Local holiday activities

Educational ideas to keep the kids entertained

Easter cupcakes and egg dyeing

Helping your allergic child

The pre school breaking records

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I’ve just put the Christmas tree away. There are still remnants of tinsel on the floor and apparently it’s Easter.

I don’t remember the time ever going this fast when I was younger – it took forever for my birthdays to come around, yet for some reason, as a grown up, the time slips right between my fingers as it soars from Christmas to Easter to birthdays and back again, with ten grey hairs spurting out every year like some sort of holiday fireworks display.

Yep, it’s Easter. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to me, I’m sure I saw some hot cross buns and Humpty Dumpty Easter eggs at the Boxing Day sales last year.

But what’s not to love about Easter?

Apart from the obvious religious celebra-tions and the fact that the kids are home for two weeks with 7000 toys and chronic bore-dom….people - there is chocolate to be eaten.

I mean, yeah yeah, I eat it all year round, but Easter is a license to eat it for days on end without judgment. Let’s face it, on

Easter Sunday it replaces cereal and milk in the breakfast bowl, allowing me to be the coolest mum ever for serving it up.

We even get a long weekend – where they throw us a few days off work specifically to recover from the chocolate coma or perhaps just cutting us some slack knowing that our work pants won’t fit us anyway.

Why is it that we force-feed ourselves on fes-tive holidays? Christmas is a free-for-all of fruitcake, candy canes and enough animal eating to have me breaking out in the meat sweats. You know you’ve gone hard when you actually need a nap purely from eating.

Easter is literally a race to ensure I can shove every piece of chocolate that I see into my face before the end of the long weekend. I’m a podium finisher, if you were wondering.

No matter if I’m going to the fridge for – milk, butter, or an apple (cough) – I take a piece of Easter egg every time I’m in there, almost as a treat for opening the fridge door. Good girl.

Yes, there are times when I don’t get

Calorie-free Easter eating and other seasonal tricksJayne Moloney tells us what she loves about Easter, how she avoids those extra calories, and why she instantly becomes the cool mum.Hint: It all involves chocolate.

anything else out but the Easter egg – but everybody knows that little bits of choc-olate don’t make you fat.

Anything smaller than a 50c coin is practically calorie-free. In the part of my brain where I hide my secrets, even I know that in a day all of my 50c choco-late pieces equal about $50 and that my jeans leave an imprint into my skin that makes it appear that I’m wearing skin jeans, with pockets, when I’m nude. My professional advice to you this Easter? Elastic waisted pants - ideally ma-ternity pants if you still have them. Skinny jeans are not for holiday eating, they will hold you back.

And for the bored school holiday complaints, the old ‘looking for the Easter egg that Mum ate last night while we were sleeping’ game nev-er gets old. For me, that is.

Merry Easter!

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It’s almost that time again! School holidays are right around the corner and keeping the children entertained is always a challeng-ing task. Here are some great entertainment ideas that will keep the kids busy and the brains ticking.

● Keep a holiday journal so that the kids are writing every day.

● Write and illustrate your own book, or use an iPad to take pictures and make ane-book.

● Use appropriate literacy and numeracy based apps on the iPads.

● Conduct a science experiment. Thereare some great websites with child-friendlyexperiments such as erupting volcanoes, floating and sinking, electricity experiments etc. The CSIRO website is fantastic.

● Cook something simple and write down the procedure.

● Older children can plan a day out using a budget and timetable. They can investigateentry costs, transport costs, opening and closing times, other expenses andinformation.

● Get creative by following instructions to build something out of Lego, Play Doh,papier mache, beaded necklaces, sock puppets, paper planes etc.

● Get the children involved with every day tasks by taking them shopping and compare the prices of groceries in the supermarket.

● Design and make! Give your child a chal-lenging task or problem that needs solving,e.g. design a weatherproof home for a favourite toy or build a bridge that needs to hold 2 kilograms.

● Build a free website or blog. There are some great web-building sites out there for the kids who love IT.

● Go to the library or book store and get a

Great ways to keep the kids entertained with educational activities during the holidays

Educational fun to keep the kids busy

Madeline MitchellOwner

Hi IQ Tutoring and Education Centre

Bondi Junction

For the little ones

Reading Eggs • Parrot Fish Sight Words •

Number Lines • Learning Patterns •

Maths Quest • Phonics Search

great holiday read! Your child can write theirown ending for the story, draw or paint a scene from the book or write a characterprofile.

