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.
Margaret is one of the many friendly faces who joined CRCS’s Involve program after participating in the Communities at Work social groups. We recently asked her to share a bit about herself as part of our effort to get to know each other better and celebrate the diverse experiences within our group.
This year our Involve group is creating something special – a storytelling quilt made up of memories and experiences. We’re calling it Moments in Time because each quilt square captures a memory or moment, or even a series of moments, that the maker feels deeply connected to and wants to share.
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.