Horizons Oscar

Horizons Oscar is based in Hornby, Christchurch under the Hornby Presbyterian Community Trust banner and, up until September 2012, we were known as Hornby Presbyterian Community Oscar.

We have been running our OSCAR childcare programmes in Christchurch since 2002 when the City Council approached us to manage one of their childcare programmes at Gilberthorpe School. This led to them asking us to take on two other local after school care and holiday programme locations. In 2010 we decided to open an Intermediate programme, giving us four Oscar programmes. In 2015 we decided that, due to financial restrictions, we would temporarily close the Intermediate after school care programme, but would continue running the Intermediate school Holiday programme. In July 2015 we decided to open a before school programme.

We are committed to providing quality, affordable childcare programmes for the community.

We have been restructuring our programmes and rebranding so that we can provide the best before school, after school and school holiday programme care that we can. At Horizons Oscar we endeavour to create an atmosphere where your children feel safe and secure. We offer a well supervised, fun, safe, learning environment for your child. We aim to help the children learn good values, experience new challenges and develop new skills.

Children are provided with afternoon tea, help with homework, structured activities and time for free play.

We are able to provide transport at a small cost, from some of the surrounding schools. Check out the enrolment page or contact the office for more information.

All our OSCAR Staff are police checked and well trained. We work on an on-site staff ratio of 1:10 and 1:8 ratio when on outings.