School Holiday Program

Salisbury Community Hub

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Join us to uncover unique nesting habits of different bird species and make your own nest.

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Ingle Farm Library

10am to 4pm

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Join us for a day of exciting board games, friendly competition, and endless fun with different games for everyone. Drop in anytime – no booking required.

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Mawson Lakes Library

5.30pm to 6.40pm

Age: All ages

Cost: Free

Join us for a twilight family concert with Wozza and The Animals of The Magical Mountains, who will have you on your feet and dancing through the aisles! Bring a picnic blanket and a few snacks for the whole family to enjoy.

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Para Hills Community Hub

10.30am to 12pm

Age: 4+

Cost: Free

Making paper bag puppets is a fun and creative activity that brings stories to life! Using simple materials like brown paper bags, markers, yarn, and fabric scraps, you can create characters with endless personalities

Register via Eventbrite (bookings preferred).

Mawson Lakes Library

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Learn about the cultural significance for dreamcatchers and create your own, inspired by nature using natural materials like feathers, twigs, beads, and colourful threads.

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Ingle Farm Library

10am to 11am

Age: 5 to 10 years (adult supervision required)

Cost: $5

Join us to make colourful decorations for your garden, including fairy and gnome doors, wind chimes and painted rocks.

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Ingle Farm Library

11am to 1pm

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Join us for a fascinating journey into the tiny world around us using handheld microscopes. Drop in anytime.

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Ingle Farm Library

3.30pm to 5.30pm

Age: All ages

Cost: Free

Whether you're a beginner chess player or a budding grandmaster, join the Ingle Farm Library Chess Club to improve your strategy, learn new moves, and meet other chess enthusiasts.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Salisbury Community Hub

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Whether you’re a LEGO master or just starting, join us to show off your LEGO-building skills, compete in challenges, and make new friends.

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Kentish Green (41 Warren Rd, Para Vista)

From 7.30pm (movie commencing from 8.45pm)

Age: All ages with parental guidance

Cost: Free

Gather your family and friends and join us at Kentish Green for the next Salisbury Starlight Cinema. Bring along a picnic blanket or low lying chairs, kick back and relax while you enjoy the movie.

Join us for a screening under the stars for family favourite screening of IF (PG) - A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up (duration: 1hr 48min).

Enjoy your evening with your own picnic or grab something to eat from the food vendors onsite including a bbq, drinks and snacks for purchase. Crowd favourite Norms Ice Creams will also be onsite selling ice creams, slushies and hot donuts to enjoy during the movie.

PLEASE NOTE: Whilst bookings aren't essential, letting us know you're coming helps us plan for a fantastic evening with plenty of food, drinks, and space for everyone to enjoy safely. You will not be required to present your ticket on the night, you can just come on down and settle in for a fun night ahead.

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Salisbury Community Hub

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Bring your favourite teddy bear and enjoy a day of games, crafts, and storytelling. Don't forget to pack a picnic for you and your teddy to enjoy!

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Mawson Lakes Library

10am to 12pm

Age: All ages (adult supervision required)

Cost: $3 (adults do not need to purchase a ticket)

Enjoy the hilarious and heartwarming story of Barry the Bee as he embarks on an unforgettable adventure in the Bee Movie and enjoy some bee-themed crafts.

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Para Hills Community Hub

10am to 12pm

Age: 5 to 10 years (adult supervision required)

Cost: Free

Make your own glitter ‘calm down jar’ to take home, to school, or wherever you need a calming moment.

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Burton Community Hub

10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm (45 minute sessions)

Age: 7+

Cost: Free

Learn how to use the sound studio at Burton Community Hub, including microphones and recording equipment, and receive creative advice on starting your audio project. No experience needed. One ticket is available per session, which can cover up to four people.

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Mawson Lakes Library

10am to 11am

Age: 3+

Cost: Free

Create your very own flower patty pan bouquet using colourful patty pans, markers, and other fun craft supplies. Explore your artistic side and bring home your beautiful bouquet of handmade flowers.

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Salisbury Community Hub

1pm to 2.30pm

Age: 7 to 14 years

Cost: Free

Explore how to code and design your very own video game using Microsoft Makecode Arcade. No experience needed.

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Ingle Farm Library

10am to 11am

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Learn about the fascinating origins of rain sticks and how they are used in music and storytelling. You can even create your own unique instrument using cardboard tubes, rice, and colourful decorations.

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Salisbury Community Hub

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Learn how we can protect our waterways from pollution and examine life underwater. Complete a treasure map around Salisbury wetlands and receive a prize when you return it to Salisbury Community Hub.

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Twelve25 Youth Centre

10 to 11am (10 to 12 years), 11.30am to 12:30pm (13 to 25 years), 1 to 2pm (13 to 25 years)

Age: 10 to 25 years

Cost: $15

Calling all young Jedi! Join Saber Academy to learn the art of lightsaber duelling in a safe, fun environment.

Register via Humantix.

Mawson Lakes Library

10am to 1pm

Age: 5 to 14 years

Cost: Free

Learn all about stop motion animation and bring a page of your favourite storybook to life. Drop in anytime.

