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Kei a tatou tamariki te huarahi mo nga tau a mua ake nei.
The Northland OSCAR Network is a non-profit organisation that supports the establishment and development of quality OSCAR in Northland.
Contact: Odette Yates, 15/71 Bank Street, Whangarei.
Phone 09 430-7405
Email: northlandoscar@xtra.co.nz
What is OSCAR?
OSCAR stands for Out of School Care and Recreation. OSCAR services are before school, after school and school holiday programmes for children aged 5-13 years or age. These programmes are all similar in that they are largely recreational and that the care of the child is handed over from family/whanau to the supervisor of the programme.
What is the Northland OSCAR Network?
The Northland OSCAR Network is a response to family and community needs for a group to represent OSCAR services in Northland.
Unlike early childhood care there is no official or formal support for people who provide school age childcare and recreation.
The aim of the Northland OSCAR Network is to actively represent, promote, support and network, safe, quality, accesible before school, after school, and school holiday programmes throughout the Northland region, which centre around the needs of the child and its family.
Who provides OSCAR?
- School boards and PTAs
- Community centres
- Kohanga reo
- Marae
- Private operators
- Child care centres
- Sporting organizations
- Church groups
- Parent groups
- Employers/companies
What services are offered by the Northland OSCAR Network
- We provide information and resource sheets covering the establishment and running of community OSCAR services
- We answer inquiries, discuss problems, and give advice and support
- We have a field worker who can come out and have meetings around a particular topic of interest, including the establishment of new OSCAR services
- Members will receive a regular newsletter with news from local OSCAR services and activity ideas for children etc
- We offer funding information and advice
- We co-ordinate workshops and training thoughout the year either at no cost or at a reduced rate to members
- We provide networking opportunities including network meetings
- Members may stand for election onto the committee and vote at meetings
- We represent your OSCAR interest and concerns to local and regional authorities
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