SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM Libraries and Community Centres
JOIN IN ON THE FUN THIS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS! salisbury.sa.gov.au/shp
Tuesday 2 to Friday 12 October - Bookings essential ALL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
TUESDAY 2
Library Resources and FREE activities!
Taking a Great Photo: Intro to Photography (over three days)
During Library hours Call your local library branch!
10am to 2pm Twelve25
Library branches throughout Salisbury are having free activities in the holidays including colouring in sheets and resources from our Read, Play, Learn program will be available. Kids can also borrow from the collection of books and DVDS!
Come and learn the art of taking a great photograph. Runs over 3 days, lunch provided. Arrangements can be made for earlier drop off if required due to work commitments. Bookings essential.
Age: All ages Cost: FREE
Age: 12 to 18 years Cost: $60 for three days
TUESDAY 2
WEDNESDAY 3
Teddy Bear Picnic
Making Healthy Lunch Boxes
10am to 12pm Burton Community Centre
10am to 12pm Burton Community Centre
Children are encouraged to bring their favourite bear, enjoy a picnic outside with some fun games, pass the parcel, treasure hunt and more. This activity builds a sense of ownership, belonging, sharing and exploring. Parents/Caregivers to accompany children during the course of the activity. Bookings essential.
Healthy eating is important for children’s growth and development. Children will learn and make some yummy looking nutritious food for their lunchbox. Bookings essential.
Age: Six to 12 years Cost: $5.00
Age: Five to 12 years Cost: $5.00
To register visit: salisbury.sa.gov.au/shp THURSDAY 4
THURSDAY 4
Kids Cooking Program: Banana and Passionfruit Slice
Watch it Grow
10am to 11am Ingle Farm Library
10.00am to 11.00am Mawson Centre
Join in the cooking fun! Learn a new recipe for a sweet slice, complete a fun activity booklet and take some yummy treats home to share with your friends and family! Recipe may contain nuts and gluten. Bookings essential.
Enjoy decorating your own pots and planting different seeds in your own cool funky way! Learn about how to build, nurture and ‘watch it grow’. Bookings essential.
Age: Six plus Cost: $5.00
Age: Four to 10 Cost: $5.00
THURSDAY 4 Creative Recycling MakerSpace 10am to 12pm Pooraka Farm Community Centre
THURSDAY 4 Missfit Movement
Make money boxes out of plastic bottles using recycled materials and other recycling activities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings essential. Age: Four to 12 years Cost: $3.00
FRIDAY 5 10.30am to 11.30am Bagster Road Community Centre
Learn Chess Session for Kids with David
Get your dancing shoes and comfortable clothes on and join us for a fun dancing time! A professional entertainer will be hosting an awesome dance program including pop music and yoga poses. This is an opportunity for your child to be active and yet stay calm. Bookings essential. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
3.30pm to 5pm Ingle Farm Library
Age: 3 years and over Cost: $5.00 per child
Age: All ages Cost: FREE
Learn about the game of Chess and practise your new skills! Our talented facilitator will introduce you to the rules of the game and will also be on hand to guide you throughout the session. Bookings essential.
Tuesday 2 to Friday 12 October - Bookings essential FRIDAY 5 Funny Faces
MONDAY 8 Lets Mess it Up
10am to 11am Mawson Centre
10.30am to 12pm Bagster Road Community Centre
Make your own unique face using nature based materials (with a splash of colour and sparkles added of course!). Bookings essential. Age: Four to 10 years Cost: $5.00
Lets get all crazy with the biggest, goopiest, yuckiest mess we can make! Come dressed ready for ooey gooey fun. Be prepared for stirring, mixing, splattering, and stretching! Bookings essential. Age: All ages Cost: $5.00
TUESDAY 9
TUESDAY 9
Children’s University Lecture: The Wonderful World of Palaeontology
Come and Try Esports
10.30am to 11.30am Para Hills Community Hub
10am to 3pm Twelve25
Let local palaeontologists Jess and Kathryn take you back in time to meet extinct animals and plants! Please bring along your Children’s University Passport to receive your stamp.
Join in the gaming fun with Minecraft, ROBLOX and other PC Games. Bookings essential.
