Vacation Care

Vacation care activity

Catering for primary school children between 5 and 12 years old.

Vacation Care offers children a variety of arts, crafts, games, sports, excursions and educational experiences during school holidays. We offer age-appropriate programs and activities in a safe, secure and caring environment with staff supervision at all times.

Our four venues tailor programs to different age groups. We also provide healthy fruit for an afternoon snack around 3.30pm.

Winter school holiday program

Bookings open Monday 5 June.

How to book

Families who have used our Vacation Care before

Do not click on the register button. If you used the Fully Booked platform, please contact us as your account has been transferred.

If you used My Family Lounge, use the log in button or contact us if you have forgotten your username. 

Please note: Duplicate accounts created through registering multiple times will not be linked to Child Care Subsidy history and may result in errors processing Child Care Subsidy claims.

Families who have not used our Vacation Care before and have a My Family Lounge account

Use your existing credentials to sign in through the widget on our website. Using this widget will link your account to our service.

Families who have not used our Vacation Care before and do not have a My Family Lounge account

Use the widget on our website to register a new account. 

All families using our Vacation Care

Please ensure that enrolment forms are completed on the desktop version of My Family Lounge.

All mandatory fields must be completed and the enrolment form “submitted” in order to access bookings. We recommend downloading the My Family Lounge app in order to make your bookings.

Kids club services

Children participate in a variety of fun, musical, craft, sport and cooking activities, supervised by experienced staff in a safe and caring environment. The program also offers up to 3 age-appropriate excursions within the Sydney metropolitan area each week. 

Recommended age: 5 to 8 years (but open for children aged 5 to 12 years).

Hours: 7.30am to 6pm.

Daily fee: $70 + excursion and workshop costs (compulsory on workshop and excursion days). 

West Pymble kids club

Address: West Pymble Community Hall, Lofberg Road, West Pymble.

Contact: 0419 267 691.

Facilities: Located next to West Pymble KU Community Pre-School, it has a large hall with a kitchen, close to netball courts, Bicentennial Park, play equipment and access to West Pymble pool in summer.

St Ives kids club

Address:  Corpus Christi Catholic School, 17 Link Road, St Ives.

Contact: 0417 242 129.

Facilities: Large hall and break-out room with a kitchen, sheltered play area, large oval, basketball courts and playground. 

Getaway services 

Getaway activities provide excursions to locations in Sydney and its surrounds, supervised by experienced staff. We also provide centre-based activities and workshops including arts and crafts, sport, creative arts, coding and cooking.

Recommended age: 8 to 12 years although West Lindfield Getaway accepts children aged from 5 years of age.

Hours: 7.30am to 6pm.

Daily fee: $70+ excursion and workshop costs (compulsory on workshop and excursion days).

West Lindfield Getaway

Address: West Lindfield Community Hall, 2-10 Bradfield Road, Lindfield.

Contact: 0468 988 230.

Facilities: Large hall, close to sports facilities including oval and local shopping village. Indoor facilities include a kitchen, Wii, television and table tennis.

St Ives Getaway

Address: St Ives Community Hall, St Ives Village Green, Memorial Avenue, St Ives.

Contact: 0419 625 064.

Facilities: Large hall close to oval and local shopping village. Indoor facilities include a kitchen, table tennis, television and Nintendo Switch.

Subscribe to Vacation Care enews

The quarterly enews gives you the latest news on our Kids Club and Getaway programs. We send this four weeks before a school holiday period so parents know the key dates to book. 

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Parent referral program and testimonials

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Enquiries

Email vacationcare@krg.nsw.gov.au or call our Coordinator on 9424 0903.