School Holiday Programs | City of Canterbury Bankstown

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

Cooking program with Ozharvest

Discover the joy of cooking nutritious, budget-friendly meals with OzHarvest.

Monday 7-Wednesday 9 July, 10.30am-1pm
Monday 14-Wednesday 16 July, 10.30am-1pm

Soccer clinic

Score big with us!

Tuesday 8 and 15 July, 9am-noon

Build your own bouquet of ceramic wildflowers complete with a display dish!

Ceramics: Wildflowers

Session 1: Tuesday, 8 July, 10am-noon

Session 2: Tuesday, 15 July, 10am-noon

Craft creepy-crawly spiders using colourful pipe cleaners — perfect for kids to create and play!

Piper cleaner spiders

Tuesday 8 July, 10.30am-noon

Job Search and Interview Training

Finding a job can be challenging and interviewing can be daunting

Tuesday 8 July, 11am-1pm

Teddy bear, polar bear or panda?

Ceramics: Build a bear!

Session 1: Tuesday, 8 July, 1-4pm

Session 2: Tuesday, 15 July, 1-4pm

Indoor rock climbing at Villawood

Whether you’re a beginner or already love climbing, this session is all about challenging yourself, learning new skills and having fun with friends in a safe, supervised environment.

Tuesday 8 July, 1.15-4.30pm

Join us for a fun afternoon of bingo!

Bingo Chester Hill

Tuesday 8 July, 1.30-2.30pm

Get strategic and learn to play this exciting Aussie board game!

Scribbly Gum game

Tuesday 8 July, 2-3pm

Greenacre

Haunted house

Use your imagination to create a spooky haunted house

Tuesday 8 July, 2-3pm

Benny T’s Huge Magic Show

Inspire your imagination as Benny T takes you on the spectacular journey of how he became a magician and makes you the star of the show!

Tuesday 8 July, 2.30-4pm

Pokémon challenge

Gotta fight 'em all!

Tuesday 8 July, 2.30-4pm OR Tuesday 15 July, 2.30-4pm

Drop in for a fun afternoon of family board games

Games afternoon Padstow

Tuesday 8 July, 2.30-4pm

Join us for a fun afternoon of bingo!

Bingo Panania

Tuesday 8 July, 2.30-4pm

Ceramics: Mug and plate set

Build a mug and plate set using a variety of hand-building techniques in this introduction to ceramics.

Session 1: Tuesday, 8 July, 6-8pm

Session 2: Tuesday, 15 July, 6-8pm

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

East Hills

Bulldogs League Stars Junior Clinic

Come down to Smith Park, East Hills for a morning of fun activities with the NRL and ACTIVE CB

Wednesday 9 July, 9am-noon

Canterbury-Bankstown STEM Kids

Join this school holiday program for a day of teamwork, creativity and problem solving including making a video game!

Wednesday 9 July 9am-3pm

Basketball clinic

Dribble, shoot, score!

Wednesday 9 and 16 July. 9am-noon

Personalised Mini Stamp Making

Learn to carve your own personalised stamp!

Wednesday 9 July, 10am-noon

Gain an extra 20 bonus hours

Safer drivers’ course

Wednesday 9 July, 10am-4pm

Enjoy a fun, family-friendly movie — call us at Campsie Library to find out what the film will be!

Family movie Campsie

Wednesday 9 July, 10.30am-noon

Get inspired and keep yourself organised with your very own wall notepad.

Notepad

Wednesday 9 July, 10.30-11.30am

Playing with Portraits: Not Just a Pretty Face

In this drawing workshop, you will learn all the basic rules to creating the perfect portrait. And then you'll learn how to break them!

Wednesday 9 July, 1.30-3.30pm

Hologram workshop Bankstown

Wednesday 9 July, 2.30-4.30pm

Wanna be a marine biologist?

Connect with the natural world in this fun and educational incursion with Nathan from The Wildlife Movement

Wednesday 9 July, 2.30-4pm

Youth Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons has been bringing people together to create living adventures for fifty years

Thursday 10 July, 10am-2pm
Thursday 17 July, 10am-2pm

Micro film making workshop & mini contest

Ever wanted to make your own short film?

Thursday 10 July 10am-4pm

Are you ready to build and construct amazing creations with motors?

Yagoona

Bricks 4 Kidz

Thursday 10 July, 10am-noon

Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

Discover the origin and evolution of Chinese characters and learn to create your own calligraphic work using traditional inks and brushes!

Thursday 10 July, 10.30-12.30pm

Pencil holder caterpillar

Build a quirky caterpillar pencil holder to organize your desk with style and creativity

Thursday 10 July, 10.30am-noon

Join us for a fun morning of bingo!

Bingo at Earlwood

Thursday 10 July, 10.30-11.30am

Hologram workshop Riverwood

Thursday 10 July, 2-4pm

Being in the dark is much more fun with your own owl lantern

Owl lantern

Thursday 10 July, 2.30-4pm

Make paper cup friends and then compete to see who can knock them down the fastest

Angry cups

Thursday 10 July, 2.30-4pm

Scrawl Walk Robot – STEAM with your parent or carer

Come and build a robot with your parent or carer and watch it create fun and unique artwork as the motor's vibrations make your robot walk

Thursday 10 July, 2.30-4pm

Learn coding and robotics with Kubo!

Kubo robots Chester Hill

Thursday 10 July, 2.30-3.30pm

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

Touch football and school yard games

Step onto the court and show off your skills at our touch football clinic

Friday 11 and 18 July. 9am-noon

Bounce Trampoline Park + Drop-in

Get ready to defy gravity at BOUNCE Homebush, Sydney’s ultimate indoor trampoline and adventure park!