Age: Six plus Cost: FREE
TUESDAY 9 Introduction to LEGO Mindstorms 2.30pm to 4pm Mawson Centre
Join us for an adventure in LEGO Robotics. LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robots are an exciting way to look at how robots and programming work! Age: 10 plus Cost: $5.00
Age: 10 to 18 years Cost: $5.00 (lunch included)
TUESDAY 9 Mini Garden 10am to 12pm Burton Community Centre
Children will make super cute mini gardens using waste tin cans. They will plant, design and decorate their mini garden and be able to take them home. Parents/caregivers to accompany children during the course of the activity. Bookings essential. Age: Six to 12 years Cost: $5.00
To register visit: salisbury.sa.gov.au/shp WEDNESDAY 10
THURSDAY 11
Palaeontology Rocks
Games Day Extravaganza
10am to 11am Mawson Centre
9.30am to 4pm Twelve25
Join us for an awesome look at dinosaurs incorporating investigation skills, creativity and imagination. Find the dinosaur Tracks and tell us which dinosaur it is. Do your own dinosaur egg excavation. Check out the dinosaur dig and make your own fossils to keep! Bookings essential.
Come and hang out with us for a day of FREE activities. There will be computer games, Xbox, board games and crafts, or simply chill out with a movie! Lunch provided free of charge
Age: Four to 10 years Cost: $5.00
Age: 10 to 18 years Cost: FREE
THURSDAY 11
THURSDAY 11
Minecraft Lock in Session
Fun with Craft
10am to 12pm Para Hills Community Hub
10am to 12pm Burton Community Centre
Come along to this Minecraft Lock in session and build your own creations to battle and survive the night against zombies, creepers, and ender dragons. To be held at the brand new Para Hills Community Hub.
Children like to make and create things. Through this activity children can freely make or create their own crafts to take home. Free play promotes creativity and develops children’s abilities to express themselves through colour, composition, shapes and drawing. Bookings essential.
Age: Eight plus Cost: $5.00
Age: Six to 12 years Cost: $5.00
Tuesday 2 to Friday 12 October - Bookings essential THURSDAY 11
THURSDAY 11
Reptile Meet and Greet
Makerspace Woodwork Activity
10.30am to 11.30am Len Beadell Library
1pm to 3pm Pooraka Farm Mens Shed
We have lizards, geckos, snakes and a goanna for you to meet. Learn all about these fascinating cold blooded animals from our expert. There will be plenty of opportunities to hold or touch most of the animals if you want a hands on experience. Bookings essential. Age: Four plus Cost: $5.00
Have fun making a variety of things with wood glue, hammer and nails. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bookings Essential. Age: Five to 12 years Cost: $3.00
FRIDAY 12 Movies at Mawson: Paddington 2 3pm to 5pm Mawson Centre
FRIDAY 12 Haunted House Experience 10.30am to 11.30am Salisbury West Library
Halloween has come early! Come creeping with us to find the hidden tombstones. Where are all the creatures hidden? Take a chance with the creepy feel boxes and feel what the oozy, gooey is inside... Make your own designer spider or skeleton to take home with you. Who will be the best dressed zombie/mummy wrapped in tissue? Heaps of fun. Bookings essential. Age: Five plus Cost: $5.00
Every adult and child must buy a ticket to attend (includes snack bag). Kids under two go FREE (no snack bag included). All tickets must be pre purchased. Age: All ages Cost: $5.00
LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE CONTACTS DETAILS LEN BEADELL LIBRARY 55 John St, Salisbury T: 8406 8283
POORAKA FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE 126 Henderson Avenue, Pooraka T: 8406 8488
MAWSON LAKES LIBRARY 2-8 Main Street, Mawson Lakes T: 8302 5555
SALISBURY EAST NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE 28 Smith Rd, Salisbury East T: 8285 2055
PARA HILLS LIBRARY AT THE PARA HILLS COMMUNITY HUB Wilkinson Road, Para Hills T: 8406 8560
THE MAWSON CENTRE 2-8 Main Street, Mawson Lakes T: 8302 5449
SALISBURY WEST LIBRARY Hollywood Blvd, Salisbury Downs T: 8406 8489 INGLE FARM LIBRARY Beovich Road, Ingle Farm T: 8406 8595 BAGSTER ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE 17 Bagster Road, Salisbury North T: 8250 4167 BURTON COMMUNITY CENTRE 386 Waterloo Corner Road, Burton T: 8280 8843 MORELLA COMMUNITY CENTRE 90 Kings Road, Parafield Gardens T: 8406 8484 THE PADDOCKS CENTRE AT THE PARA HILLS COMMUNITY HUB Wilkinson Road, Para Hills T: 8406 8560
TWELVE25 SALISBURY YOUTH ENTERPRISE CENTRE 17-19 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury T: 8406 8555