CGS CARE HOLIDAY PROGRAMME - Canberra Grammar School
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CGS CARE HOLIDAY What Should My Child Bring? PROGRAMME • • • Snack Packed lunch Broad Brimmed Hat; and • Drink bottle (please note due to COVID-19 children cannot drink from drink CGS Care is the out-of-school hours care programme at Canberra Grammar School. fountains on campus). Managed by the School, CGS Care incorporates all before-school, after-school and holiday care programmes at the School’s Campbell and Red Hill campuses from Pre-School to Year 6. Children beyond the CGS community are welcome to participate in each of the holiday programmes offered by the School. Optional items to bring: Working in partnership with families, CGS Care educators engage children actively in learning by providing a combination of indoor and outdoor activities each day. • Bicycle or scooter; and Our children are viewed as being active participants within the care programme, • Helmet. with their input into decisions sought. It is our children’s capacity to initiate and lead learning, and knowledge of their strengths and interests, that inform the Please note that certain programmes that are operating off campus require breadth of learning opportunities on offer. additional permission. This permission can be given via completing the permission slip included at the end of this document. Please return to Through the CGS Care programme, our children strengthen their personal and cgscare@cgs.act.edu.au or to Southside Centre Reception. social capabilities: their independence, initiative, confidence, resilience and adaptability flourish. The programme is a very social one and yet those children needing personal space and quiet opportunities for individual play are equally catered for.
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 8 DECEMBER 9 DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER Book Day Superhero Day Amazing Artists Teddy Bear Picnic Beach Day 7 – 11 December • Come dressed in your favourite • Dress up as your favourite • The Scream, Mona Lisa and Frida • Make your own teddy bear • Read Magic Beach by Alison Week 1 character from a book superhero Kahlo Photo Booth • Make fairy bread Lester • Read Book of the Year: Early • Making masks • Experiment with different painting • Teddy bear picnic for afternoon tea • Water Play Childhood – My Friend Fred techniques • Sand castle creations • Slinky Dog Craft • Make Teddy at the beach cupcakes 14 DECEMBER 15 DECEMBER 16 DECEMBER 17 DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER Little Sandpiper Hoyts Belconnen Moncrieff Park Bubble Day Outdoor Games 10:00am – 1:00pm 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:00pm • Giant Bubbles ● Group games 14 – 18 December • Children will have the opportunity • Watch Dreambuilders • Play at the park with our buddies • Bubble Art Week 2 ● Giant Games to visit Little Sandpiper in to facilitate cross campus Belconnen. The venue has a range community relationships • Milkshakes for afternoon tea ● Egg and Spoon Race of obstacle courses and • BBQ lunch ● Parachute challenges for children to complete. (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) 21 DECEMBER 22 DECEMBER 23 DECEMBER 21 – 23 December Christmas Cooking Christmas Craft Christmas Celebrations Week 3 • Gingerbread men • Reindeer bauble • Lunch with our buddies • Rocky Road • Beaded Candy Cane • A visit from Santa Close Down Period 24 December – 4 January 4 JANUARY 5 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 7 JANUARY 8 JANUARY New Year’s Disco Green Thumbs National Zoo and Aquarium Mad Hatters Tea Party Magic School Bus Day • Come dressed in your best party • Visit the CGS Primary School 10:00am – 2:30pm • Watch Alice in Wonderland • Watching a few episodes of the outfit Garden • Children will join their buddies • Tea Party afternoon tea magic school bus 4 – 8 January • Decorate our classroom with • Weed and water the garden from the Kindergarten to Year 1 • Making slime Week 4 Programme and explore the Zoo • Decorate tea cup biscuits streamers and balloons • Plant your own vegetable to take and Aquarium. We will enjoy lunch • Tiny Tornados experiment • Enjoy a disco home together before heading back to school (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat)
