We have great council run vacation care. $57.50 a day before CCB and CCR, plus excursion and incursion fees. There a generally a couple of big bus trips to places like Halls Gap, or just small local trips to beaches etc. Every day is themed. The girls complain in the morning about going, but are always happy when I pick them up. A couple of rival vacation care services have started up by a couple of the private schools.

School has an active after school program that is free, runs most of the term (first week or two not on), there is no guarantee of a spot, plus the activities are not always great (this term is Football or Netball, which neither girls wants to do). I could not rely on it for work, so chances are if I enrolled the girls, I would use the time to go shopping and only stay at work if there was an urgent need

The school claims there is not enough need for AFC and that it won't help enrolments, but I saw the list of kids going active after school and it was obvious a large portion were enrolled for work purposes, not because their child wanted to play the sport.