Cooma Public Out of School Hours Care
Community connection in Cooma
The team at our out-of-school-hours care service at Cooma Public School has been focused on embedding community within the centre and increasing children’s feelings of connection and belonging.
They have recently implemented a community excursion project, where the children go out into the local community to explore and undertake various activities. These excursions are designed to build on the existing curriculum focus topics like sustainability, physical development and academic development, while building community connections.
Each week, the children at Cooma Public OSHC visit:
• Cooma Library to participate in Lego building, reading and borrowing books
• Cooma Showground to take part in ball sports, running races, touch football and more
• Cooma Community Gardens, where they have their own garden plot to grow and harvest produce, a worm farm and composting bin, an insect hotel and native bird feeding station.
Recent News Stories
After an extraordinary 32 years of service, we say a heartfelt goodbye to Graham McKercher, who recently resigned from CRCS to take some time out, enjoy being a grandad, and undertake some international travel.
As Program Manager for Living Well Aged Care, Dominique (known as Domi) brings a wealth of experience and compassion to the team. With a background as a rehabilitation nurse, Domi has spent many years working with older people and encouraging them to live independently.
As Program Manager for Living Well Aged Care, Dominique (known as Domi) brings a wealth of experience and compassion to the team. With a background as a rehabilitation nurse, Domi has spent many years working with older people and encouraging them to live independently.
CRCS recently welcomed our Living Well participants, other community members, sector professionals, and family members and carers to our first Speaker Series session of the year: Unpacking the Changes to My Aged Care – What You Need to Know at the Belconnen Community Centre theatre.
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Budawang Early Learning Centre in Milton hosted an afternoon tea for mums, carers and grandmothers. Children invited their families into the centre to take part in a range of activities. These included bracelet beading, gluing, drawing, nail painting, and pretend hairdressing. A playdough station invited children to create face moulds with the sign “Can you mould your mum?”, and a photo booth was set up to capture the occasion.