11 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 13 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 15 JANUARY Under Construction Science day Mister Maker Water Play Day Wellness Day • Read Construction by Sally Sutton • Making volcanos • Watch Mister Maker • Water Slide • Kids Yoga 11 – 15 January Week 5 • Construction Sensory Bin • Lava lamps • Box Construction • Super Soakers • Friendship bracelets • Woodworking Bench • Rain clouds • Snow Cones (Please come to school wearing swimmers. Please bring a change of clothes, towel and super soaker) 18 JANUARY 19 JANUARY 20 JANUARY 21 JANUARY 22 JANUARY National Botanical Gardens Explorers Day Bluey’s Big Play – The Stage Show at Crazy Clothes Day Willy Wonka Day 10:00am – 2:30pm • Dress up as an explorer the Canberra Theatre • Hair Spray • Chocolate scented playdough • Children will join with NS and • Scavenger hunt 11:00am – 2:00pm • Decorating T–shirts • Chocolate dipped fruit Kindergarten to Year 6 • When Dad feels like a little bit of Programmes at the National • Finding lost treasure (Chocolate Sunday arvo time out, Bluey and 18 – 22 January Botanical Gardens. They will have coins) Bingo have other plans! Join them Week 6 the opportunity to explore the as they pull out all the games and types of gardens and learn how to ingenuity at their disposal to get care for nature. Dad off that bean bag. • Join the Heelers in their first live (Please ensure your child has a drink theatre show made just for you, bottle and broad brimmed hat) featuring brilliantly created puppets, this is Bluey brought to real life as you’ve never seen it before. 25 JANUARY 27 JANUARY 28 JANUARY 29 JANUARY Back to School Craft PUBLIC HOLIDAY Australia Day Celebrations Kidzplore Inflatable World • Decorate library bags 10:00am – 1:00pm 10:00am – 1:00pm 10:00am– 2:30pm • Bag Tags AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY • Family breakfast • Children from ELC, NS and • Children have the opportunity to 25– 29 January • Fairy floss Kindergarten to Year 1 will have go to Inflatable World with their Week 7 the opportunity to visit Kidzplore in peers from NS and Kindergarten to • Jumping castle Fyshwick. Year 6 programmes. Before • Face painting departing back to school, the (Please ensure your child/ren have children will have a pizza lunch socks and a drink bottle) (Please ensure your child/ren have socks and a drink bottle) 1 FEBRUARY Burton Theatre 1 February Week 8 10:00am – 1:00pm • Watch Trolls: World Tour
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 8 DECEMBER 9 DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER CGS Talent Show Superhero Day Loose Parts Play Mini Golf at Power Kart Raceway Gelatissimo in Manuka 10:30am–2:30pm • Dress up as your favourite • Blue Imagination Blocks 10:30am – 12:30pm 1:00pm – 3:00pm 7 –11 December • Children will be joined with their superhero • Loose Part Play in the studio • Children will have the opportunity • Children will have the opportunity Week 1 buddies from the Years 2 to 6 programme to put together a • Making masks to test out their putt-putt skills to walk to Manuka for Gelatissimo, and play mini golf at Power Kart on the way back the children will talent show. Raceway in Fyshwick. have a short play in Manuka Park. (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) 14 DECEMBER 15 DECEMBER 16 DECEMBER 17 DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER Little Sandpiper Hoyts Belconnen Moncrieff Park CGS Green Thumbs CGS Explorers 10:00am – 1:00pm 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:00pm • Watch the Lorax • Scavenger Hunt • Children will have the opportunity 14 – 18 December • Watch Dreambuilders • Play at the park with our buddies • Tend to the CGS Garden • Dress Up to visit Little Sandpiper in to facilitate cross campus Week 2 Belconnen. The venue has a range community relationships • Work with Aaron Chatfield from • Using Microscopes of obstacle courses and Dreamtime Connections on the • BBQ lunch bush tucker garden challenges for children to complete. (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) (Please ensure your child/ren have socks and a drink bottle) 21 DECEMBER 22 DECEMBER 23 DECEMBER 21 – 23 December Julia Donaldson Day Disco Day Christmas Celebrations • Read the “Stick Man.” • Glow Sticks • Lunch with our buddies Week 3 • Create Stick People • Dance Party • A visit from Santa • Icy Poles Close Down Period 24 December – 4 January
