There was a lot of excitement in Boggabri last week as the announcement of the Nurruby Boggabri Branch Out Of School Hours (BOOSH) have been granted a license to run their services out of the Boggabri Public School hall.

BOOSH director Krystal Hobden said, “this doubles the number of children we can cater for after school and also opens up 10 places at the Nurruby Boggabri Early Learning Facility in a win, win situation.”

“There is so much more space which will enable more activities and extra children will be able to participate.”

Boggabri OOSH will commence in the school hall on June 5 catering for 20 children aged five to 12 from both the Boggabri Public School and the Boggabri Sacred Heart School.

An educator will gather the children from Sacred Heart school and walk them over to the public school after school.

The public school will have a teacher walk the children from the school to the hall much like they do with the bus lines. The centre will operate 2.45 pm to 6.00pm.

There will be two educators on duty to help guide the children through the choices of activities that each child chooses to do in that session as well as supervise the supplied afternoon tea.

A choice of three to four activities will be available each day as well as there will be a corner set up so that the children can sit and do their homework should they desire, but there will not be a homework activity or session.

OOSH is a recreational setting so that the children can relax, play and grow while interacting with other children after school.

Children will have a voice in what activities that they would like to participate in while they are at the centre.

Vacation care will also be on offer for the school holidays 8.30 – 5.30 five days a week.

Director of the Nurruby Boggabri Early Learning Facility Camille Wannan, is excited that she can offer another ten places to the children from birth to five with the changes in BOOSH.

“We as a facility can now offer 52 childcare places in Boggabri,” Mrs Wannan said.

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