OSHC

from Redeemer Reflections 2022

by Redeemer Lutheran College

Head of Sport

FROM THE OSHC

DIRECTOR

THE MORE WE KNOW, THE MORE WE REALISE THERE IS TO KNOW.

WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR OF GROWTH AND CHANGE HERE AT OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE (OSHC).

Our focus for 2022 was developing the opportunities available as a part of our Service, aiming towards becoming an extension of each child’s everyday learning experience here at the College. We worked at expanding the children’s interests and offering a range of programs to capture all aspects of learning.

Partnerships with the Brisbane Chinese Language School and Redeemer Sport continued throughout our Vacation Care periods, whilst our After School Care programs quickly expanded from just coding and engineering to include chess, drama, art, and tennis as well, with even more planned for 2023! This year also saw the launching of our first ever, student led OSHC Assembly under the guidance of Miss Keyra.

Assembly allowed our older children the opportunity to represent and share the voices of their fellow OSHC peers in an official capacity, with a President and Vice-President being elected termly, and sharing the responsibility of supervising regular child-led meetings. It was an amazing way to see children’s voices captured and shared within our Service during the year.

As a Service we were so excited to finally venture back out and participate in events such as The Fathering Project and NAIDOC for Jajuums. Children and families joined with the local community for these events and had unique opportunities to connect with others and participate in real-world learning.

As always of course, none of this would have been possible without our incredible team of passionate educators and our beautiful families, and it has been an honour to be a part of the Redeemer community throughout 2022. The end of the year is always bittersweet, as we say farewell to children and families moving on, but we are so excited to see where 2023 will take us and look forward to welcoming our incoming Prep cohort and new families.