4 JANUARY 5 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 7 JANUARY 8 JANUARY Space Day Cotter Dam National Zoo and Aquarium Flower Power Mt Stromlo • Galaxy Playdough 10:00am – 2:00pm 10:00am – 2:30pm • Life cycle of sunflower 10:00am – 1:30pm • Marble Planets • Exploring the streams and river • Children will join their buddies • Van Goh inspired Sunflower • Children will have the opportunity banks from the ELC Programme and • DIY Rockets painting 4 – 8 January to ride their bikes on the bike Week 4 • Make a boat using natural explore the Zoo and Aquarium. We tracks available. We will have a materials will enjoy lunch together before picnic lunch and have the time to heading back to school. take in the surrounding nature. (Please ensure your child has a change of clothes, waterproof clothing, a broad (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) (Please ensure your child has a brimmed hat and drink bottle) bike, scooter and the appropriate safety wear including a helmet). 11 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 13 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 15 JANUARY Great CGS Bake Off Rainbow Warrior Hoyts Belconnen Water Play Day Mystical Magic Day • Rocky Road 10:00am – 12:00pm 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:30pm • Tea Party 11 – 15 January • Rice Paper Rolls • Children will have the opportunity • Watch The Croods 2: A New Age • Water Slide • Dress Up Week 5 to explore team building exercises • Super Soakers • Wands and Crowns whilst participating in a colour powder obstacle course. • Snow Cones (Please ensure your child is dressed in (Please come to school wearing older clothes for the activity and has a swimmers. Please bring a change of change of clothes for after the activity.) clothes, towel and super soaker) 18 JANUARY 19 JANUARY 20 JANUARY 21 JANUARY 22 JANUARY National Botanical Gardens Destination Hawaii Spy Day Zone Belconnen Red Hill Bike Ride 10:00am – 2:30pm • Sand Art Frames • Dress as a Spy 10:00am – 1:00pm 10.30am–1.00pm • Children will join with ELC, NS and • Photo Booth • Complete a Secret Mission • Bowling • Children will walk to Red Hill 18 – 22 January the Years 2 to 6 Programme at the • Arcade Games Primary School where they will be Week 6 National Botanical Gardens. They • Water Play able to ride around the Mountain will have the opportunity to explore • Dress up in Hawaiian Shirts/Beach Bike Skills Track the types of gardens and learn Clothes how to care for nature. (Please ensure your child has a bike, scooter and the appropriate (Please ensure your child has a drink safety wear including a helmet). bottle and broad brimmed hat)
25 JANUARY 27 JANUARY 28 JANUARY 29 JANUARY Healthy Minds and Bodies PUBLIC HOLIDAY Australia Day Celebrations Kidzplore Inflatable World • Fruit platter 10:00am – 1:00pm 10:00am – 1:00pm 10:00am– 2:30pm • Meditation AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY • Family breakfast • Children from ELC, NS and • Children will have the opportunity 25 – 29 January • Fairy floss Kindergarten to Year 1 will have to go to Inflatable World with their Week 7 • Team games the opportunity to visit Kidzplore in peers from ELC, NS and the 2–6 • Creating positive affirmations and • Jumping castle Fyshwick. Programme. Before departing goals • Face painting back to school, the children will (Please ensure your child/ren have have a pizza lunch. socks and a drink bottle) (Please ensure your child/ren have socks and a drink bottle) 1 FEBRUARY Burton Theatre 1 February Week 8 10:00am – 1:00pm • Watch Trolls: World Tour
WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 8 DECEMBER 9 DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER CGS Talent Show Origami and Paper Craft Get to Know Us – Who We Are CGS Olympics Drones Incursion 10:30am –2 :30pm • Paper planes • Team building exercises Representing their chosen team 11:00am – 1:00pm Children will be joined with their throughout the day. • Code to save Christmas! • Japanese folding techniques and • Self-portrait art 7 –11 December buddies from the K –Year 1 Programme • Running race Santa is in trouble and needs skills. • Creating kahoots about ourselves. Week 1 to put together a talent show. help. Due to the large number of • Tennis orders this year, many children • Netball haven’t received yet their Christmas gifts. It’s time for super coders to step up and help Santa deliver the presents on time and save Christmas. 