Summer School Hols - Mon Jan 5th
Wondering what children do at Enchanted Childhoods?
Enchanted Childhoods programs carefully balance both planned experiences and child-led unstructured outdoor play. Our experiences are selected based on their capacity to support children's holistic development and ability to inspire children to think and play in new and creative ways. During free play, our providers step back and children are empowered to problem-solve, take risks, and develop complex play schemes. All of our programs are designed to build gross and fine motor skills, support the development of a healthy vestibular system, and foster play-based and experiential learning, team-work and creativity.
Summer Holiday Program
Our Summer program theme is 'Farmyard Fun'. Across 3-days children will experience living on the land through planting and harvesting food, creating a farmers market, trading goods, creating animal homes, and caring for our farm friends! Join us for one day or all three.
- Day 1 – Farmers Market: Our explorers will work together to create market stalls and to create or harvest items to exchange with other stall holders. We'll also make sunflower seed bombs and visit the EC garden to collect and prepare food to share.
- Day 2 – Farmyard Animal Friends: Spend time learning about and interacting with our farmyard friends, consider the homes and care needs for different animals and build your own dens and nests, make animal-themed crafts, or step into the 'vet' centre to care for a variety of animal species.
- Day 3 – Farmyard Arts and Crafts: Be inspired by our farm friends and natural environment to create incredible art works. Paint, sculpt, bead, weave, or use our water blasters to create large scale splat art.
Along the way, we’ll enjoy water play, create nature-inspired crafts, and explore our beautiful farm and bushland space. There’s something for everyone — from sensory seekers to daring adventurers! There will also be ample opportunity for free play, exploration, and children to follow their own interests in our beautiful natural surroundings. We look forward to coming together as a community, learning through play and sharing fun and laughter each day.
Who are the team?
At Enchanted Childhoods, we have a small and dedicated team who facilitate each program. We have diverse professional backgrounds including health, education and conservation psychology. What unites us is a passion for seeing children outdoors in sensory-rich natural environments that support their health, happiness, and well-being. All of our team have a current DCSI clearance for working with children and have completed first aid training. We have a maximum ratio of 8 children to every adult, with a maximum of 32 children per session.
What time?
Enchanted Childhoods holiday programs run from 9am to 3pm each day.
What do we need to bring?
We are a fully outdoor program so please bring suitable clothing for the daily weather conditions, and (at least) one full change of clothes to allow for new clothes after water/messy play. Children should also bring a labelled water bottle, lunch, morning and afternoon snack.
Please note: the site address in the Range will be sent to you following registration.
Monday Booking Information
Please note this is a single-day booking for Monday 5th Jan.
If you would like to book additional days, you can do so by adding the additional day booking option to your cart.
To book for multiple children, please order multiple sessions for each day and include the name(s) of all children who will be attending.
All children attending will require a completed registration form. Each family will only need to complete this form once per child and it will be securely stored for future programs. This will be mailed to you upon receipt of your registration.