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
Capital Region Community Services (CRCS) Involve social groups for seniors provide a range of opportunities to build social connections within the community, learn and share skills, and improve overall wellbeing. The moments in time quilt project is the perfect example of how to build connection and belonging in the community. Find out more.
Capital Region Community Services (CRCS) is proud to announce that Connect Up has found its new home with us. Connect Up is a program developed by and for locals to help people aged 18 to 30s who live, work or study in the Belconnen region to meet others and share experiences.
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.