14 DECEMBER 15 DECEMBER 16 DECEMBER 17 DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER King Pin Hoyts Belconnen Moncrieff Park Nature Day Gelatissimo and Play at Manuka 9:30am – 1:00pm 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:00pm • Loose Parts Play 11:00am – 2:00pm • Bowling and 1hr free play in the 14 – 18 December • Watch War with Grandpa • Play at the park with our buddies • Visit the CGS Garden • Children will have the opportunity Arcade Week 2 to facilitate cross campus to walk to Manuka for • Lunch will be provided community relationships • Growing Seeds Gelatissimo, on the way back the • BBQ lunch children will have a short play in Manuka Park (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) 21 DECEMBER 22 DECEMBER 23 DECEMBER Dude Perfect Day – Trick Shots Galore! Indoor Rock Climbing Christmas Celebrations 21 – 23 December ● Watch Dude Perfect episodes 10:00am – 1:00pm • Lunch with our buddies Week 3 ● Dude Perfect inspired challenges ● Children will be not only having fun, • A visit from Santa but helping build their upper-body strength in this challenging and exciting experience Close Down Period 24 December – 4 January
4 JANUARY 5 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 7 JANUARY 8 JANUARY Around the World Milkshakes at Kith and Nosh Mini World Cup Soccer Asia Day Italian Day • Games from around the world 10:30am – 12.30pm • Choose a team to represent • Watch Mulan • Make Pasta 4 – 8 January ● Children will have the opportunity to Week 4 • Flag Kahoot • Soccer based games and • Make Dumplings • Tower of Pisa STEAM Challenge walk to the Red Hill shops and order a milkshake at Kith + Nosh challenges • Great Wall of China challenge • Round robin style tournament (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) 11 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 13 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 15 JANUARY Red Hill Bike Ride Canberra Aqua Park Hoyts Belconnen Water Play Day Escape Room Day 10.30am–1.00pm 10:30am – 1:30pm 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:30pm • Work in teams to solve a series of • Children will walk to Red Hill • Canberra Aqua Park is made up of • Watch The Croods 2: A New Age • Water slide puzzles using only the items in the 11 – 15 January Primary School where they will be slides, ladders, and, best of all, our • Super Soakers room. As you solve the puzzles, Week 5 able to ride around the Mountain famous jumping pillow. The Park Bike Skills Track will offer something for everyone • Snow cones you will progress through levels to beat the heat this Summer. and hopefully beat the timer (Please bring swimmers, towel and (Please ensure your child has a super soaker) bike, scooter and the appropriate (Please bring swimmers and a towel) safety wear including a helmet). 18 JANUARY 19 JANUARY 20 JANUARY 21 JANUARY 22 JANUARY National Botanical Gardens Grill’d It’s All About LEGO Pool Day Zone 3 10:00am – 2:30pm 11:30am – 1:30pm ● Making LEGO jelly ● Pool Games 10:30am – 1:30pm • Children will join with ELC, NS and ● Children will walk to Grill’d in ● LEGO chocolate moulds ● Laser tag 18 – 22 January the Years 2 to 6 Programme at the Manuka and order a burger. ● LEGO building challenges (Please bring swimmers and a towel) ● Arcade games Week 6 National Botanical Gardens. They will have the opportunity to explore the gardens and learn how to care for nature. (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat)
25 JANUARY 27 JANUARY 28 JANUARY 29 JANUARY iPlay PUBLIC HOLIDAY Australia Day Celebrations Wet & Wild Football Inflatable World 10:30am – 1:30pm 10:00am – 1:00pm 1:30pm – 3:30pm 10:00am– 2:30pm • Looking for a one stop shop with AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY • Family breakfast • Wet and Wild Soccer is cool and a • Children have the opportunity to dodgems, bowling, laser tag, cafe, • Fairy floss hilariousl way to celebrate go to Inflatable World with their coffee, party room, 50-plus arcade Summer! peers from ELC, NS and the Years games, pool tables, and remote • Jumping castle 2 to 6 Programme. Before • The rules of this game are very 25 – 29 January control cars!? Look no more! • Face painting departing back to school, the simple. Like Soccer, the game is Week 7 played between two opposing children will have a pizza lunch. teams of 4 to 5 members. The challenge is to kick the ball into (Please ensure your child/ren have the opposite team’s goal post. socks and a drink bottle) • Did we mention the surface is wet, soapy and slippery? Can you stay upright to kick some goals? (Please bring swimmers and a towel) 1 FEBRUARY Burton Theatre 1 February Week 8 10:00am – 1:00pm • Watch Trolls: World Tour