● Build a collage using bits and pieces found outdoors. Use the book Window as a stimulus!

● Print some old photos and make a colourful and creative scrapbook.

● Papier mache is always a hit!

● Create a stop motion film using a series of photos.

● Make sock puppets and put on a puppet show for the family.

● Write a review for a movie that was watched during the holidays.

● Get outdoors and keep active!

For Older Kids

Wild Australia • Taronga Zoo • Book Creator •

Stop Motion • Kids Write

SSAT Reading • Maths Facts • iMotion

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For more holiday ideas or to find out about the Holiday Hoots programs at Hi IQ

Tutoring and Education Centre, visit their website www.hiiq.com.au

or like their Facebook page here.

DYEING FOR SOME

EASTER FUN

You can blow out the eggs for dyeing at Easter time, but this can be quite tricky and also it's a waste of eggs unless you plan on doing a lot of baking.

I suggest dyeing boiled eggs. That way the eggs can still be used for egg sandwiches or in salads when the craft activity is over. It may even make eating eggs a bit more exciting for the children.

For hard-boiled eggs to work in this activity, you need to make sure that you boil the eggs without cracking the shells. There are many old wives tales about how to do this but the trick to it is really just basic science.

Eggs usually crack during the boiling process because of the temperature differences between the egg and the water. Below are a few tips to prevent the eggs from cracking during boiling.

1. Use eggs at room temperature.

2. Put the eggs into the bottom of a saucepan, making sure they are only one layer deep.

3. Pour lukewarm water over the eggs until the water is about 3cm higher than the eggs.

4. Let the eggs sit in the water for about 5 minutes for both the eggs and the water to get to a more even temperature.

5. Put the pan on the stove but only heat it over a medium heat (about half of your maximum setting).

6. Bring the pot to the boil, then turn the heat down and let the eggs simmer for about 4 minutes, then turn the heat off.

7. Leave the lid on the pot and let the pot stand for about 10 minutes.

8. Carefully remove the eggs from the pot with a slotted spoon, transferring them into a colander. Rinse the eggs under cool water and set them aside to completely cool for the dyeing stage.

To dye the eggs

Get a coffee cup ready for each colour you would like to use.

In each coffee cup put:

1 cup of water (at room temperature)

1 tablespoon of vinegar

Several drops (up to 20) of food colouring

Carefully lower the eggs into the colour of choice and let them sit in the dye for about 5 minutes it until the desired colour has been achieved.

Carefully remove the eggs and place them in paper towel to dry.

For more interesting patterns, let the kids draw on the eggs with crayons first. The kids will love seeing their designs through the dye.

Kelly BarlowFood writerand Owner

Waterline Cafe, Little Bay

Take the hassle out of this Easter tradition with a fun and simple method for the kids to create their own colourful egg creations.

This is my basic cupcake recipe. Its great for any occasion, I use it all the time, just changing the decorations accordingly.

The recipe makes 24, so halve it if you want to make only one tray of cupcakes.

Cupcake recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups SR flour1 1/2 cups sugar250g butter1 tablespoon vanilla extract4 eggs 1 ½ cups of milk

Method:

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla.

Add the eggs and beat until smooth.

Continue beating while adding the flour and milk alternately.

Line two trays with cupcake papers and fill cups 3/4 full. This recipe makes exactly 24 cup cakes if using the trays of 12.

Bake for 15 to 20 Mins at 180 degrees.

For Easter cupcakes, dye the frosting green with a couple of drops of green food coloring. Use your grass tip to pipe the icing then scatter little speckled candy Easter eggs over your grass frosting.

If you don’t have a grass tip then just spread the fosting over the cupcakes any way you like. It will still look super cute.

EASTER CUPCAKESKelly shows us how to take a simple cupcake recipe and turn it into a

fun and colourful special Easter treat that kids of all ages will adore

Waterline Licensed cafe and restaurant

0477 008 771 • 2 Coast Hospital Road, Little Bay(In the courtyard of the Prince

Henry Centre, next to the chapel)

Relax in our spacious courtyard while we arm the

kids with bubbles and activity books, or let us pack you some take away so you

can picnic in the fenced playground opposite our cafe.

