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School Holiday Programs
Next School Holiday Dates: Monday, 7 July to Friday, 18 July 2025.
Bookings for the Winter School Holiday Program will open on Tuesday, 10 June 2025. Our programs are super popular, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
We have a great line-up of fun-filled activities, workshops and events for the Winter School Holiday program. Both free and paid activities will be facilitated by a combination of Waverley Council specialist staff, artists, industry professionals and partner organisations. The following locations will be offering different programs to suit all ages:
Bondi Pavilion (as part of Bondi Festival)
- Pavilion Paw Parade
- Daytime Dance Party
- Bondi Festival Ice Rink
- Bondi Festival Food Markets
- Bondi Vista Ferris Wheel
- Waverley Art Prize
Waverley Library - BOOK NOW
- NAIDOC craft (6+ years)
- Cricut: Personalised water bottles (10+ years)
- DIY Book Nook (8+ years)
- Dragon Craft (8+ years)
- Holiday Storytime fun (4-7 years)
- Yayoi Kusama craft (8+ years)
- Have fun with augmented reality (6+ years)
- Explore virtual reality (10+ years)
- Board game fun (5-12 years)
- Watercolour: Hidden snowflakes (8+ years)
- Starr's Planetarium: Indigenous astronomy (5-8 years)
- Polar animal stop motion animation (8+ years)
- Chill out cinema (6+ years)
- Craft bar (all ages)
Margaret Whitlam Recreation Centre - BOOK NOW
- Soccer (6-8 years & 9-12 years)
- Basketball (6-8 years & 9-12 years)
- Four Sports (6-8 years & 9-12 years)
- Archery (8-14 years)
- Tennis (6-8 years & 9-12 years)
- Surfing (7-10 years & 11-14 years)
- Dance (6-8 years & 9-12 years)
Waverley Woollahra Art School
Bookings for the 2025 Winter WWAS program are now open. This program offers children aged 6 and up the opportunity to get creative using a variety of media, including charcoal, paint, clay, mixed media, printmaking, and more. For timetable and booking information, click here.
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