PLEASE NOTE: NORTHSIDE SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME WILL BE CLOSED IN DECEMBER 2020 WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 4 JANUARY 5 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 7 JANUARY 8 JANUARY Hawaii Party Stress Less National Zoo and Aquarium Excursion to GeoScience Totally Tie Dye • Dress up in Hawaiian shirts and • Make a stress ball 10:00am – 2:30pm 10:00am – 1:00pm • Make your own tie dye shirt grass skirts • Rock balancing in the creek bed • Children will join their buddies • Geoscience Australia is the home • Skittle experiment 4 – 8 January • Make leis and grass crowns from Kindergarten to Year 1 of the National Mineral Collection Week 4 • Cosmic Kids Yoga Programme and explore the Zoo with student activities, • Rainbow foam art and sensory • Play with seashells and kinetic • Mindfulness mandalas and Aquarium. We will enjoy lunch experiments, and interactive play sand together before heading back to exhibitions. • Coconut bowling school (Please ensure your child has a drink bottle and broad brimmed hat) 11 JANUARY 12 JANUARY 13 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 15 JANUARY Test Your Taste Buds Sounds Like Science Hoyts Belconnen Water Play Day at Red Hill Campus Milkshakes at Hello Cafe • Water changing lemonade 11:30am – 3:00pm 10:00am – 2:30pm 11:00am – 1:00pm • Paper cup phone play 11 – 15 January • Test some different tastes that are • Make a paddle pop kazoo and a • Watch The Croods 2: A New Age • Water slide • Walk to our local shops Week 5 perceived by your taste buds with giant straw pan flute • Super Soakers • Enjoy refreshing milkshakes at sweet, sour, bitter, and salty foods. • Hello Café • Show your musical talent on our Snow cones water adagio • Play at the park (Please bring swimmers, towel and super soaker) 18 JANUARY 19 JANUARY 20 JANUARY 21 JANUARY 22 JANUARY National Botanical Gardens No Way Yirrikipayi! Bluey’s Big Play – The Stage Show at Make a Splash Canberra Walk–In Aviary 10:00am – 2:30pm • Explore the Torres Strait Islander the Canberra Theatre • Play on the water tarp and at the 10:00am – 12:30pm • Children will join with ELC, NS and book that follows the journey of a 11:00am – 2:00pm water table • Walk among nearly 500 different the Years 2 to 6 Programme at the hungry Yirrikipayi as he tries to • When Dad feels like a little bit of • Blow bubbles, big and small species of birds in the aviary. National Botanical Gardens. They hunt the animals on the Tiwi Sunday arvo time out, Bluey and • Each person will have the 18 – 22 January will have the opportunity to explore Islands. Bingo have other plans! Join them • Race boats down the creek bed Week 6 opportunity to feed the birds. the types of gardens and learn • Observational watercolour as they pull out all of the games how to care for nature. paintings of different animals like and ingenuity at their disposal to the arntirringa, kirimpika, or get Dad off that bean bag. (Please ensure your child has a drink marntuwunyi. • Join the Heelers in their first live bottle and broad brimmed hat) theatre show made just for you, featuring brilliantly created puppets, this is Bluey brought to real life as you’ve never seen it before.
25 JANUARY PUBLIC HOLIDAY 27 JANUARY 28 JANUARY 29 JANUARY Once Upon A Time! Australia Day Celebrations at Red Hill Kidzplore Inflatable World • Come dressed as your favourite AUSTRALIA DAY HOLIDAY Campus 10:00am – 1:00pm 10:00am– 2:30pm book character 10:00am – 2:00pm • Children from ELC, NS and • Children have the opportunity to • Write and illustrate books • Fairy floss Kindergarten to Year 1 will have go to Inflatable World with their 25 – 29 January • Make your own bookmark • Jumping castle the opportunity to visit Kidzplore in peers from ELC, and Kindergarten Week 7 Fyshwick. to Year 6 Redhill campus • Face painting Programmes. Before departing (Please ensure your child/ren have back to school, the children will (Please ensure your child has a drink socks and a drink bottle) have a pizza lunch. bottle and broad brimmed hat (Please ensure your child/ren have socks and a drink bottle) 1 FEBRUARY Back to School 1 February Week 8 • Decorate your name keyring • Northside scavenger hunt • Customise a pencil case
