PREPARATORY SCHOOL
After School Care
Building Resilience in Children
Looking out of the OSHC office window,
I can see the after-school group playing
on the lawn. From here it looks like the
youngest children are chasing Ellen to get
the ball back!
Today the children are making their own
rules for the game. This is part of the
planned program designed to ease the
children back into Out of School Hours
Care after their long break. The children are
settling in, and are happy, participating with
their friends, and talking a lot to us about
what they want to do and play. This is what
we work for, it is a very important part of
feeling that you belong.
Children love making rules up, it helps them
to feel in control – we know from research
that this approach helps children feel calm.
Our planning here is to:
1. Strive for a consistent homelike
environment in the Out of School Hours
Care lounges
2. Focus on what is going right – a positive
approach is supportive
3. Role model having a belief in your own
abilities - doing things like making up
the rules for a game is ideal – it is about
having some control while the world
around you feels a bit confusing.
Feeling at home is what we are all about. Do
you remember when you used to get home
after school? You will have had things to do,
and your own favourite rituals. We make
space for that here.
Every child comes into after school care
with their own idea of what makes a
great afternoon. In our programming and
planning, we take that into account, and we
are always prepared for the spontaneous, the
sudden bright idea, as much as we are ready
to help a tired child find a cosy corner and a
great book or toy to rest with.
[Ellen is an Educator at the OSHC who is
part of a team where 90% of the staff are
studying Education either undergraduate,
second degree, or as a Masters.]
Doreen Blyth
OSHC Co-ordinator
Some more reading that you might like on this: https://theconversation.com/how-tobuild-childrens-resilience-and-your-own-amid-coronavirus-unknowns-135789
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