Assistant Principal's Report

Holiday Fun – Summer Activities for Children 

School holidays are a wonderful time to spend with family and to take a break from the structured learning program at school. The bells stop ringing and children can schedule their days with their family and friends. Making decisions about how they spend their time relaxing and switching off from the pressures of school. 

Filling in the days can also be a challenge. The words “I’m bored” can be heard too often. Below are some ideas that might help you engage and entertain your children in learning something new during this summer break. The Cool Australia website link below will give you access to resources and ideas, it is a free resource and contains lots of ideas from students and parents. Use the link below to access the following top 10 learning activities for children or visit the home page to access additional information.   

School Holidays Teaching & Learning Activities for Kids - Cool Australia

Learning at Home, together.

1. Bluey Education

Each resource showcases an episode from Bluey and contains all the instructional information needed to help develop kids’ mental and emotional resilience while enjoying their favourite cartoon, Hooray!

Check out the full suite of education resources here!

2. Tree Day – get planting!

Find a plant, find some soil and get planting! You and your children will join thousands of amazing educators and teachers in making a difference, fostering a child’s love of nature and creating positive environmental change. So, get growing!  

Check out all of the activities available from Early Learning to Year 10 here!

3. Design Your Dream Car

With school holidays fast approaching we thought it would be great to design a Learn@Home lesson that works with the contest!

Kids get creative and design their very own dream car while exploring the different design elements of a car.

Start your engines here!

4. Oceans of Rubbish

Would you like to swim in an ocean or river full of rubbish and dirty water? Imagine what the creatures who call water home think about it! Create a poster reminding people to protect waterways.

This is a good activity for kids to complete independently. Dive into the activity here!

5. Energy Use in Our World

Have you ever thought about where electricity comes from and how it is made? Start to think more about the world’s use of energy by asking you to research the definition of vocabulary linked with energy use.

This is a good activity for kids to complete independently. Get started here!

6. Sustainability Board Game

There’s lots of steps involved in being a board game designer! Go through the process of creating a design brief, writing the rules, drawing all the art and creating the board and pieces.

This is a good activity for kids to complete independently or with others. Click here!

7. Colour A Little Happiness: Creating Rainbows

In this activity you will explore how rainbows are made and will make your own actual rainbow. Create a rainbow artwork to share with people in your community.

This activity is a great one to do together as a family. Get started here!

8. Sustainable Shopping List Meal Challenge

Tonight – you’re the chef! Plan your budget, choose a recipe and go shopping. Can you could source ingredients locally/sustainably to save money and the environment?

This can be done independently or with the whole family. Get started here!

9. Animal Adaptations

Design a brand new animal with adaptations and evolutions that make it even better at surviving in a future world affected by climate change!

This may require minimal support. Get started here!

10. Specific Vocabulary

Great writers have a large vocabulary and know exactly the right word to choose to describe something very specifically. Practise word choice to take your writing from good to superb, exquisite and exemplary.

This can be done independently. Dive into the activity here!