MAP Years 2 – 6 School Holiday Programme CRICKET NETS PLAY EQUIPMENT BASKETBALL COURT Music PS 102 PS 105 PRIMARY SCHOOL LIBRARY Staff PS 103 PS 107 PS 104 Conference LDT 701 PL 102 SPIDER PS 101 PS 106 702 PS 108 PL 101 PL 104–108 THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE Horizons Program Drop Off YEAR 5 Kitchen Room SANDPIT YEAR 3 & 4 Staff Music EATING AREA Toilets PS 110 EATING AREA Room 703 Room Room 705 PUTTING GREENS 704 PS 136 PS 137 Sports JUNIOR Office PS 113 SCHOOL OVAL TOILETS Room Room Toilets Room Room Room Room Room PS 111 PS 112 Rooms Room Room Rooms PS 124 PS 116 PS 117 PS 145 PS 125 PS 118 PS 126 PS 131 PS 121 –120 –123 PS 127-130>
ELC = Early Learning Centre (Pre-School & Pre-Kindergarten) at Red Hill Campus K – Year 1 = Kindergarten to Year 1 at Red Hill Campus Years 2 – 6 = Year 2 to Year 6 at Red Hill Campus NS = Pre-Kindergarten – Year 2 at Northside Campus PLEASE PROGRAM DAY/DATE DESTINATION TIME OF TRANSPORT REASON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED TICK EXCURSION METHOD NO. OF NO. OF CHILDREN STAFF K – Year 1 Thursday Mini Golf at 10:30am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into Children will go on an excursion to 30 4 ☐ 10 December PowerKarts 12:30pm School Bus holiday care planning Power Kart Raceway for a round of Glow in the dark Mini Golf. K – Year 1 Friday Gelatissimo in 1:00pm – Walking To incorporate children’s voice into Children will walk down to Manuka for 30 4 ☐ 11 December Manuka 3:00pm holiday care planning Gelatissimo. The children will have the opportunity to choose their own flavors and enjoy with their peers. ELC Monday Little Sandpiper 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To provide the opportunity for active Children from the Early Learning 60 8 ☐ K – Year 1 14 December 1:00pm School Bus play in an air-conditioned environment Centre and the Kindergarten to Year 1 programme will combine and attend Little Sandpiper in Belconnen. The children will have the opportunity to build on physical skills (Climbing, ball skills etc) Years 2 – 6 Monday King Pin 9:30am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into One hour bowling, one hour arcade 40 5 ☐ 14 December 1:00pm School Bus holiday care planning free play. Children will have lunch at King Pin ☐ ELC K – Year 1 Tuesday 15 December Hoyts Belconnen 11:30am – 3:00pm Q City Transit/ School Bus To enjoy a new release movie at the cinemas with our buddies Watch Dreambuilders Watch War with Grandpa (Years 2 to 100 15 Years 2 – 6 6) ELC Wednesday Moncrieff Park 10:00am – Q City Transit/ All CGS Care programs join together at Play at the park with our buddies 100 15 ☐ K – Year 1 16 December 2:00pm School Bus least once during holiday care times to Years 2 – 6 facilitate the cross-campus community relationships. Years 2 –6 Friday Gelatissimo and Play 11:00am – Walking Children enjoy going down to Manuka The children will be walking down to 30 4 ☐ 18 December at Manuka 2:00pm to try different things to eat. Gelatissimo in Manuka for an ice- cream before going to Manuka park for a play. Years 2 – 6 Tuesday Indoor Rock Climbing 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To help develop gross and fine motor The children will be working together 40 4 ☐ 22 December in Mitchell 1:00pm School Bus skills, also very popular and in in pairs to participate on indoor rock- demand. climbing walls.
PLEASE PROGRAM DAY/DATE DESTINATION TIME OF TRANSPORT REASON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED TICK EXCURSION METHOD NO. OF NO. OF CHILDREN STAFF K – Year 1 Tuesday Cotter Dam 10:00am – School Bus Linking to our Unit of Inquiry – Sharing Children will be given the opportunity 20 5 ☐ 5 January 2:00pm the Planet to explore and play with their peers in nature. They will explore the streams searching for types of insects as well as building on their development and in particular; Risky Play. The children will be wading knee deep in the stream, can you please indicate your child’s confidence in the water. ☐ Confident in the water ☐ Not confident in the water Years 2 – 6 Tuesday Milkshakes at Kith & 10:30am – Walking Children in different programs have The children will be walking to Red Hill 30 3 ☐ 5 January Nosh 12:30pm enjoyed walking somewhere new for a shops, where they will get a milkshake milkshake. each form Kith and Nosh. ELC Wednesday National Zoo & 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into Children from the Early Learning 60 8 ☐ K – Year 1 6 January Aquarium 2:30pm School Bus holiday care planning Centre and the Kindergarten to Year NS programme will combine and attend The National Zoo and Aquarium. The children will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of animals. NS Thursday Excursion to 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To