Vacation Care and Theme-Day Resources

What is in this collection

Eight reviewed two-page A4 activities for vacation care and theme-day resources, with practical OSHC guidance, adaptations and safety notes. Each download includes a child-facing page, an educator guide and a cut-off quick-reference card.

Choose an activity

• Vacation Care Passport — Help children notice and choose across a vacation-care day without requiring every station.
• Theme-Day Planning Poster — Co-plan a balanced theme day with arrival, active, making, quiet and backup choices.
• Children’s Program Voting Sheet — Gather preferences about feasible program options without promising a simple majority result.
• Talent-Show Planning Cards — Plan a voluntary, inclusive sharing event with performance and non-performance roles.
• Mini Carnival Station Cards — Run simple reusable carnival stations with shared goals and no public ranking.
• Nature Explorer Field Journal — Record careful observations in a defined outdoor or window-view area without collecting living things.
• Indoor Camping Activity Pack — Plan an indoor camping session with construction, storytelling, navigation and quieter choices.
• Mystery Detective Activity Pack — Run a fictional evidence-based mystery using observation, codes and team roles without surveillance play.

Use the collection in a real session

Choose one activity that fits attendance, space, time and the children currently present. Keep an active option, a quieter choice and an ordinary blank-paper or construction invitation available. Preview the full resource page before printing so the materials, participation options and safety boundary are clear.

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