Vacation Care Programs : Y Ballarat - Empowering young people

The Y Ballarat offers Holiday Programs in Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Hamilton and Ararat, providing children with a safe and friendly care environment with opportunities to make new friends, develop their self-esteem and participate in exciting activities during the holidays.

All children must be booked in and enrolled for attendance prior to the commencement of the program. Enrolment is required to be completed by all families using the service.
*Please note that there are no credits or refunds on School Holiday Programs (Vacation Care).

What to Pack

A wide brimmed hat – caps are not accepted for outdoor play, a labelled water bottle, Sunscreen (if allergies are present), suitable footwear to access the outdoors – strictly NO thongs are to be worn at the program, SunSmart clothing- strictly no singlets will be accepted and a change of clothes.

Food

NUT FREE ZONE! – This means strictly NO Peanut Butter or Nutella in sandwiches please; this could be potentially life threatening to a child who suffers from anaphylaxis.

Unhealthy foods such as potato chips, lollies and chocolate will not be permitted to be consumed. These foods will be required to stay in the child’s bag until they are collected.

Healthy Lunch Box Examples to pack include fruit, vegetable sticks, cheese, tuna, sandwiches, crackers, wraps, NUT FREE bars, eggs, salad, rice crackers, dips, yoghurt and fruit or cereal and fruit salad or kebabs.

For more info visit > https://heas.health.vic.gov.au/schools/healthy-lunchboxes

**Please note: It is always best to pack more into your child’s lunch box, if children run out of food families will be notified.

Vacation Care Programs and Bookings

Vacation care programs will be available on this page 2 weeks before the vacation care program start date with bookings opening at that time also.

The next vacation care programs will from September 21 – October 2.

For further information or assistance with your enrolment please contact our OSHC support team – oshcvacsupport@yballarat.org.au

“The school holiday program is always exciting. It takes pressure off me to organise activities during school holidays when I know they’re having a full and energetic day at OSHC.”
Kassia – Hamilton

“I like that when I wake up in the morning I am happy to come… I like that I got to make new friends and learnt that I can shoot a 3 pointer in basketball 😄😄😄”
Keily – 11

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