Family Fun Night

Hello OSC Families!

Last Friday, OSC hosted a Family Fun Night at West Richmond Community Centre. Families joined us for a fun evening of candy house building, a hot chocolate bar, and a slideshow of last school year’s photos that we weren't able to show at the cancelled Family BBQ in June.

It was so much fun seeing all the families working hard together to build the candy houses. They were all so creative, and it was interesting to see how all the houses had the same ingredients but they all turned out to be so different from each other. Some houses ended up with all the ingredients placed, and some with only a few because we all know how hard it is to control ourselves when it comes to sugar.

 

The hot chocolate bar was definitely a hit. So many delicious hot chocolate creations were going around, I definitely needed to visit that station.

We had an amazing gift basket that was donated to us by UNFI Canada – Grocery West. Families who brought food items for the Food Bank were entered into a draw to win the gift basket, so thank you to anyone who brought an item and congratulations to the family that won!

It was great seeing so many families show up to our Family Fun Night. I am looking forward to many more events with our amazing OSC families!


Erin

Funky Pro D

I hope everyone had a great weekend following the Pro D day last Friday!

The kids and our staff definitely had a fun time at one of our favourite out trip spots - Funky Monkey. It’s an indoor playground that features a ton of mazes, obstacles and 50ft slide. One of the most popular areas for the kids was the ball arena with hundreds of foam balls everywhere. They had ball blasters that shoot foam balls across the room, and somehow like to find their way to a leader. 

Another great attraction there is the ball dump. We had kids spend lots of time searching to collect balls to build up the dump basket. Seeing their faces when it all came showering over them was so enjoyable. One of the best parts for us as staff is the fact that the indoor playground is big enough for us to get in the action with the kids - without breaking our backs. So parents, you can join in too!

I wanted to find out what some kids thought about our out trip so I asked them this question...

What was your favourite Part about Funky Monkey?:

Nick: The Games room, because I found 10 cents.

Savannah: Tag with Tegan and because I scared her.

George: The ropes that I swung on and trying to land on the circle cushions.

James: The slides, because they were really fast.

Noah: The Jurassic games, they were really fun!

Samantha: The big slides.

Kris: Putting balls in the gun and shooting them.

Reilly: Probably the huge slides that are yellow and 2 greens.

Lily: Every part!

The battleground

Big slides!

Ball dump!

Overall all the answers were very positive and I could tell all the kids had a great time. We always look forward to these out trips where we can take time off from our regular routines and do different great activities! If you want a place to have fun check it out with your family!


Corey

Flipping Out

Are you ready to FLIP!!

As one social trend leaves another arrives, the internet following that has all our kids flipping out is... "Bottle Flipping." The objective of bottle flipping is flipping a bottle with one hand and have it land right side. If you succeed, you receive personal bragging rights. If you fail, try again. You will receive more cheers from your friends by finding harder or creative ways while making successful flips. When it comes to materials, you need your standard plastic water bottle filled 1/4 with water and a camera. Wondering why the camera? Well if you don't have proof of your amazing flips, then who is going to believe you. I decided to spend my entire time at playground the other day filming our little flippers as they tried to achieve OSC stardom. Here is some of the footage I captured, enjoy!







Take a look at some of our amazing attempts....

The Halloween Aftermath

Happy November everyone!

Christmas is just around the corner as we finish with our Halloween season. The kids had a blast this year with pumpkin carving, dressing up in costumes and all the trick or treat stories we heard last week.

Our Halloween Monday was full of new faces! At Junior OSC we had some superheroes in attendance like Batman, Supergirl and Ironman. We were also taken into new storybook worlds with our lovely Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, and Dory. Everyone’s costumes looked fantastic, as were the stories told the next day after trick or treating.

Some of our kids’ favourite memories of Halloween are pumpkin carving, treat or treating, the scary decorations on houses, getting candy and watching fireworks. Our program had a great experience buddying up with some of the Seniors from OSC to carve pumpkins during the last two weeks of October.

40 pumpkins awaiting carving

Our Assistant Leader Kevin was collecting candy after Halloween for an outreach program that his high school was participating in. The program helps the homeless in downtown Vancouver by distributing various necessities that people need. It was a great moment seeing some of the kids bring in candy donations for this cause.

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween and I can’t wait to see what the Christmas season brings us!


Pearlena