had with the ‘farmers and mice’ game where you stick tails (sheeting)
on some children and the farmers have to chase the mice and pull the tails off.
On one windy day we experimented with making parachutes which the children tested out from high vantage points.
We have been donated a small circular knitting machine which we have coaxed into life and the older children have made many knitted tubes with. These are used to keep arms warm. We might try woollen socks next term.
We have been playing ‘grandma’s slipper’ on the basketball court recently. This is a variation on “what’s the time Mr Wolf’. It tends to raise lots of issues about whether people are really standing still or not.
I finally managed to find some cheap eyedroppers from “The Essential Ingredient” of all places which we used for food colouring experiments on paper and in water and milk. We made some beautiful patterns.
This is our last newsletter for this term so have a safe and happy holiday and thank you to all parents and children for a fun and friendly term.
Love Colin, Sarah, Julia and Emma
Posted April 9th, 2008
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by juliannam
CASPThe first day of next term is Tuesday 29th April but on the Monday 28th April the teachers have a coordination day which is a pupil free day. However CASP will be open all day that day from 8:30am until 6:30pm. Children supply their own lunch and we supply afternoon tea as usual. A variety of craft and sport and games will be available. The cost for children picked up by 3:30 is $26 and for those who stay later it is $38. If you are interested can you please write your name down on the sheet next to the CASP sign in sheets.
Last week we did painting, made snakes with concertina tails, and dug out the Harry Potter Uno cards, Julia produced Looney Tunes colouring in sheets which the children loved We picked up some carpet squares at Carpet Right for free and played a variation on musical chairs on the basketball court. This was very popular. These carpet squares should prove useful for other things too.
When the weather gets colder and the evenings darker we will probably spend more time indoors so we are looking for more indoor games.
If anyone has any board or other games which they would like to donate to CASP we would be grateful.
Love Colin, Sarah, Julia and Emma
Posted April 8th, 2008
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by juliannam