Platinum Pre School opened in 2010 and in less than five years has become an integral part of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs com-munity, particularly through their relationship with Ronald McDonald House Randwick.

In addition to providing early education to the community’s next generation, Platinum offers free of charge casual attendance to children staying at Ronald McDonald House to allow the parents of these children to have some well deserved time off and for their children to spend some time away from the hospital.

Often these families are a long way from home all sharing one room at the House whilst their child undergoes treatment at Prince of Wales Hospital. A day or two for their child at a local pre school can make all the

difference for both the children and their parents, giving Mum and Dad an opportunity to catch up on those parts of their life that they have put on pause, whilst the kids get to visit a fun and educa-tional environment where they can be everyday kids for a while.

To provide further assis-tance, the pre school holds biannual art shows with all funds raised going di-rectly to Ronald McDonald House at Randwick. Since 2010 they have raised a whopping $80,000 making Platinum Pre School the single largest fundraising partner for the Randwick House.

This year the children of the pre school are busily painting Eric Carle inspired artworks for their

2015 art show Little Creations, whilst the staff and parents have been raising support from

generous local businesses.

Little Creations is set to smash the $100,000 mark providing much needed support to the wonderful work that the staff and volunteers at Ronald Mc-Donald House Randwick do every day.

Getting into the spirit

Platinum Pre School are now the largest fundraising partner of Ronald McDonald House, and next month the winners of our Community Spirit award will continue their work with their Little Creations art show.

A message from Platinum Pre School directors Joanna O’Brien and Nichola McLean:

As part of our commitment to our community we strong-ly support Ronald McDonald House Randwick in various ways throughout the year. When our first campus opened in Randwick, we dedicated a large portion of time supporting the efforts of the House. This was due to the fact that one of Joanna’s family members stayed at the house and unfortunately passed away.

As parents and early educators ourselves we understand that the unwavering support that Ronald McDonald House offer at a family’s most difficult time is so precious and needs as much community support as possible. We support the House by offering free child care to the parents of seriously ill children. This gives their other children the opportunity to spend the day doing

fun and educational activities whilst giving the parents a chance to focus on meetings with doctors and care for their ill child.

The pre school has also had recovering children attend in the past. Most recently a 5-year-old cancer patient from Western Australia. He attended

Platinum with his younger brother and both of them had the opportunity to forget their worries and just be kids for a while.

We are huge advocates for the House and always encourage our parents and families to help out as much as pos-sible. Every year we conduct cooking nights, tours, Easter and Christmas gift presentations and fundraisers at the House.

Any funds donated by Bendigo Bank will go towards purchasing

materials for our Little Creations Art Show being held in May this year. Supporting the House also helps our own students to devel-op an understanding of the im-portance of kindness.

Fostering kindness from a young age is something that will grow to have an impact on every part of a child’s life. And helping children to develop a deep and innate sense of being kind and giving back to their communi-ty is possibly the greatest gift a teacher can give.

Keep up with the wonderful work of Platinum Pre School through their website here or connect with them on Facebook here.

A fun session of music, stories, painting, play and craft for preschoolers.

The program is developed and run by an experienced Early Childhood educator and ensures age appropriate activities

that will engage and challenge the child's mind, igniting their natural curiosity and imagination, developing social skills and

building their confidence.

In 2 convenient Sydney locations:

Alexandria on Monday and Thursday Maroubra on Wednesdays. 10am-12pm.

No need to book, just come along.

While autumn can be a difficult time for kids with allergies,

symptoms can be irritating year round, sometimes leaving

parents unsure of when to act and what to do. Dr Minh Vu, GP

at Prince Henry Medical Practice in Little Bay explains that

allergies can present in various ways, including an allergic rash

such as hives, irritation of the upper nasal passages with clear

rhinorrhea (runny nose) and conjunctival irritation with

watering of the eyes. Identifying the cause can be the first step to helping your child manage their

symptoms.

HELPING YOUR ALLERGIC CHILD

Identifying the allergen

“Allergies can be precipitated by a wide array of allergens,” Dr Vu says, with the most common groups being foods such as nuts, egg protein, shellfish etc., house dust mites, pets - particularly the house cat and dog, grasses and pollens. The pharmacist or local doctor is usually the first port of call for most parents. “Sometimes the allergen responsible for the reaction is ob-vious, however most of the time it isn't,” Dr Vu explains.

