#19 – ‘We can do anything’: a look in to Pachamama’s journey in creating a home away from home that is steeped in nature, creativity and diversity with a philosophy that drives everything they do
Release Date: 03/05/2021
#29 Navigating the Assessment & Rating (A&R) Landscape in Education and Care
OSHC After The Bell
Ever felt that whirlwind of emotions when the news of an Assessment & Rating (A&R) visit hits? We get it—uncertainties can stir up a mix of feelings. But fear not! Join us on our podcast as we dive deep into the realm of possibilities, exploring what you can do for your service, your amazing staff, and, of course, for your own wellbeing when A&R is on the horizon. Let's turn those uncertainties into opportunities! Ready for an informative and engaging discussion? Tune in with Saurubh and Barbi with their special guest, Steve Moore – Head of Client Engagement at Firefly HR, who...
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#28 Updates to My Time, Our Place – V2.0
OSHC After The Bell
#28 – Today Saurubh & Barbi discuss the newly released Framework for School Age Care in Australia – V2.0. The approach was to not talk about eithers thoughts or findings beforehand & the episode is a genuine open discussion of what they found from their first look. Come listen to their journey! We would love to know what your thoughts are too?
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#27 Hidden Angels of education
OSHC After The Bell
Saurubh and Barbi are excited to release this episode of the podcast, with none other than the ‘queen of common sense’ herself, Maggie Dent. After we took a moment to let it sink in that we were chatting with Maggie, we dived right in to everything children and the place educators play in children’s worlds. We go on a rollercoaster ride of first acknowledging the important role of educators in OSHC, how we must be in atonement to what the children need, circle to the importance of knowing how to redirect our own cortisol, being aware of ‘body budgets’ in children and even...
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#26 The child’s imprint
OSHC After The Bell
This episode we had the pleasure of Lukas Ritson from Wearthy joining the discussion on all things play. Alongside Barbi and Saurubh, we had guest host Calum Waldegrave join us from Japan as we delved into where we played as children, the importance of children’s imprint in designing playgrounds and much more. A fun one, full of laughs and some golden knowledge shared by all. One not to be missed!
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#25 Valuing Educators as Professionals / Employees: A reflection on onboarding, performance appraisals, offboarding and employee engagement.
OSHC After The Bell
Today Saurubh & Barbi discuss a not often spoken about, but very important part of our workplaces. We chat all things Employee Engagement and how that could look in a service, from onboarding, performance appraisals, offboarding and more. We chat on how they are all connected, experiences we have had, and give ideas on what could be done and thoughts for further discovery.
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#24 Play & Playwork: adult agendas, understanding play in an OSHC context & chaos as order
OSHC After The Bell
Today Saurubh & Barbi are joined by long time OSHC Educators, Izzy & Calum, who are from different states but both see themselves as playworker inspired educators & we do a deep dive in to what is a playworker, how it can look in OSHC, why it is beneficial (if not essential), adult agendas on play & so much more
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#23 Introduction to play & how this can (and should) look in an OSHC setting. Time to rethink some perceptions.
OSHC After The Bell
Today Saurubh & Barbi are joined by Angus who is an Educational Leader & a playworker. We discuss play, activity vs play, learn about the playwork principles, challenges to play, brief chat on documentation, reflection on our own childhood & more. Dig in!
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#22 - Emotions vs feelings vs Educators vs Children: Neuroscience & the amygdala
OSHC After The Bell
– Today Saurubh and Barbi are joined by special guest Thomas Eden, a great OSHC Director from Sydney. We delve into emotions & what is the difference between emotions & feelings, work into the amygdala and discover what it is doing & how this may present with children or educators & what to be mindful of. Links:
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#21 – ‘You are your greatest resource’ – we discuss leaders, leadership, communication, quality & more with ACECQA’s Deputy National Education Leader, Perry Campbell
OSHC After The Bell
For today’s episode, Saurubh and Barbi chat to one of our most popular guests, ACECQA’s Deputy National Education Leader, Perry Campbell. We set off on a conversation passionate about quality, delve into leaders at all levels and the longitudinal impact they can have, and so much more. It is a lovely journey this conversation with my favourite quote ‘You never fully see the influence you have’. Get inspired!
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#20 – International bestseller Hamza Khan chats all things leadership, burnout, self-doubt, resilience and more and how to transform ideas into action.
OSHC After The Bell
For today’s episode, Saurubh and Barbi chat to our first international guest, Hamza Khan. Hamza has written a bestselling book titled ‘The Burnout Gamble’ and recently released ‘Leadership, Reinvented’ as well as talking on the TEDx stages, just to name a few. We are honoured to have Hamza join us today to chat all things leadership, self-doubt, burnout, resilience and more and how to transform ideas into action.
info_outlineFor today’s podcast Saurubh and Barbi chat to special guest, Kristen McPhail, Director of Pachamama for this inspiring episode.
We focus on their practices, and in particular on their OSHC service. We look at their inception, growth and how they have become what they are today.
Pachamama offers so much innovation in their practices and a genuine respect and care for the development of children.
Kristen reminds us that ‘hard work, attitude and time are free’ and ‘we can do anything’.