Our Sunny Kids Writing Camps are held each school holidays at Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim (Sunshine Coast, QLD).
These workshops have proven incredibly popular with budding young authors between the ages of 7 - 14 years.
Our programs are always varied and include writing and drawing components. Sessions always book out quickly so if you are interested in securing a spot for your child, please click on the BOOK NOW button below.
These workshops have proven incredibly popular with budding young authors between the ages of 7 - 14 years.
Our programs are always varied and include writing and drawing components. Sessions always book out quickly so if you are interested in securing a spot for your child, please click on the BOOK NOW button below.
Sunny Kids Camp - Summer School Holidays, January 2019
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ONE DATE ONLY FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Wednesday 16 January, 2019
NEW, CENTRALLY LOCATED VENUE!
Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim
These awesome creative writing camps are run by Aleesah Darlison, award-winning and internationally published children's author. Suits Ages 7 - 14 years.
Hours: 8:30am - 4:00pm.
Venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim.
Wednesday 16 January 2019, Topic: Turtle Dreaming - come on an ocean adventure as we learn all about turtles then write and illustrate a beautiful turtle-inspired picture book.
The workshop also includes fun games, activities and prize draws throughout the day.
Children will enjoy a full day writing camp with Aleesah Darlison in a tutorial/class environment with one-on-one time throughout the day plus instructions and advice on various writing skills and genres. Elements of writing and drawing are included in each program, with plenty of stimulating discussion, group and individual exercises and take home materials.
Tell your friends and bring them along!
Sunny Kids Camps has a new, centrally located venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim. We have a comfortable, air-conditioned workshop room with a beautiful, secure outdoor play area for meal times.
Price for each full-day workshop is $66. BYO food.
Sunny Kids Camps help children with their writing and foster the authors of tomorrow.
Enjoy a full day writing camp with Aleesah Darlison, multi-published, award-winning children's author. Work in a tutorial/class environment with one-on-one time throughout the day plus instructions and advice on writing.
Each day’s program offers variety in material to keep young minds switched on and learning. There are both elements of writing and drawing involved in each program, with plenty of stimulating discussion, group and individual exercises, plus take home materials.
We have designed the camps to allow for longer days so you can get to work early and don’t have to rush back to pick up the kids after only a few hours. The sessions are run by popular children's author, Aleesah Darlison, along with special guests as and when needed. Children remain supervised throughout the day. The camp classes are restricted to twenty-five students to ensure maximum benefit for each child.
Camp Hours:
8:30am: Camp opens for registration. You're welcome to kiss and drop if you like as the kids will be supervised from the start, otherwise stay until class starts.
9:00am: Writing Class - Session 1
10:30am: Morning Tea
10:45am: Writing Class - Session 2
12:30pm: Lunch - 45 minute break with play time
1:15pm: Writing Class - Session 3
2:15pm: Afternoon Tea
2:30pm: Writing Class - Session 4
4:00pm: Reflection on the day's learning then END OF CLASS
Materials - what to bring:
Pencil case with pencils, pens, erasers, sharpener, textas.
Notebook or paper to write on.
A passion for writing and an interest in exploring your creativity.
An imagination that doesn't mind being exercised!
* Some additional materials including handouts will be provided, depending on the class topic.
Please remember to pack a full morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for your child, plus a water bottle. Please notify Camp Staff of any food allergies or intolerances and ensure all medications and Epipens are provided to the workshop presenter on the day.
Please no electronic devices. We will be writing, creating and playing the old fashioned way!
Limited places - class sized only. If your child wants to bring a friend along, please make sure they sign up together to ensure both children secure their spots.
All staff and presenters have Blue Cards and Public Liability Insurance.
Sunny Kids Camp Price:
$66 per day inc GST. Book through Eventbrite by clicking on the BOOK NOW button below.
NEW, CENTRALLY LOCATED VENUE!
Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim
These awesome creative writing camps are run by Aleesah Darlison, award-winning and internationally published children's author. Suits Ages 7 - 14 years.
Hours: 8:30am - 4:00pm.
Venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim.
Wednesday 16 January 2019, Topic: Turtle Dreaming - come on an ocean adventure as we learn all about turtles then write and illustrate a beautiful turtle-inspired picture book.
The workshop also includes fun games, activities and prize draws throughout the day.