While allergic symptoms may present as a once off occurrence, they may also become recurrent, so Dr Vu advises parents to diarise the episodes if they occur again. “This would include the date and time, what kind of reaction the child had and what they may have been exposed to prior to the onset of symptoms. Often a simple diary will illic-it the allergens responsible.”

However, Dr Vu says if a diary of symptoms and possible allergens fails to do this, the GP may proceed to further testing. The easiest way to do this would be a blood test where a RAST (radioal-lergosorbent) panel, which detects those common allergens, is requested. Alternatively, your child may be to referred to the allergy and immunology clinic at the children's hospital or a private paedi-atric immunologist for skin prick testing.

Management options

Dr Vu says that if the responsible allergens are able to be identified as part of the investigations, the treatment is usually allergen avoidance, but some-times it’s not that simple. “This is not always pos-sible as it would be difficult to completely avoid house dust mites or pollens in the environment,” he explains.

“My usual feeling is that if symptoms are quite infrequent, say monthly, then symptomatic treat-ment will usually suffice. This would be in the form of an oral anti-histamine. If a rash is very mild, then topical treatment with a steroid oint-ment may also be enough.”

Allergic rhinorrhoea, or runny nose, can be treat-ed with either an oral anti-histamine or intra-nasal corticosteroids sprays such as Nasonex or Avamys, Dr Vu says. “I generally tell patients to avoid nasal sprays such as Drixine or Otrivin. They contain compounds that act quickly to constrict blood vessels and open up the airway. A lot of patients find these sprays very effective and so use them quite regularly, however if used for prolonged periods you can get rebound congestion when they are ceased.”

You can visit the Prince Henry Medical Practice website here.

Dealing with more persistent allergies

Dr Vu says that in some cases, patients have recurring symptoms which can be quite debilitating, for which the only curative and definitive treatment available at present is Immunotherapy. “This will usually require specialist involvement,” he says. “After identifying the allergens involved we can give patients preparations of these allergens in increasing doses to induce tolerance.” Dr Vu says this can be given either sublingual (under the tongue) or subcutaneous (as an injection under the skin) in the surgery. The doses are given on a monthly basis and usually for at least three years.

From its beginnings in 2007, All Star Early Learners has been dedicated to providing an out-standing service to families by introducing a range of challeng-ing programs and extra-curric-ular experiences for the children and constantly striving for improvement. In 2012 and 2013, the service won national awards recognising the quality of programs and dedication of the team, and in 2014, the physical environment undertook a major facelift.

A full renovation to the ground and first floors of the building and outdoor areas meant that the children had an aesthetically welcoming learning space to call home.

However, it’s the relationships that are at the core of All Star’s philosophy – not just with the children, but also the families. “Every family has a story, every family is important,” says Michelle Bouabaid, who started

the centre with her husband, Jason. “The supportive partner-ship between our service and families is what gives children a strong foundation to grow from.”

Community linksMichelle says though, that the relationships between All Star

and the local community are just as important. “We know ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, and we live this at All Star. The children learn from the community, they contribute to the community and they belong to the

community.”All Star has a strong focus to support other local businesses and organisa-tions, such as organising in-ter-generational play sessions with nursing home residents, workshops with local artists and

attending regular events at the local primary schools and librar-ies.

“We aim to always maintain an approachable, family-focused culture,” Michelle says. “Transparency is key, as is the inclusion of staff and family

A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

We spoke to the All Star Early Learners, the winner of our Family customer service expe-rience award to find out just what it is that makes their centre so special to families.

input in decision-making and policy review. Our goal is to maintain a reciprocal commu-nication for all users of the ser-vice.”

Little citizensMichelle says it is incredibly re-warding to watch children grow and move on to the next stage

of their lives as confident, inde-pendent young citizens. With some children at All Star for a short time, and others for as long as five years, she ex-plains that staff become very attached to the children and their families. “We always ask them to come back to visit, no matter how old

they are. It is so fulfilling hearing from the families how much the service helped them - we some-times don’t realise how much the families rely on All Star as a community service for support and professional advice, some-thing we have become quite proud of.”

