VACFUN is back again for the December/January School Holidays!

Vacfun at The Blackwood Recreation Centre

We aim to provide a safe and caring environment with a variety of structured and free choice recreational activities within a fun-filled active program. Our next program commences on the 18^th of December till the 22^nd of December before recommencing again the 8^th of January until the 25^th of January in the school holidays.

Our VacFun program is available for children of primary school age from 5-12years.

For this school holiday program, we have planned various workshops alongside our general activities. Each of our workshops is led by our experienced Vacfun Leaders with additional specialised instructors for each sport-based activity.

These workshops run from 10:30 am to 12 pm daily:

 

WEEK 1		WEEK 2		WEEK 3		WEEK 4
DATE	Workshop/Activity	DATE	Workshop/Activity	DATE	Workshop/Activity	DATE	Workshop/Activity
18/12/23	Floor is Lava	08/01/24	Skating Workshop	15/01/24	Gymnastics	22/01/24	Parkour
19/12/23	Gymnastics	09/01/24	Parkour	16/01/24	Floor is Lava	23/01/24	Floor is Lava
20/12/23	Skating Workshop	10/01/24	Gymnastics	17/01/24	Hip Hop/Obstacle Course	24/01/24	Circus School
21/12/23	Parkour	11/01/24	Art Adventures	18/01/24	Cooking Workshop	25/01/24	Art Adventures
22/12/23	Sound in Motion	12/01/24	Floor is Lava	19/01/24	Karate	26/01/24	AUSTRALIA DAY (CLOSED)

 

A little bit of insight into the planned workshops. Each of our sport-based workshops is led by an experienced specialised instructor. Our other generalised activities are led by our Vacfun leaders, both ensuring that safety and fun are the main priority!

Apart from our individual workshops, we have a variety of general activities available daily, these include:

Skating: All day, bring your own or use ours.  Blades and 4 wheel skates are available.
Gym: 3 super tramps, beams, bars, gym mat, gym shapes to make fun stuff.
Stadium: Skating, basketball, hockey, soccer and group games.
Craft: Various arts and crafts activities daily.

 

Cost:

$50 for Full Day Bookings (10% off second & third siblings)

$20 for Workshops

 

To book, go online and book your child in here: Vacfun Online Bookings

To understand how to use our booking system, please download this file: Booking System Explained

Alternatively, please call us on 8278 8833 or come see us at reception.

December Vacfun Poster

January Vacfun Poster

 

Workshop Name	Workshop Description
Floor is Lava	Don’t touch the ground! The Floor is Lava will allow participants to make and design courses/terrain and try to navigate them without falling onto the ground. Modified from the TV show, this will give kids oodles of fun while working with others to create challenging courses.
Gymnastics	A fan favourite for the kids! Our gymnastics coaching team lead a beginner class focusing on all the foundational exercises of gymnastics while helping more experienced children develop their skills.
Learn to Skate	From learning the basics through to more challenging activities, the Skate Team will have you skating like a pro. Learn how to stop/start, turn and glide through this workshop with your highly trained Skate Assistants. Bring your own wheels or use ours. Blades and 4-wheel skates are available. Suitable for all experience levels. Great for children looking to learn to skate for the first time or improve their abilities.
Sound in Motion	Hosted by our VacFun team, this workshop will have the participants making musical anklets, tambourines and paper roll shakers. The first part of the workshop will focus on making instruments to then be used in the second half, where they will be used in fun musical games such as Statues, Musical Blocks (the gym hall version of musical chairs) and a dance-off or two. A wonderful opportunity to get creative and noisy!
Parkour	Parkour is the practice of traversing obstacles in a man-made or natural environment through the use of running, vaulting, jumping, climbing, rolling, and other movements in order to travel from one point to another in the quickest and most efficient way possible without the use of equipment. Led by Ricky and his team, they help create a dynamic and inclusive environment where the kids can learn a few new skills while having a blast.
Hip Hop With Flava Dance/Obstacle Course	A split session of a Hip Hop workshop and Obstacle Course. Specialising in Hip Hop and Street Dance, Flava Dance have developed a reputation for quality, fun classes. We are thrilled to have them returning to our summer VacFun Program. Enjoy a fun obstacle course where kids are trying to get through as quickly as possible. We use our gym sports hall to create a large number of obstacles, jumps, hurdles etc. Lots of fun for all ages. Note: This session will be run as two concurrent 45 minute sessions with half the participants enjoying the obstacle course in our Gym Sports hall while the other participants learn the fundamentals of Hip Hop.
Mini Chefs Cook Up	Come for a fun and yummy workshop where participants will get to make their own snacks/treats/meal and get to eat it afterwards! Yummy! The decorating and choice of ingredients will be up to each individual participant.
Art Adventures	With help from the team at Wonderland Art Adventures, participants will be able to let their imagination go wild with different activities to develop drawing, painting and craft skills.
Karate Workshop	Come and try our Karate Workshop for Kids with our instructor David from Karate Do Go No Kaze. Learn some self defense, improve confidence and have fun all at the same time!
Circus School	Roll Up! Roll Up! The circus is coming to Blackwood Rec Centre! For the first time, the Centre will be hosting a Circus Skills workshop, run by South Coast Circus. Based in Aldinga, South Coast Circus started over 3 years ago and is building a solid reputation for fun, vibrant and engaging classes. The workshop will include aerial, hula hoop and acro skills as well as other circus-based activities. We are very excited to have Chantelle and her team join our workshop program these holidays.