extend children’s interest and Tour of the center, seeing different 20 3 ☐ 7 January GeoScience 1:00pm School Bus knowledge of geology, particularly types of rocks and crystals, working rocks and crystals, through interactive together to create an earthquake experiments. simulation. K – Year 1 Friday Mt Stromlo 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into Children will have the opportunity to 20 4 ☐ 8 January 1:30pm School Bus holiday care planning explore Mt Stromlo and build on their skills using Mountain Bikes. Children will be guided through some trails and spend time with their peers. Years 2 – 6 Monday Bike Ride at Red Hill 10:30am – Walking Good physical exercise and develop The children will be riding their bikes 30 3 ☐ 11 January 1:00pm exploration and navigation skills. around Red Hill, stopping off at a local park for a play. Years 2 – 6 Tuesday Canberra Aqua Park 10:30am – Q City Transit Children have showed lots of interest The children will be having a go at the 40 8 ☐ 12 January 1:30pm in water play themed activities, and inflatable obstacle course on Lake this will be a great opportunity for the Burley Griffin. children to try something new. Please indicate your child’s swimming ability: ☐ Non swimmer ☐ Can swim unaided 25 metres ☐ Can float ☐ Can swim unaided 50 metres ☐ Can swim correct style for 10 ☐ Can swim unaided 100 metres metres
PLEASE PROGRAM DAY/DATE DESTINATION TIME OF TRANSPORT REASON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED TICK EXCURSION METHOD NO. OF NO. OF CHILDREN STAFF K – Year 1 Wednesday Hoyts Belconnen 11:30am – Q City Transit To enjoy a new release movie at the Watch The Croods: A New Age 70 10 ☐ Years 2 - 6 13 January 3:00pm cinemas with our buddies NS NS Thursday Water Play Day at Red 10:00am – Q City Transit To enjoy cross-campus interaction Interact with children of all ages from 20 4 ☐ 14 January Hill Campus 2:30pm while playing with water. Red Hill Campus, playing on inflatable waterslide. NS Friday Milkshakes at Hello 11:00am – Walking To explore our local area and reinforce Walking to Campbell local shops, 20 3 ☐ 15 January Café 1:00pm the concept of being principled and sitting at the café to order and enjoy respectful everywhere we go. milkshakes, play at the local park. ELC Monday National Botanical 10:00am – Q City Transit/ Linking to Unit of Inquiry – Sharing the Children from the Early Learning 80 15 ☐ K – Year 1 18 January Gardens 2:30pm School Bus Planet Centre, Northside Campus, Years 2 – 6 Kindergarten to Year 1 and Years 2 to NS 6 Programmes will combine at the National Botanical Gardens to explore and learn about nature. The children will have the opportunity to engage in pond dipping and pollination workshops. Years 2 – 6 Tuesday Grill’d in Mauka 11:30am – Walking The children have asked to go to The children will be walking down to 30 4 ☐ 19 January 1:30pm Manuka for opportunities to eat. Manuka Grill’d where they will get a burger and drink for lunch. ELC Wednesday Bluey’s Big Play – The 11:00am – Q City Transit/ To respond to the children’s interest of Watch Bluey’s Big Play – The Stage 40 6 ☐ NS 20 January Stage Show at the 2:00pm School Bus Bluey while experiencing a live theatre Show Canberra Theatre production K – Year 1 Thursday Zone Belconnen 11:45am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into Children will go to Zone Bowling in 30 4 ☐ 21 January 2:00pm School Bus holiday care planning Belconnen for a game of bowling and time on the arcade games. K – Year 1 Friday Red Hill Bike Ride 10:30am – Walking To incorporate children’s and parents’ Children will ride their bikes down to 25 4 ☐ 22 January 1:00pm voice into holiday care planning the Red Hill School and use the public bike track. Children will be engaging in our local community. Years 2 – 6 Friday Zone 3 10:30am – Q City Transit/ A regular place we go where the The children will be put into teams and 40 6 ☐ 22 January 1:00pm School Bus children have a great time and work put into a maze where they will need together as a team for an end goal. to look for each other’s bases, as well as having a go at the arcade machines. NS Friday Walk in Aviary 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To explore children’s interest in native Children will explore the aviary and 20 3 ☐ 22 January 12:30pm School Bus birds and uncommon birds. have the opportunity to feed apple slices and bird feed to the birds. Children may be able to hold the birds or have birds land on them.
