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Arabanoo Before & After School Care Centre

The Centre (Arabanoo), which was established in 1994, is located on the school's western campus. It provides quality Before and After School permanent and casual care. Vacation Care programs are available in the school holidays (summer vacation excepted).

Arabanoo provides a safe, supervised environment for children. We offer a balance of structured and unstructured activities, including games, craft, cooking and art, as well as the opportunity to complete homework and socialise. Arabanoo is staffed by qualified and experienced carers. Arabanoo is a non-profit service run by a voluntary Parent Management Committee.

Centre Director: Bianca Lamprati

Phone: 9948 6722
Mob: 0421 014 308

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 135
BALGOWLAH NSW 2093

• Before and After School Care
• Vacation Care
• Parent Management Committee

For the latest news from the Centre and about current activities, please refer to the School Newsletter.

Before and After School Care

Hours of Operation Mon - Fri

Arabanoo is open Monday – Friday during term time:

• Before School Care: 7.30-9.00am.

• After School Care: 3.00-6.30pm

Term Holiday breaks Term 1, 2 and 3.

• Vacation Care: 8.00-6.00pm

Before School Care

Breakfast is offered from 7:30am - 8:30am each morning. Children play games and work on craft projects. Kindergarten and Year 1 children are walked over to their class at 8:45am whilst the older children join their schoolmates in the playground.

After School Care

Afternoon Routine:

We offer an afternoon tea of bread with spreads such as jam, honey and Vegemite, fruit and cheese, fruit juice and milk. Specials and variations include noodles, soup, cheese fingers and Chinese fried rice. Also at 5:00pm we offer biscuits.

*Craft is a big part of after school care for those choosing to join in. We do things like picture frames, weaving, friendship bands, collage, painting, Hama beads, clay, mask making, wet/dry chalk, rock art, cooking and much more!

Additional After School Activities

These may include basketball, Girl Guides, cookery workshops, skating/scooters, sausage sizzle, bush camp, fantastic face art and hairdos. Other additional activities can be suggested by the children via the children's "Suggestion Box".

Any child from Balgowlah Heights Public School may attend these activities and workshops through after school care casually at an additional cost, or may attend class with a parent. See the Centre Director, Bianca, for further details.

Fees (effective 1 January 2008)

This fee is payable upon completion of the enrolment form for both permanent and casual visits.

Enrolment Forms are completed yearly.

Annual Registration Fee: $25.00

OR

Term Registration Fee: $10.00 not to exceed $25.00 for the year

Fee Structure

Arabanoo offers FOUR types of fee structure depending on your circumstances.

Permanent Fees

Permanent bookings can only be offered at a substantially discounted rate because they are made for the full term and as such require less administration. Permanent bookings will not be accepted after Week 2 of the term. These fees are for bookings made for regular days for ALL weeks of the term.

At the commencement of each term families are able to make changes to their permanent booking without penalty provided we receive written notification within the first two weeks of term. After cancellation deadline date has passed you are able to change days if your circumstances change if it is swapping a day and it does not result in you cancelling or dropping days. Changes will be made provided we receive written notice and the alternative session has availability. If this occurs there will be $10.00 administration fee charged.

Permanent fees are invoiced by the end of the first week of term and payment is due in FULL within 14 days of the stated date on the invoice. The due date will be included on your invoice. All payments not received by the due date are charged a late fee of $20.00 which is added to your account automatically.

No credits or refunds are given for holidays, illness or late commencement of the term booking.

Cancellation: Only under exceptional circumstances may a written request to alter a Permanent Term booking be submitted to the Parent Committee for consideration. The Parent Committee Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month during term. We expect to be given a months notice in writing for any permanent booking cancellations.

Term Pre-Paid Fees

Should you require a guaranteed place for regular days for part of the term, we offer a discounted rate provided we receive PAYMENT WITHIN 14 days, your payment due date will be stated on your invoice. No credits or refunds are given for holidays or illness for these guaranteed places.

Should you require a guaranteed place for specific days for part of the term or you expect that you will be utilizing Arabanoo often during the term or throughout the year, we offer a discounted casual rate.

This is provided you purchase 10 x AM or 10 x PM sessions and we receive PAYMENT IN ADVANCE for the 10 sessions. Under this option you have the ability to book/cancel the session as late as 1:00 pm on the day for an afternoon session or 7:30am on the day for a morning session. Pre-paid visits are valid for twelve months from date of purchase.

Casual places are offer to families that need irregular bookings will Arabanoo, you are required to fill in an Enrolment Form along with registration fee in advance of your first casual booking. These bookings are subject to availability. Bookings can be made over the phone or by visiting the centre during opening hours. Under this option you also have the ability to cancel your session as late as 1:00 pm on the day for an afternoon session or 7:30am on the day for a morning session without incurring any costs. Payment is due on the day of attendance.

Short notice bookings for Before School Care can be made by telephoning Arabanoo by 7.30am on the morning of attendance. For After School Care you can telephone Arabanoo by 1pm on the day for an afternoon session. Please note if you use this option you will need to telephone the BHPS Office to notify the school of the child’s attendance at Arabanoo, they will then notify your child’s/children’s teacher who will then advise your child/ren. BHPS telephone number is 9948 2225. Arabanoo telephone number is 9948 6722.

Application for Enrolment

Click here for a copy of the Centre's Enrolment Form.

Vacation Care

Arabanoo is open Monday – Friday during Term 1, 2 and 3 Term Holidays. Closed on Public Holidays.

Opens at 8.00am and closed at 6.00pm

* plus activity cost as advised through the Vacation Care programme.

Vacation Care Enrolment Forms will be distributed by the school 4 weeks prior to the end of the school term. Vacation Care bookings should be made and paid before the booking deadline. The closing deadline for Vacation Care is the Friday the week prior to the last day of term. All late bookings will be subjected to a $5.00 surcharge for each day that is booked. The child’s place is not confirmed until payment is received. No credit or refunds are given once booking deadline has closed.

Cancellation: Only under exceptional circumstances can a written request to credit/refund a Vacation Care booking be submitted to the Parent Committee for consideration.

 OTHER FEES:

All the fees listed below are due and payable on invoice.