Surveys were sent out via Survey Monkey a couple of weeks ago to gain your feedback on how your child/ren enjoyed their time at the Dec/Jan Vacation Care, as well as to gauge your interest and feedback on what you would like to see in our upcoming program for April 2019.

Thank you to all of those families who have already returned their Survey to us.  If you haven’t already though it would be great to make the decisions of planning based on general consensus from our Community.

Keep an eye out on our website www.ktoosh.com.au for the April 2019 VC Program which should be available in week 4-5.  Email in your requested days to rhac@ktoosh.com.au by the close off date stated on the program to gain the cheaper Early Bird Rate.

Unfortunately we cannot cater for Pre-K students at the point during Vacation Care due to the additional requirements for 3 -> 4 year olds.

For those families that missed this it is attached below for your convenience.  The Family Handbook can also be located on our website www.ktoosh.com.au under the parent information tab.

RHAC 2019 Family Handbook

We have been advised that over the coming weeks that we will be receiving a visit from our Regulatory Authority who will be conducting an Assessment & Rating.

The assessment and rating process allows us the chance to show how well we compare to the benchmarks set by the National Quality Standard.

During the visit they will get all the evidence needed to assess and rate our centre.

This includes:

• observing – what children, families, educators, co-ordinators are doing
• discussing – why and how certain practices happen at the service with educators and staff
• sighting – the documents that are in place to support the practices at your service required by the National Law and National Regulations

After the visit we will receive a draft assessment and rating report. This includes:

• an overall rating
• ratings for each individual quality area
• information about any elements of the NQS that were not met
• any non-compliances with the National Law or National Regulations
• improvement notes

You can find our current Assessment and Rating in our Sign in Area.  We are really looking forward to this process which will give us some valuable feedback of where we can improve our service for the community.

If you have any questions, please feel free to speak with any of the Educators at the centre or email them to feedback@ktoosh.com.au.

If you missed our Kindy/New Students Orientation at the beginning of term, here is a copy of what was discussed:

Kindy/New Students Orientation Information

Your Family Handbook can also be referred to for more detailed and important information on our website www.ktoosh.com.au under the parent information tab

We are constantly reviewing and updating our food menus to ensure we supply a nutritional menu keeping in mind children’s health and development.

Our current week’s menu for BSC, ASC & VC is always displayed at the Service as well as being posted on on Facebook page the weekend before

During this term our focus is going to be promoting healthy eating choices in our breakfast menu as well as our afternoon snacks and we will be doing many activities with the children that will help support them to make healthy choices for the rest of their life.

Our Breakfast Menu consists of: 

Cereals – WeetBix, Wholemeal Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Rice Bubbles

Yoghurt/Fruit & Berries

Wholemeal toast and spreads

Water & Low Fat Milk

Our Afternoon Snack Menu consists of a variety of foods over different days and may consist of:

Wraps, Sandwiches, Rice Cakes, Cruskits, Popcorn, Corn Chips, Crackers, Salsa, Dips

Yoghurt, Cheese, Fruit (both fresh and dried) & Vegetables

Water is available throughout the whole session.

If you would like to make any suggestions towards the menu or our policy (currently under review) please email feedback@ktoosh.com.au.

When we visited the country town of Cobar they were so appreciative of our generous donation.  During these hot summer days they are still really struggling……

This year we will be continuing to assist the community through IGA Cobar Gift Voucher instead of grocery donations which will be purchased from all our “Buy a Cow or a Calf” donations.  Our Return & earn program will also continue for the year and monies raised from these will be included in the donations to Cobar.  Please look at the pictures on site of all the things our centres donated including blankets made by the children and bath mats.

Donations have been made easier, you can purchase a Cow for $10.00 or a Calf for $5.00, or both!

Simply email your centre email and request one for your child/ren.  Please state if your would like a Cow or a Calf.  Your donation will be added to your account and charged in the following billing cycle.  Once purchased, a Cow or Calf will be sent to the centre with your child/ren’s name on them to colour in, write their name and place it up on the display.  We are aiming to sell over 500 cows and 500 calves and will keep you updated on the running tally over the months through the Cobar Go Fund Me page.  Please refer to the Go Fund Me link on the centres Facebook page which has been reposted.

KT OOSH is in the process of recreating our Farmers display and the Return & Earn bins are under the display.  Please leave all Return & Earn collections of cans & bottles in the green tubs.

Between October 2018 and December 2018 KT OOSH raised an amazing $3472.50 for the community of Cobar.  This money was raised as per below:

KT OOSH Donated 50% of the Vacation Care Walk-A-Thon days fees from IRPS & RHAC – $1652.00

Community Donations – $359.60

Thank you to the following people: Shannon Hadley $100, Sheridan Southall $50, Tracey Kelly $100.

Kelly Family Return & Earn $109.60 (1096 donations)

KT OOSH IRPS Walk-A-Thon Sponsorships – $291.00

Thank you to the following children: Julie B $100, Cameron B $10, Eric Lu $20, Holly P $10, Bonnie $10, Tailor-Jay $10 & Sanish R $131.

KT OOSH RHAC Walk-A-Thon Sponsorships – $928.00

Thank you to the following children: Grace L $, Jessica A $20, Julian D $10, Medhansh G $10, Alice I $20, Kate I $20, Christiano M $50, Jessica W $168, Keitaro T $100, Joanna Xu $15.

IRPS Return & Earn Donations – $118.90 (1189 donations)

RHAC Return & Earn Donations – $101.30 (1013 donations)

OLA Return & Earn Donations – $21.70 (217 donations)

Help our farmers and dig deep, it maybe you that needs our help one day……….

Our Annual Walk-A-Thon has now been running for 4 years and the the money raised donated to a charity.  We have raised money for the following causes over the year:

Ronald McDonald House for three years and the Cobar Community last year and this year.  If you have a charitable organisation that is close to your heart then please email feedback@ktoosh.com.au