PLEASE PROGRAM DAY/DATE DESTINATION TIME OF TRANSPORT REASON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED TICK EXCURSION METHOD NO. OF NO. OF CHILDREN STAFF Years 2 – 6 Tuesday Grill’d in Mauka 11:30am – Walking The children have asked to go to The children will be walking down to 30 4 ☐ 19 January 1:30pm Manuka for opportunities to eat. Manuka Grill’d where they will get a burger and drink for lunch. ELC Wednesday Noah’s Ark Petting 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To enjoy cross-campus interaction Play at Northside in the Gallery and 20 3 ☐ 20 January Zoo at Northside 1:00pm School Bus while engaging with farm animals. playground, petting farm animals. K – Year 1 Thursday Zone Belconnen 11:45am – Q City Transit/ To incorporate children’s voice into Children will go to Zone Bowling in 30 4 ☐ 21 January 2:00pm School Bus holiday care planning Belconnen for a game of bowling and time on the arcade games. Years 2 – 6 Thursday Pool Day 10:00am – N/A Children will go swimming in the CGS pool 10 2 ☐ 21 January 4:00pm Please indicate your child’s swimming ability ☐ Non swimmer ☐ Can swim unaided 25mtrs ☐ Can float ☐ Can swim unaided 50mtrs ☐ Can swim correct style for 10mtrs ☐ Can swim unaided 100mtrs K – Year 1 Friday Red Hill Bike Ride 10:30am – Walking To incorporate children’s and parents Children will ride their bikes down to 25 4 ☐ 22 January 1:00pm voice into holiday care planning the Red Hill School and use the public bike track. Children will be engaging in our local community. Years 2 – 6 Friday Zone 3 10:30am – Q City Transit/ A regular place we go where the The children will be put into teams and 40 6 ☐ 22 January 1:00pm School Bus children have a great time, and also put into a maze where they will need work together as a team for an end to look for each other’s bases, as well goal. as having a go at the arcade machines. NS Friday Walk in Aviary 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To explore children’s interest in native Children will explore the aviary and 20 3 ☐ 22 January 12:30pm School Bus birds and uncommon birds. have the opportunity to feed apple slices and bird feed to the birds. Children may be able to hold the birds or have birds land on them. Years 2 – 6 Monday iPlay 10:30am – Q City Transit/ Popular choice that is always in Children enjoy being able to unwind 40 6 ☐ 25 January 1:30pm School Bus demand. and hang out with their friends, playing some fun arcade machines, laser tag, and dodgem cars. NS Wednesday Australia Day 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To enjoy cross-campus interaction Children will have the opportunity to 20 3 ☐ 27 January Celebrations at Red 2:00pm School Bus while celebrating our Australian interact with peers from Red Hill Hill Campus identity. Campus and play on jumping castle, have their face painted, and eat fairy floss. ELC Thursday Kidzplore 10:00am – Q City Transit/ To provide the opportunity for active Two hour session exploring the indoor 80 12 ☐ K – Year 1 28 January 1:00pm School Bus play in air-conditioned environment play arena. NS
PLEASE PROGRAM DAY/DATE DESTINATION TIME OF TRANSPORT REASON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES ANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED TICK EXCURSION METHOD NO. OF NO. OF CHILDREN STAFF ELC Friday Inflatable World 10:00am – Q City Transit/ All CGS Care programs join together at Children from the Early Learning 100 15 ☐ K – Year 1 29 January 2:00pm School Bus least once during holiday care times to Centre, Northside Campus, Years 2 – 6 facilitate the cross-campus community Kindergarten to Year 1 Programme NS relationships. and the Years 2 to 6 Programme will attend Inflatable World in Kambah and build on their social and physical development skills. Years 2 – 6 As requested by the children Children will go swimming in the CGS pool 10 2 ☐ Please indicate your child’s swimming ability ☐ Non swimmer ☐ Can swim unaided 25mtrs ☐ Can float ☐ Can swim unaided 50mtrs ☐ Can swim correct style for 10mtrs ☐ Can swim unaided 100mtrs Power Karts Tuesday Power Kart Raceway 9:00am – School Bus To incorporate children’s voice into Provide an opportunity to hone your 22 2 ☐ 8 December 3:00pm Horizons planning go-karting skills over 320 metres of track! Children will enjoy a day of “driving” in a safe and exciting environment at Powerkart Raceway. Includes 5 races per child. Circus Skills Wednesday Aerial Spots 9:00am – School Bus To provide a new experience for This program will explore some basic 11 2 ☐ 9 December 3:00pm children to participate in aerial acrobatics and circus arts. It is an opportunity for children to build strength and flexibility as well as take risk and challenge themselves in a supportive environment. Gymnastics Thursday and Woden Valley 9:00am – Bus Me To incorporate children’s voice into This programme will allow children to 22 2 ☐ Friday Gymnastics 3:00pm Horizons planning explore and learn the different types of 14 and 15 gymnastics, catering to children of all January abilities. Power Karts Tuesday Power Kart Raceway 9:00am – School Bus To incorporate children’s voice into Provide an opportunity to hone your 22 2 ☐ 19 January 3:00pm Horizons planning go-karting skills over 320 metres of track! Children will enjoy a day of “driving” in a safe and exciting environment at Powerkart Raceway. Includes 5 races per child.
While on excursions, ratios are maintained at 1:8 or 1:5 near water, or below at all times. A risk assessment has been prepared and is available for all excursions. Children and educators must wear seat belts if the bus has them fitted as per the ACT road rules. I ______________________________________ give permission for my child(ren) ______________________________________ to participate in the activities selected. I also give permission for my child(ren) to: ☐ Watch PG movies ☐ Go on walks around the local area Signed: ______________________________________ Date: __________________________
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