Gladesville Putney Before & After School Care Inc

Welcome to Gladesville Putney Before & After School Care (GPBASC). We are an accredited non-profit community based centre providing care and recreation for children of Gladesville and Putney Public Schools from kindergarten to year six.

The centre is housed in the old stone cottage on the grounds of Gladesville Public School and is licensed for, 60 Children - Before School Care and 75 Children - After School Care. GPBASC hours of operation are 7.00am to 9.00am - Before School Care and 3.10pm to 6.00pm - After School Care.

GPBASC is closed during school holidays, public holidays and school development days. The City of Ryde runs a Vacation Care program each school holidays - Vacation Care Details

NEWS & EVENTS

Children's Artwork Gallery

School Term Dates

World Vision Sponsor Children

GPBASC sponsors two school aged children. A child from Vietnam since March 2003 and this year began sponsoring another child from Tanzania. Due to privacy laws we are not able to provide any other details. However more information, photos and letters can be found on notice boards at the centre.

Term 3 AASC Sport

Sunday 18 July 2010

The free Active After-school Care Communities (AASC) sport program is once again being held at GPBASC. The Term 3 sports offered are Circus on a Wednesday and Hockey on a Thursday from 4pm - 5pm, commencing on Wednesday 28 July. The program runs for 7 weeks and is open to all ages. For more information Click Here to view the AASC Term 3 poster.

CIRCUS - Playing for life circus skills is 7 week taste of the best of circus, at the end of which children will feel confident enough to perform their own circus show. The children will learn a range of skills that are used in circuses, including juggling, balancing, skipping and hula hooping. Circus skills uses the essence of circus, that is, fun, playfulness, skills and teamwork, to help participants embrace being active, cooperative and creative.

HOCKEY - Playing for life hockey is a 7 week introduction to basic skills of the game in a controlled safe environment. The modified hockey rules are very simple and a special lighter than normal hockey ball and stick is used. The children will learn a range of ball handling skills such as dribbling, drag, trap, tackle and passing skills such as grip, pass, hit, push and leading.

For those children who did not participate last term in the AASC sport on a Monday & Tuesday a consent form will need to be completed. Please Click Here for a consent form.

For more information about the Active After-school Care Communities sport program go to http://www.ausport.gov.au/participating/schools_and_juniors/aasc

Direct Debit Fee Timetable

Sunday 27 June 2010

Please click on the following link for Term Three's Direct Debit Fee Timetable

Latest Newsletter

Friday 25 June 2010

GPBASC's latest Newsletter has been emailed to all families today, it can also be viewed online by clicking on the 'news' link to the right.

New photos of the children's wonderful artwork from this term can be viewed on the Children's Artwork Gallery page.

School Holiday Ideas

Sunday 6 June 2010

The winter holidays are fast approaching and we have put together a list of websites with a range of children's activities and things to do over the two week break.

http://www.schoolholidaydirectory.com.au - a school holiday directory providing a comprehensive list of what's on offer over the school holidays Australia wide.

www.activities4kids.com.au

www.ourkidz.com.au

www.kidspot.com.au

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/ - a comprehensive art & craft directory for children of all ages.

We appreciate your feedback, let us know info@gpschoolcare.org.au if these websites are useful and if you would like to see more of this type of information on the GPBASC website.

Accreditation

Thursday 25 February 2010

Thanks to our hard working and committed team we have once again achieved High Quality in all 8 quality areas. This is an extremely positive result and we are working towards our next visit in 2 years time. Please Click Here to view the centre’s Accreditation Quality Profile.

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