Apply for after school or vacation care

We run 6 after-school and vacation care programs for primary school children aged 5 to 12 years in Pyrmont, Surry Hills, Redfern, The Rocks, Ultimo and Woolloomooloo.

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Project Status: When you need to do this

If you’re looking to place your child in after-school or vacation care, we have 6 facilities.

We run programs for primary school children aged 5 to 12 years in Pyrmont, Surry Hills, Redfern, The Rocks (KGV), Ultimo and Woolloomooloo.

If your children are 13 to 18 years old or attending high school, see our youth programs instead.

If you’re already enrolled

Please note, we’ve moved to a new system called Xplor. You should have received an email to register on Xplor. If you’ve registered, go to login.myxplor.com to log in. If you didn’t receive the email, please contact your centre for further assistance.

Marley Woods

For all general enquiries about outside school hours care (OSHC) in the city.

: 02 9246 7887
: [email protected]

What you need to do

Talk to the leader at your chosen centre

If you’re considering enrolling your child into a program for the first time, we recommend contacting the team leader first.

Pyrmont

Surry Hills

Redfern

The Rocks (KGV)

Ultimo

Woolloomooloo

Before you start

Programs include:

arts and crafts
games
gardening and cooking
homework groups
music and dance
sport and fitness.

The programs don’t operate on public holidays and close for a short break over the Christmas and New Year period.

The Surry Hills vacation care program is run by the Girls and Boys Brigade.

Fees

Fees generally do not apply at Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills* or Redfern, except for some activities and excursions during school holidays. Please note, certain access criteria needs to be met before your child's enrolment can be confirmed. To find out more, contact the team leader directly.

For our programs at Pyrmont, Ultimo, The Rocks (KGV) and Woolloomooloo, after-school care costs $25 a session and holiday care is $59 a day, which includes excursion or activity costs.

At Woolloomooloo, fees only apply to families who do not meet the criteria for free access to the services. The child care subsidy is available to help with the cost of fees for children using the programs at Pyrmont, Ultimo and The Rocks. A discount off the standard fee is also available for eligible families using these 3 centres.

Late pick-up penalty fees apply.

For more information about fees and availability for your child, please call 02 9298 3104.