Friday 11 July

Activity: 1pm-4.15pm
Drop-in: 10am-1pm

African Dancing and Drumming

Get moving with this lively rhythmic workshop for kids!

Friday 11 July, 10.30-11.30am

Wow! Use your imagination and look at what fun things you can create using CDs

CD creations

Friday 11 July, 2.30-4pm

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

Get ready to run, tag, and have a blast with East Hills Oztag!

Active CB Oztag Clinic

Monday 14 July, 9am-noon

Cooking program with Ozharvest

Discover the joy of cooking nutritious, budget-friendly meals with OzHarvest.

Monday 7-Wednesday 9 July, 10.30am-1pm
Monday 14-Wednesday 16 July, 10.30am-1pm

Tween Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons has been bringing people together to create living adventures for fifty years

Monday 14 July, 2-5pm

Make a paper rabbit dancer

Dancing rabbit

Monday 14 July, 2.30-4pm

Soccer clinic

Score big with us!

Tuesday 8 and 15 July, 9am-noon

Unleash your creativity at Earlwood Library’s crafting event!

Dream catcher Earlwood

Tuesday 15 July, 10.30-11.30am

Join us for a fun morning of bingo!

Bingo Campsie

Tuesday 15 July, 10.30am-noon

We’ve hired out a whole cinema room for your ultimate movie marathon experience!

Movie marathon

Tuesday 15 July, 1pm-6pm

Greenacre

Marble run – with pompom!

Use your creativity to make a fun obstacle course out of straws, paper and buttons

Tuesday 15 July, 2-3pm

Pokémon challenge

Gotta fight 'em all!

Tuesday 8 July, 2.30-4pm OR Tuesday 15 July, 2.30-4pm

Join us for a thrilling afternoon of Minute to Win It!

Minute to Win It games

Tuesday 15 July, 2.30-3.30pm

Create a Christmas gingerbread house that children can personalise and proudly display

Christmas in July

Tuesday 15 July, 2.30-4pm

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

Campise

Kids’ bus trip to Minnamurra Rainforest

If you love animals, nature and the great outdoors then this activity is for you

Wednesday 16 July, 8am-4pm

Bass Hill

Cycle skills fun

Bring your bike and helmet for a morning of fun competitions, prizes and bike games, plus safety checks and tips.

Wednesday 16 July, 9am-1pm 

Basketball clinic

Dribble, shoot, score!

Wednesday 9 and 16 July. 9am-noon

Experiment with shapes, colours and textures in this coral-inspired one-day sculpting workshop.

Sculpture Under the Sea

Wednesday 16 July, 10am-12.30pm

Join us for this special junior STEM session designed to spark curiosity in our youngest scientists!

Little Bang science

Wednesday 16 July, 10.30am-noon

Get crafty to colour and make your own sheet of stickers!

D.I.Y. stickers

Wednesday 16 July, 11am-noon

Playing with Portraits: Not Just a Pretty Face

In this drawing workshop, you will learn all the basic rules to creating the perfect portrait. And then you'll learn how to break them!

Wednesday 16 July, 1.30-3.30pm

Greenacre

Hologram workshop Greenacre

Wednesday 16 July, 2-4pm

Catch your fish, hang it in the wind and watch while it wiggles and squirms

Hanging fish

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-4pm

Dream catchers Chester Hill

A classic weaving craft

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-3.30pm

The cutest way to learn STEAM and coding

Kubo robots Lakemba

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-4pm

Reverse Garbage – creator club

Let your imagination run wild and create a work of art using a range of materials that could be found around the house as well items from Reverse Garbage

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-3.30pm

Brick building fun Panania

A fun STEM activity, creative and colourful

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-4pm

Create a colourful butterfly with wings that can flap

Flapping butterfly

Wednesday 16 July, 2.30-4pm

PPP: Pet Portrait Painting

Learn the basics in animal portraiture and transfer your furry companion onto a canvas!

Thursday 17 July, 10am-2pm

Crochet for beginners + Drop-in

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the basics of crochet and create your very own scarf or hairband to take home!

Thursday 17 July

Activity: 2-4.30pm
Drop-in: 10am-4.30pm

Youth Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons has been bringing people together to create living adventures for fifty years

Thursday 10 July, 10am-2pm
Thursday 17 July, 10am-2pm

Create mesmerizing agamographs — craft pictures that magically transform as you shift your view!

Agamographs

Thursday 17 July, 10.30am-noon

Hologram workshop Chester Hill

Thursday 17 July, 2-4pm

Blow away the winter blues by making your own bubble wands

Bubbly day crafts

Thursday 17 July, 2.30-3.30pm

Your star-faced puppet will make everyone laugh as it dances and wiggles

Star puppet

Thursday 17 July, 2.30-4pm

Our holiday intensive program is a great way to introduce your child to swimming lessons or quickly improve their skills!

Monday 7-Friday 11 July
Monday 14-Friday 18 July

Touch football and school yard games

Step onto the court and show off your skills at our touch football clinic

Friday 11 and 18 July. 9am-noon

BYRC Drop-in + mini game comps

Come hang out, join the fun and show off your skills at our Drop-in Games Competition Day!

Friday 18 July

Activity: 1-3.30pm
Drop-in: 10am-4.30pm

Get ready for action-packed fun!

Laser tag and bowling

Friday 18 July, 10am-2pm

Family movie Riverwood

All ages

Friday 18 July, 2-4pm

Hologram workshop Padstow

Friday 18 July, 2.30-4.30pm

Join us for a fun afternoon of bingo!

Bingo Bankstown

Friday 18 July, 2.30-3.30pm

Impressions of Place: Watercolour Monoprinting

Explore your emotional and sensory connections to place and create layered, one-of-a-kind monoprints.

Saturday 19 July, 11.30am-4.30pm