Star ClubNot long after All Star began, the service ex-tended its care of children into the school-aged sector of 6-12 years. Star Club school-aged care commenced as an after school service at a local school, and has

expanded to before and after care in 5 schools. “School holi-day programs were then intro-duced and the Vacation Care program has been utilised by many local families from all dif-ferent schools in the area,” Michelle explains. “The aim for Star Club programs is to enrich children’s lives through active play, leisure and creative experi-ences.”

Michelle says that much of the journey of how All Star and Star Club have evolved come from a long term, focused vision. Ongoing training and education of staff and management, links and networking with other professionals and organisations has helped them provide the edge in the delivery of quality services and connect families with valuable services.

Check out the All Star family on their website here or connect with them on Facebook here.

Shane Gale remembers being in the underwear section of Target when she received her first phone enquiry for her business Spoilt Parties. “I didn’t know whether to scream with excitement or cry with happiness,” Shane says. Once she calmed down though, the booking went ahead and with other mums staying at the party and seeing how much fun the kids had, they shared their Spoilt Parties experience with oth-ers. It was there, from the very beginning, that word of mouth started.

Having resigned from her job to have more time to be around for

her kids, Lachlan and Alarna, who were 11 and 8 at the time, Shane was officially a stay at home mum. She had

recently thrown a pamper party for her daughter, and the idea of doing the same for other kids

grew. Being able to source her supplies locally and having a friend design her website, Shane says the monetary risk was not high and she set to testing the waters.

Shane credits Facebook with being the perfect platform to showcase her business as po-tential customers could inter-act with photos and videos to see for themselves how much fun a Spoilt Party is. This also allowed friends to spread their support further by liking posts, commenting on photos, sharing competitions and telling their own networks how fabulous Shane’s business is.

The mum spoiling her businessFind out how our Mum in Business award winner Shane Gale built her kids party business and spoilt thousands of kids along the way.

Unlike many, Spoilt’s business growth didn’t take long. Shane says after the first two parties she was re-ceiving enquiries and bookings every week. “I was blown away at the re-sponse. I have since completed over 150 pamper par-ties & discos in the last two and a half years, and attended over 18 Sydney Sixers events over the last three cricket seasons.”

Shane says she was very lucky to establish the relationship with the Sydney Sixers cricket team. “Each season, we spray the hair

and paint the faces of crowds up to 25,000 before they go into the SCG to watch their team play.”

Shane also worked strategically by not only using social media to grow awareness of her busi-ness, but by attending local fetes

in the area and expanding the packages she had on offer to cater for a wider range of ages.

“I started with three pamper party packages aimed at girls be-tween the ages of eigth and thir-teen, and have since brought in a Princess pack for my younger girls aged three to seven,” Shane explains. “We now have a Fro-zen pack to fit in with every little one’s dream party, and our Pop Up Disco is becoming increas-ingly popular as the new party alternative. Disco parties are for 20 twenty plus kids, so the boys get to the chance to be involved and shake their stuff and sing the night away with the girls!”

With all of this success comes sacrifice, and Shane says the biggest one is missing her kids sports on weekends, but she is lucky to be able to be available for them during the week. “I am able to attend school assemblies, work in the

canteen, help on excursions and watch them play school sports. Our mornings are stress free and I am able to transport them to all of their training and dancing sessions every afternoon.”

As the business growth contin-ues, so do the ideas, with Shane saying there is more to come. “I have a few projects running through my head at the mo-ment and plan to launch another branch of my business by the end of the year.”

You can check out the Spoilt Parties website here or connect with them on Facebook here.

Click or tap on the name of each activity for more information

EASTER EVENTS

Easter Bunny ParadePlus Meet & greet withballerina friendsSaturday 4 April9am - 11amEastgardensStarting outside Hoyts at 8:45amFinishing at San Churro where kids can meet the Easter Bunny and have their photos taken

The Dodo Sydney Family ShowEntertainment Quarter2 - 12 AprilFree Entry

The Great CP Egg HuntSaturday 4 & Sunday 5 April9:30am - 2:30pmCentennial Park$15 per map

Coogee Pavilion Egg Hunt(11yrs & under)Saturday 4 April9:00am – 11:00amCoogee PavillionFree

Easter Bunny Meet & GreetThursday 2 April11am – 3pmLevel 1 near Coles&Saturday 4 April 11am – 3pmLevel 5 near Pumpkin Patch

