Whoosh Care Annandale - Waitlist Here

Whoosh Care Annandale - Service Information

When is Whoosh Annandale open?

Whoosh Care provides

After school care - school time to 6:00pm

Whoosh Annandale enrolment and fee information

For all questions regarding your child’s enrolment and/or fees please contact us at info@whooshcare.com.au.

You are invited to use your ‘OWNA’ registration to waitlist for additional permanent days, make casual bookings and to update us with your contact details.

Whoosh Care processes fees for the week ahead each Monday via Fat Zebra. All enrolled days are payable including public holidays and school student free days that fall within the school term.

Our afternoon fee is $28.00 and includes afternoon tea, fruit and milk and all activities including special events. Additional casual bookings are available subject to availability at the same fee.

Casual days can be booked automatically through the OWNA phone app or via email info@whooshcare.com.au

Eligible families can claim the childcare subsidy on their fees. Please note that the subsidy will only apply after you have confirmed your enrolment on MyGov.

Statements are emailed to the account holder fortnightly. If you have trouble paying your after-school care fees, please contact Jocelyn or Lois to discuss your options.

Your enrolment will continue into the following school year unless you request to change or end your enrolment.

We offer additional new year enrolments in October of each year.

To end your Whoosh Care enrolment please provide 2 school-term weeks written notice to info@whooshcare.com.au

Collecting your child

• At Annandale North Public School, we meet the children at the bottom of the kindy stairs on the far side of the playground at ANPS. In term 1 we will collect your kindergarten children from their class teacher at the end of their school day.

• Whoosh Care uses an electronic roll.

• We mark your child’s attendance or absence in ‘OWNA’. We will not leave the school until each child is safely accounted for.

• Please let our team know if your child is not going to attend Whoosh Care on an enrolled day so that our team can verify their whereabouts promptly. Failure to do so will incur a $15.00 fee.

• When you collect your child, you will sign into OWNA using your unique pin code. The pin code can be modified via the OWNA app on your personal device.

• Please only use your personal pin code to sign your child out as this is your digital singature.

• Only authorised persons are permitted to collect your child. We require written permission for another parent or friend to collect your child. Please provide the authorised person’s phone number so that we can include them on Kiosk.

• We close at 6pm each afternoon. Families are required to collect their children prior to 6pm. Our team have travel arrangements, family commitments and other study and work commitments that are scheduled after their shift with Whoosh Care. It is important that families show support to our team by being on time. Failure to arrive on time will incur a late fee of $20 per 15-minute interval

Whoosh Care behaviour management agreement

• Children enrolled at Whoosh Care agree to follow the Whoosh Care Code of Behaviour. The code is in place to ensure that all children can enjoy their time at Whoosh Care.

• Parents/guardians are expected to show support and partnership to the Whoosh Care educators about their child/ren’s behaviour.

• if a child breaches our code they are firstly reminded of the rules, if the behaviour continues your child will be asked to sit down and reflect on their behaviour. For continual breaches or a serious breach of the code parents will be informed via our behaviour record form. Repeated breaches may result in Whoosh Care withdrawing your child’s enrolment. Any violence toward a team member or other child will result in a 2 enrolled day suspension from care.

  Our Whoosh Care Code

  1.            We are Safe

  2.            We are respectful

  3.            We are responsible

  4.            We are good sports

• Unacceptable behaviour from a parent/guardian may result in immediate termination of their child’s enrolment.

Program information

• We encourage all children and families to collaborate with the educators to plan programmes.

• We welcome parents and guardians to share any feedback, ideas and/or skills such as music, art and craft, cooking and sport with the team and children at Whoosh Care.

• We collaborate with the children to plan and document their achievements and share their successes with you. Our team shares information with families about each child’s time at Whoosh Care via the OWNA app.

• We will send an email update to the account holder each school term and when there is Whoosh Care news to share.

• If you change your email or do not receive our updates, please let us know. You can also follow Whoosh Care on FaceBook.

If you have any questions, please feel welcome to talk with Tilly or Jocelyn.