Children will enjoy a full day writing camp with Aleesah Darlison in a tutorial/class environment with one-on-one time throughout the day plus instructions and advice on various writing skills and genres. Elements of writing and drawing are included in each program, with plenty of stimulating discussion, group and individual exercises and take home materials.
Tell your friends and bring them along!
Sunny Kids Camps has a new, centrally located venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim. We have a comfortable, air-conditioned workshop room with a beautiful, secure outdoor play area for meal times.
Price for each full-day workshop is $66. BYO food.
Sunny Kids Camps help children with their writing and foster the authors of tomorrow.
Enjoy a full day writing camp with Aleesah Darlison, multi-published, award-winning children's author. Work in a tutorial/class environment with one-on-one time throughout the day plus instructions and advice on writing.
Each day’s program offers variety in material to keep young minds switched on and learning. There are both elements of writing and drawing involved in each program, with plenty of stimulating discussion, group and individual exercises, plus take home materials.
We have designed the camps to allow for longer days so you can get to work early and don’t have to rush back to pick up the kids after only a few hours. The sessions are run by popular children's author, Aleesah Darlison, along with special guests as and when needed. Children remain supervised throughout the day. The camp classes are restricted to twenty-five students to ensure maximum benefit for each child.
Camp Hours:
8:30am: Camp opens for registration. You're welcome to kiss and drop if you like as the kids will be supervised from the start, otherwise stay until class starts.
9:00am: Writing Class - Session 1
10:30am: Morning Tea
10:45am: Writing Class - Session 2
12:30pm: Lunch - 45 minute break with play time
1:15pm: Writing Class - Session 3
2:15pm: Afternoon Tea
2:30pm: Writing Class - Session 4
4:00pm: Reflection on the day's learning then END OF CLASS
Materials - what to bring:
Pencil case with pencils, pens, erasers, sharpener, textas.
Notebook or paper to write on.
A passion for writing and an interest in exploring your creativity.
An imagination that doesn't mind being exercised!
* Some additional materials including handouts will be provided, depending on the class topic.
Please remember to pack a full morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for your child, plus a water bottle. Please notify Camp Staff of any food allergies or intolerances and ensure all medications and Epipens are provided to the workshop presenter on the day.
Please no electronic devices. We will be writing, creating and playing the old fashioned way!
Limited places - class sized only. If your child wants to bring a friend along, please make sure they sign up together to ensure both children secure their spots.
All staff and presenters have Blue Cards and Public Liability Insurance.
Sunny Kids Camp Price:
$66 per day inc GST. Book through Eventbrite by clicking on the BOOK NOW button below.
Special Event for January 2019: Kids Vision Board Party
Monday 7 January 2019
A fun, interactive, inclusive Goal Setting Party run by Aleesah Darlison, award-winning and internationally published children's author. Suits Ages 7 - 14 years.
Hours: 8:30am - 12:00pm. Registration commences at 8:30am and the workshop starts at 9:00am sharp.
Venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, QLD.
The start of the new year is the perfect time for children to set goals they wish to achieve for the coming twelve months.
A vision board is a collage representing POSITIVE things you’d like to attract to your life.
Vision boards can focus on something specific, like academic endeavours, sport, friendships, behaviours, personal development, or general goals for the year.
Or visions boards can encompass overall or ‘bigger picture’ life desires, dreams, hopes and wishes.
The benefits of making vision boards have been widely espoused and these include:
In this fun, hands-on, creative workshop, children will plan and assess their goals for 2019. They will then set about creating and decorating a large vision board that includes their goals set out as pictures, text, artwork, wordart, drawings, diagrams, and inspirational quotes.
We will be sharing our completed Vision Boards at the end of the workshop.
All materials and stationery are supplied.
If children would like to bring specific photos or images with them, they may.
Please bring morning tea, a water bottle and a hat for outside play during morning tea.
Camp Hours:
8:30am: Camp opens for registration. You're welcome to kiss and drop if you like as children will be supervised from the start, otherwise stay until class starts.
9:00am: Vision Board Introduction, Goal Setting and Planning - Session 1
10:15am: Morning Tea
10:30am: Vision Board Design, Creation and Decoration - Session 1
11:45am: Group Sharing & Celebration - Parents welcome to sit in on this portion of the workshop
12:00pm: Wrap Up of Vision Board Party
12:05pm: All children to be picked up
Please notify Camp Staff of any food allergies or intolerances and ensure all medications and Epipens are provided to the workshop presenter on the day.