Easter fun @ Little BaySaturday 4 April9am Easter egg hunt10am cupcake decoratingWaterline Cafe2 Coast Hospital, Little Bay(in the courtyard of the Prince Henry Centre, next to the Australian Nurses War Memorial Chapel)

Roaming Easter BunnySaturday 4 April10am - 4pmMoore Park Supa Centa

Easter Egg PaintingSaturday 4 April10am - 1pmRoyal Randwick Shopping Centre

Meet an Eggstra Special GuestSaturday 4 April10am - 1pmRoyal RandwickShopping Centre

PERFORMING ARTS

Funk Dance (5-12yrs)Tuesday 7 April -Thursday 9 April1:30pm - 3:30pmBondi Pavilion$14.00

Get Up and Sing! (8-12yrs)Wednesday 8 April10am & 1pmBondi Pavilion$17.00

Funk, Hip Hop & Groove (9-12yrs)Thursday 9 April10am - 1pmBondi Pavilion$17

DramaVarious datesWorkshops (9-12yrs)10am to 1pmGames (5-10yrs)1:30pm - 3:30pmBondi Pavilion$14 -17

Afro Dance Kids (5-12yrs)Wednesday 15 April10:30am - 12:30pmBondi Pavilion$14

SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS

Musical Theatre (8-12yrs)Thursday 16 April10am - 1pmBondi Pavilion$17.00

African Drumming (5-12yrs)Tuesday 7 April10:30am - 12:30pmBondi Pavilion$14.00

SCIENCE & TECH

Crazy ScientistTuesday 14 April10 - 11:30am (3-5yrs)10 - 11:30am (6-9yrs)Waverley Library$12

Lego Robotics 1 (7yrs +)Tuesday 7 April9am - 12pmCentennial Park$40

Lego Robotics 2 (7yrs +) Tuesday 7 April1pm - 4pmCentennial Park$40

Slime, Sherbet and Bubbles(5-12yrs)Thursday 9 April9am - 12pmCentennial Park$40

Exploring Science Day (5-12yrs)Friday 10 April9am - 4pmCentennial Park$80

Lego Robotics 3 - Advanced (7yrs +)Monday 13 April9am - 12pmCentennial Park$40

Lego Robotics 4 - Expert level(7yrs +)Monday 13 April1pm - 4pmCentennial Park$40

Park Detectives: Forensics Fun(5-12yrs)Friday 17 April1pm - 4pmCentennial Park$40

Rip-roaring Rockets (5-12yrs)Thursday 16 April9am - 4pmCentennial Park$80

SPORT & MOVEMENT

Soccer Kicks (3-5yrs)Tuesday 7, Thursday 9 & Monday 13 April, 9-10amMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$11

Taekwon-Do (9-13yrs)Tuesday 7 April2pm - 3:30pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Balls & Bubs (3-5yrs)Various dates9 - 10amMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$11.00

TennisWednesday 8 April 10:30am - 12:30pm (6-8yrs)2:00pm - 4:00pm (9-13yrs) Margaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Capoeria GamesThursday 9 April10:30am - 12:30pm (8-12yrs)1:30pm - 3:30pm (5-8yrs)$14.00Bondi Pavilion

Soccer Kids (6-8yrs)Thursday 9 April10:30am - 11:30amMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Soccer Skills (9-13yrs)Thursday 9 April2pm - 4pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16.00

Volleyball (9-16yrs)Thursday 16 April2pm - 4pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Four Sport FridayVarious dates9am - 12pm (6-8yrs)1pm - 4pm (9-13yrs)Margaret Whitlam Rec Centre$22.00

Basketball basicsMonday 13 April10:30am - 12:30 pmMargaret Whitlam Rec CentreAge: 6-8 yrsCost: $16

European Handball (6-8yrs)Tuesday 14 April10:30am - 12:30pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Skills & Drills Basketball (9-13yrs)Monday 13 April2pm - 4pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

OZTAGWednesday 15 April10:30am - 12:30pm (6-8yrs)2:00pm - 4:00pm (9-13yrs)Margaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

Netball Nippers (6-8yrs)Thurday 16 April10:30am-12:30pmMargaret Whitlam Rec Centre$16

High Performance Basketball(13-16yrs)Thurday 16 April5pm - 7pmMargaret Whitlam Rec CentreFree

Parklands Tennis Camps (5-14yrs)Tuesday 7 - Friday 10 April9am - 3pmCentennial Park$40 - $170