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Mawson Lakes Library

10am to 11am or 11.30am to 12.30pm

Age: 5 to 10 years (adult supervision required)

Cost: $5

Join us for a fun-filled art experience and create a masterpiece made out of sand. All materials supplied.

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Ingle Farm Library

3.30pm to 5.30pm

Age: All ages

Cost: Free

Whether you're a beginner chess player or a budding grandmaster, join the Ingle Farm Library Chess Club to improve your strategy, learn new moves, and meet other chess enthusiasts.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Burton Community Hub

10am to 11.30am

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Join us in the garden to plant seedlings in our planters, paint your own pot and take home a seedling of your own.

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Para Hills Community Hub

10am to 11am

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Ready to get stung with some surprising knowledge? In this fun fact session, you can learn how bites and stings work, what they do to our bodies, and learn about some of the creatures that deliver them.

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Salisbury Community Hub

10am to 11am

Age: 5+

Cost: $5

Explore chemical reactions with lots of colour and wonder. With safe fire demonstrations and some mess, Nitro Nat will tackle things changing states of matter.

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Para Hills Community Hub

10am to 12pm

Age: 3+

Cost: $5

Beautiful gardens can be created in everything, including your old boots. Bring along your old shoes, boots or jeans to make your own planted creation. Families are welcome to create their wonderful creation together.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Mawson Lakes Library

10am to 11am

Age: 6+

Cost: Free

Make your own beautiful flower bracelets using colourful beads and then create your own rock painting masterpiece. It's a great way to explore your creativity and take home two handmade projects.

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Salisbury Community Hub

11.30am to 12.30pm

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Do you love animals? Come along to learn about Australian native animals of all kinds.

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Salisbury Community Hub

10am to 11am, 11.30am to 12.30pm, 2pm to 3pm

Age: 7+

Cost: Free

Are you a robotics enthusiast? Learn new skills by programming our Edison robots to navigate a 'Mars' landscape. No experience necessary.

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Burton Community Hub

10am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: $5

Come along to enjoy a Pokéball hunt, hatch and find Pokémon. Make your own Pokémon cards and Pikachu ears, and everything else in between!

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Bagster Road Community Centre

11am to 12pm (8 to 12 years), 12.30pm to 2pm (13 to 17 years)

Age: 8 to 17 years

Cost: Free

Join Karate World Champion, Sensei Chloe Pillay, for an informative and fun introduction to karate and self-defence basics.

Register via Eventbrite for:

• Session one (8 to 12 years)
• Session two (13 to 17 years)

Para Hills Community Hub

2pm to 3.30pm

Age: 7 to 14 years (adult supervision required for children under 13)

Cost: Free

Learn the basics of digital art and create your own art using the latest technology. No experience necessary and materials will be supplied.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Bagster Road Community Centre

10am to 12pm

Age: 0 to 7 years

Cost: Free

Join us for lots of fun at the launch of the Bagster Road Toy Library. Play with the big toys, join in on art and craft activities and become a member of the toy library.

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Ingle Farm Library

10am to 11am

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Learn about the fascinating history and meaning of dreamcatchers while crafting your own unique designs with paper plates, feathers, wool and beads.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Twelve25 Youth Centre

10 to 11am (10 to 12 years), 11.30am to 12:30pm (13 to 25 years), 1 to 2pm (13 to 25 years)

Age: 10 to 25 years

Cost: $15

Calling all young Jedi! Join Saber Academy to learn the art of lightsaber duelling in a safe, fun environment.

Register via Humantix

Salisbury Community Hub

10am to 2pm

Age: 7+

Cost: Free

Design a 3D printed marker for a plant in your home or garden and look closer at various plants using our handheld microscopes.

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Salisbury North Skate Park

10am to 2pm

Age: 12+

Cost: Free

Join us for a skate, a basketball competition, and a free sausage sizzle. No booking is needed, just drop in.

Burton Community Hub

10am to 11am

Age: 5 to 12 years

Cost: Free

Join us for a fun and relaxing origami workshop surrounded by nature, and fold your own creation inspired by the natural world.

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Ingle Farm Library

3.30pm to 5.30pm

Age: All ages

Cost: Free

Whether you're a beginner chess player or a budding grandmaster, join the Ingle Farm Library Chess Club to improve your strategy, learn new moves, and meet other chess enthusiasts.

Register via Eventbrite (bookings essential).

Para Hills Community Hub

10.30am to 12pm

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Create your own colourful masterpiece in this fun and hands-on session. Using safe, kid-friendly materials, you'll design and decorate your very own stained-glass artwork.

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Salisbury Community Hub

10.30am to 11.30am

Age: 5+

Cost: Free

Join us for a morning filled with exciting Aussie activities, including making delicious lamingtons.

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Mawson Lakes Library

Age: All ages

3pm to 4.30pm

Cost: Free

Unleash your creativity and build amazing structures using LEGO bricks. With plenty of free-building time and exciting activities, this session promises an afternoon of fun, learning, and endless possibilities.

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