Please no electronic devices. We will be creating, socialising and playing the old-fashioned way.
Camp Inclusions:
Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, QLD.
Private workshop room where the Vision Board Party will be held and secure outside play area for morning tea.
Limited places - class sized only. If your child wants to bring a friend along, please make sure they sign up together to ensure both children secure their spots.
Hours: 8:30am - 12:00pm.
Sunny Kids Camp Price: $44 (inc gst) + Eventbrite booking fee. All materials are included.
All presenters have Blue Cards and public liability insurance.
A fun, interactive, inclusive Goal Setting Party run by Aleesah Darlison, award-winning and internationally published children's author. Suits Ages 7 - 14 years.
Hours: 8:30am - 12:00pm. Registration commences at 8:30am and the workshop starts at 9:00am sharp.
Venue: Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, QLD.
The start of the new year is the perfect time for children to set goals they wish to achieve for the coming twelve months.
A vision board is a collage representing POSITIVE things you’d like to attract to your life.
Vision boards can focus on something specific, like academic endeavours, sport, friendships, behaviours, personal development, or general goals for the year.
Or visions boards can encompass overall or ‘bigger picture’ life desires, dreams, hopes and wishes.
The benefits of making vision boards have been widely espoused and these include:
- Gets kids focused on being positive
- Provides kids with a sense of empowerment and control over how they want to live their lives
- Identifies goals and gives them clarity
- Provides goals to aim for – either in the short or long term
- Creates a powerful, visual tool that represents dreams and desires that kids can make come true
- Reinforces daily affirmations
- Keeps attention on intentions
- Allows kids to choose and follow strong role models
- When displayed in a prominent place, becomes a permanent, visual reminder of goals to strive for
- Keeps kids active, creative and socialising
In this fun, hands-on, creative workshop, children will plan and assess their goals for 2019. They will then set about creating and decorating a large vision board that includes their goals set out as pictures, text, artwork, wordart, drawings, diagrams, and inspirational quotes.
We will be sharing our completed Vision Boards at the end of the workshop.
All materials and stationery are supplied.
If children would like to bring specific photos or images with them, they may.
Please bring morning tea, a water bottle and a hat for outside play during morning tea.
Camp Hours:
8:30am: Camp opens for registration. You're welcome to kiss and drop if you like as children will be supervised from the start, otherwise stay until class starts.
9:00am: Vision Board Introduction, Goal Setting and Planning - Session 1
10:15am: Morning Tea
10:30am: Vision Board Design, Creation and Decoration - Session 1
11:45am: Group Sharing & Celebration - Parents welcome to sit in on this portion of the workshop
12:00pm: Wrap Up of Vision Board Party
12:05pm: All children to be picked up
Please notify Camp Staff of any food allergies or intolerances and ensure all medications and Epipens are provided to the workshop presenter on the day.
Please no electronic devices. We will be creating, socialising and playing the old-fashioned way.
Camp Inclusions:
Alcooringa Youth & Community Centre, 176 Ballinger Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, QLD.
Private workshop room where the Vision Board Party will be held and secure outside play area for morning tea.
Limited places - class sized only. If your child wants to bring a friend along, please make sure they sign up together to ensure both children secure their spots.
Hours: 8:30am - 12:00pm.
Sunny Kids Camp Price: $44 (inc gst) + Eventbrite booking fee. All materials are included.
All presenters have Blue Cards and public liability insurance.
Sunny Kids Camp Tutor: Aleesah Darlison
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Aleesah Darlison is an internationally published, award-winning Australian children's author. She writes picture books, chapter books, novels and series.
Her story themes promote friendship, courage, understanding, teamwork and environmental themes. In 2015, she won the Environment Award for Children's Literature (Non-Fiction). Aleesah has published over forty books including Stripes in the Forest: The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine, Ash Rover: Keeper of the Phoenix, the Unicorn Riders Series, the Totally Twins Series, Netball Gems, Puggle's Problem, Warambi and Mama & Hug. Travelling throughout Australia and overseas, Aleesah regularly conducts author talks and writing workshops for adults and children at preschools, schools, libraries, writers' centres and festivals. Visit Aleesah's website at: www.aleesahdarlison.com |