A message from the Coordinator – Ally McKinnon

I’d like to take the opportunity to share a little about myself with our St John the Apostle community. I grew up in Albury and moved to Melbourne when I finished school, before transferring to ANU and moving to Canberra in 2017. I am currently completing my teaching degree at UNE, specialising in secondary education with teaching areas in English, History and Society & Culture. I have worked in the education and care industry for several years now in both educator and management positions. I am passionate about child-lead education and love designing programs that are diverse, inclusive, interest-based and actively support children’s personal, social and emotional growth.

I have greatly enjoyed my first few weeks at St John the Apostle and look forward to spending the rest of the term in this great community.

OSHClub News

What we have been up to.
Our talented OSHClub children have created their own Dance Club, coming together to explore different styles of dance, music and movement. We are greatly enjoying supporting their growing knowledge and love for dance – we have quite a few talented performers! We have also been experimenting with watercolours in our artwork, bubble science, team sports, obstacle courses and getting into the kitchen and cooking up a storm.Donate your recycling.

To support our creative children and sustainable practices, we would love to take your recycled materials. If you have anything we could used for craft and construction, especially any boxes, lids or cardboard, please considering dropping them off to our OshClub room before or after school. We would greatly appreciate them and put them to good use!

Rearranging our space.
From the end of week 6 we will be rearranging our OshClub room and introducing some new resources. We would love to hear your feedback regarding this, so please feel free to share your opinions with our educators or pop them into the suggestion’s container at our sign in/out area. 

Menu and Cooking

Our Menu
Over the next couple of weeks you will notice some healthy changes to our menus. Expect to see warm soups, yummy wraps, homecooked noodles, berry muffins and more.

Cooking experiences.

We are incredibly lucky at St John the Apostle OshClub to have our very own kitchen. Throughout the rest of term 2 we will be implementing regular cooking activities and investigation sessions during BSC and ASC. These will be inspired by children’s current interest and will focus on healthy choice making, where our food comes from and how we can make our favourite yummy recipes better for us. So far we have made biscuits, prompting discussions around healthy ingredient alternatives. We have also been researching where popcorn comes from and how it is made. Did you know there are six main types of corn, but only one can make popcorn?

Get to know your OSHClub Educators – Gemma Hudson

Gemma is a valuable of our OshClub team, working every morning and afternoon to support the children and their needs, aproviding fun, engaging and challenging activities. Gemma grew up in Albury and has been living in Canberra since 2021. She holds a degree in psychology and is passionate about helping others.