SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
CERES Education runs school holiday programs for primary school aged children. Our programs are conducted by specialist educators who spend the whole program time with the students. These programs are only available in the last week before school starts of each holiday period.

Our minimum number is 20 students per booking. We can cater for up to one hundred students in one group, although they must be divided into groups of approximately 20-25.

Full Day program	3/4 Day program	Half Day program
Choose FOUR activities 10.00 – 2.30pm	Choose THREE activities 10.30 – 2.00pm Choose	TWO activities 10.00–12.15pm or 12.30–2.45pm

Cultural Activities

Content may vary depending on whether the presenter is male or female and what cultural region they come from. Each dot point describes a 50-60 minute activity.

Aboriginal Activities Bush Tucker and Indigenous Plant Uses - learn how plants are used for food, drink, medicine, tools and building materials. Weave bracelets around the Aboriginal fire circle. Rock Painting and Aboriginal Art - paint traditional Aboriginal symbols using ochre and tell dreamtime stories. Boomerang and Dance - learn traditional songs and how to throw a boomerang.
AFRICAN Activities Village Activities - explore the collective work and responsibilities in an African Village:  pounding grain, traditional libation spiritual welcoming, participate in mud brick making, hut construction, and thatching.  Music and Drumming – learn traditional rhythms on djembe drums and participate in chanting and group singing. Traditional Games and Water Collection – play a variety of traditional African children’s games, collect water from the river and learn about how children work and play in Africa.
Indian Activities Indian Daily Life – perform a variety of day-to-day rituals: practice yoga, draw rangoli chalk decorations, dress-up in saree (traditional clothes) and a bindi. Marriage Celebration – perform dances, dress up, prepare the wedding feast and negotiate dowry
Indonesian Activities Batik – design and create a piece of batik material to take home using hot wax and dyes. Wayang & Angklung – tell stories with wayang (puppetry) and learn songs on the angklung (bamboo instrument). Dance – learn a traditional Indonesian dance. Becak and games – ride and drive a becak (bike used as public transport), play various Indonesian games.

Environmental Activities

Each activity described below runs for 50-60 minutes.

Where does our food come from? -   Visit the stables & feed the animals. Discover which products come from which farm animals. Discover the CERES organic farm and all the food that grows there. Organics Recycling- Handle a real worm and learn about the composting cycle. Hunt for mini-beasts and learn about food webs. Plant a seed - Play “I Spy” in our community gardens and plant you own seed to take home and nurture. Aquatic Netting - Explore the CERES pond and discover what creatures inhabit the pond using nets and identification sheets. Paper Making - Learn how paper is made from recycled material. Make your very own example of hand made recycled paper to take home.

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Contact CERES Education Team for further information or bookings.
Ph: (03) 9387 4472
Fax: (03) 9381 1844
Email: education@ceres.org.au