HISTORY

Drop in: Paper mummy (3+)Wednesday 8 April10am - 11amWatsons Bay LibraryFree

Marvellous mummies (5-7 yrs)Thursday 9 April10am - 11amWoollahra Council ChambersFree

Archaeology Adventures (8-12 yrs) Thursday 9 April11.30am - 12.30pm Woollahra Council ChambersFree

What have the Romans ever done for us? (11-18 years)Tuesday 14 April10.30am - 12.00pm Woollahra Council ChambersFree

NATURE

Banksia Buddies (3-5yrs)Every Tuesday & Thursday during school holidays10am - 11amCentennial Park$20

Kids Big Fish (8-15yrs)Thursday 9 April9am - 12pmCentennial Park$25

Kids vs Wild Tuesday 14 April10:00 - 11:00am (3-5 years)1:30 - 3:30pm (5+)Centennial Park$25

CP Bush Rangers (5-13yrs)Wednesday 15 April9am - 4pmCentennial Park$65

Cute and Cuddly Animal Show(3-8yrs)Wednesday 15 April9:30 - 10:30am & 11am - 12pmCentennial Park$16

Marine Coastal Adventures18 - 19 AprilRandwick City Council$5 - $15 per person

Swamp Creatures (5-12yrs)Friday 17 April9am - 12pmCentennial Park$40

ART & CRAFT

Art & Craft Workshops2-20 AprilPlaster Master Fun1-3/333 Old South Head RoadNorth BondiFrom $60

Pottery (5-12yrs)Various dates & timesBondi Pavilion$14

Wheel Throwing Skills - 3 Day Pottery Workshop (10+ yrs)Tuesday 7 April1:30pm - 3:30pmBondi Pavilion$85.00

Blinging BadgesWednesday 15 April10:30 - 11:30amWaverley LibraryAge: 8-12 yrsCost: $6

Pocket Pets (6-9yrs)Thurday 16 April 10:30am to 11:30amWaverley Library$6

Peter Pan Craft VillageTuesday 14 - Friday 17 April11am - 2pmEastgardens (outside Myer)Free

Perfect Paper Planes (5-12yrs)Thursday 9 April1pm - 4pmCentennial Park$40

Autumn Leaf Crown MakingMonday 6 - Friday 10 April10am - 1pmRoyal Randwick Shopping Centre

SHOWS

Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger (All ages)Tuesday 7 April - Saturday 11 April11amBondi Pavilion$20.00

Jeral Puppet ShowsVarious dates & timesPuppeteria Randwick$11 - $14

Liquid Nitrogen Show (5-12yrs)Tuesday 14 April, various timesCentennial Park$16

The Great Big Story BookMonday 13 - Saturday 18 April11amCentennial Park $15

‘Then and Now’ performanceStorytelling & puppets (6-13 yrs)Thursday 16 April 10.30 - 11.30am Woollahra Council Chambers

Apple Tree Art WorkMonday 13 - Friday 17 April10am - 1pmRoyal Randwick Shopping Centre

Movie night - Alvin and the Chipmunks (All ages)Thurday 9 April5:30pm - 7:30pmWaverley LibraryFree

OTHER HOLIDAY FUN

Writers & Readers for Young People: Gabrielle Tozer (12-18 yrs)Monday 13 April10 - 11am Woollahra Council ChambersFree

Unlimited Bowling & Laser Tag27 March - 20 AprilStrike Entertainment Quarter$25 per person

Spotlight ProwlVarious dates & timesCentennial Park$16

Family Bat Night (All ages)Saturday 18 April5pm - 7pmCentennial Park$18

Kids Bread Making MasterclassWednesday 8 April9am - 12pm & 1pm - 4pmCentennial Park$40

School holiday program (5 - 12 yrs)Including sports, arts and craftsin-house movies, excursions, interactive performancesTuesday 7 - Friday 17 AprilDes Renford Aquatic Centre

Kids BingoWednesday 8th April & Wednesday 15th April10:30amSouths Juniors Auditorium$10 per child (inlcudes 10 games of bingo, kids meal and drink)

Become a Supa chef!Wednesday 15 April10am - 2pmMoore Park Supa Centa

KIDS IN THE EASTFILM FESTIVAL

IS COMING...

OCTOBER 2015