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In school-age care, not all learning happens at a desk. Some of the most meaningful moments happen through shared experiences — when children collaborate, create, and express who they are. That’s exactly what happens in this vibrant, MTOP-aligned activity: a Collaborative Mural Painting Project. This isn’t just an art project — it’s an experience that connects the concepts, principles, and learning outcomes of...

The My Time, Our Place (MTOP) framework isn’t a checklist of isolated parts — it’s an interconnected system designed to help children feel safe, grow confidently, and explore the world around them through play and relationships. To understand how it works, it helps to see how the three core concepts, five guiding principles, and five learning outcomes support and reinforce one another....

✨Supporting Learning Through Play✨ If you work in outside school hours care (OSHC), vacation care, or any learning-through-play environment, you’ve likely heard of the My Time, Our Place framework. But what does it really mean — and how can resources like classroom supplies and activity kits help support it? Let’s break it down. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ What is My Time, Our Place? My Time,...