ascham holiday academy

Autumn 2018 16–27 April

Ascham Holiday Academy

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General informationAscham Holiday Academy runs a wide range of stimulating programs open to girls and boys of specific Year groups. Students are able to learn in a relaxed and safe enviroment with trained teachers and staff.

Depending on the program, you may enrol in one or all days in a particular week. Please refer to the program information for description details.

Dates

LocationAll holiday programs take place at Ascham School, 188 New South Head Road, Edgecliff. Follow the signs to program location.

Drop off and pick upAll students attending the programs should enter the School through the main entrance on New South Head Road.

Year 4 and below: students in Year 4 and below are required to be signed in by a parent/guardian at the beginning of the day and signed out again at the end of the day. Afternoon collection is from White Gate/Wallis Reception building at New South Head Road entrance only. A car line will be operational.

Year 5–Year 6 students: these students are to sign themselves in prior to the morning start and will be dismissed at the end of the day.

TimingThe programs run from 9am–3.30pm daily. Students should not arrive prior to 8.30am or be collected after 4pm. After 4pm a fee per child of $5 per five minutes or part thereof will be charged.

AllergiesAll parents must inform the Head of Outreach in writing of any known allergies and if relevant provide a current action plan with photograph.

What to bring A list of what to bring is outlined under each specific program, however all participants are to wear appropriate clothing, including a hat for when outside, and closed-in shoes. All children must bring their own morning tea, lunch and drinks.

Photo permissionPhotographs may be taken by Ascham Holiday Academy staff and may be used for Ascham publications, on the website and in social media. If you do not wish your child’s photograph to be used, please notify the Head of Outreach in writing.

Enrichment Program (Years K–6)

Robotics (Years K–1)

AHA on Excursion (Years 3–6)

Little Legends (Year K–6)

Action Pack Movie-Making (Years 2–6)

SpeakOut Schools (Years 3–4)

Code Camp (Years K–7)

Minecraft Movie-Making (Years 2–6)

Lip Sync Video (Years 2–6)

Scientific Spectacular (Years K–6)

Drone Program (Years 3–6)

Week 1 Monday 16 – Friday 20 April

Week 2Monday 23 – Friday 27 April (no programs on Wednesday 25 April Anzac Day)

Enrichment Program (Years K–6)

Robotics (Years 2–6)

Claymation (Years 2–6)

AHA on Excursion (Years 3–6)

Little Legends (Years K–6)

SpeakOut Schools (Years 5–8)

Code Camp (Years K–7)

Scientific Spectacular (Years K–6)

Live2Dance (Years K–6)

Drone Program (Years 3–6)

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EnrolmentsEnrolment for all programs is via Trybooking (www.trybooking.com/359501) only.

You will be required to pay for the programs selected using a credit card, and a receipt will be automatically generated, which is your confirmation of enrolment. No other form of confirmation is given. Minimum numbers need to be reached in order for a program to go ahead. If minimum numbers are not reached, you will be informed and provided with a refund. Enrolments are taken on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis as numbers are limited in all programs, so please book early to avoid disappointment. There will be no refunds or credits for cancelled bookings.

All details including special needs, medical and known allergies, and emergency contacts must be completed at the time of booking.

The enrolment period is now open and closes on Monday 9 April 2018.

Program hours are to be strictly adhered to. Please ensure participants arrive, check-in and are collected on time to avoid any late fees.

Further information and contact detailsPlease contact the Head of Outreach: Ms Heidi Beesley at [email protected] or 02 8356 7000.

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Enrichment Program Years K–6

Monday 16 – Friday 20 AprilMonday 23 – Friday 27 April (no program on Wednesday 25 April Anzac Day)

9am–3.30pm daily$80/day

What to bring: morning tea, lunch, drinks, hat, swimmers (Tuesday and Friday), tennis racquet (Monday and Thursday) if you own one, otherwise borrow one of the School racquets.

The Ascham Holiday Academy’s Enrichment Program is a multi-activity program designed to suit all interests for girls and boys aged from Kindergarten to Year 6. Three sessions are scheduled each day with age-specific activities that will support the students’ academic, social and emotional intelligence.

These holidays the following activities will be running:

Art Workshops: create and explore various skills to create masterpieces. Be inspired by famous artists… we have it all.

Drama: children will learn improvisation skills that will assist them with developing confidence, creative thinking and performance techniques.

Junior Masterchef: using measurement skills and step-by-step instructions, students will create a tasty delight.

Maths Mania: engage in a variety of fun games and activities that develop and challenge your mathematical skills.

Writing Workshop: using popular books and different themes as stimulus, write your very own piece of work, and let your imagination run wild.

Sport: develop your gross motor skills as well as your team work in this highly active and fun session.

Swimming: instructional sessions including freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly as well as relay techniques taken by Ascham Aquatics staff.

Tennis: bring your own racquet or borrow one of the School racquets to engage in the active Tennis program.

Craft: engage in a variety of creative craft activities and take home your new creation.

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Robotics Years K–1: Friday 20 April $85 (one-day program)

Years 2–6: Monday 23 – Tuesday 24 April $160 (two-day program)

9am–3.30pm daily

What to bring: morning tea, lunch, drinks and hat

The Kindergarten and Year 1 program is a one-day program. Due to the extra time needed for Years 2–6 to develop their learning fully, this is a two-day program.

K–Year 6 (LEGO WeDo)—students will experience the new software and construction kits while participating in engaging, fun and exciting theme-based activities, building working models such as animals, soccer players, monkeys and crocodiles, which feature sensors that move through fun drag-and-drop technology. Storytelling will take place through the new transportation and fantasy fairy tales hardware.

Some advanced students will experience the Mindstorms EV3 software and be able to turn their creations into live robots that follow their every command via individual smart devices. Using computer science, science, technology, engineering and mathematical principles, students will ignite their engagement and energise their learning through real-life problem solving. Please note that this is a two-day program.

Claymation Workshop Years 2–6

Friday 27 April

9am – 3.30pm$95


This is a one-day workshop run by Digi Ed. Students will learn to plan narratives using storyboards and use clay to create scenes and characters. They will produce their own digital animated movies using the latest digital software. The final process of editing the movie will involve adding titles, credits and music. All movies will be burnt onto a DVD for them to take home and share with family and friends.

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AHA on Excursion

Years 3–6

Friday 20, Monday 23, Tuesday 24 and Friday 27 April

9am–3.30pm daily

What to bring: morning tea, lunch and drinks.

Transportation: by enrolling into these programs you give consent for your child to travel to and from venues by public transport, taxi or school bus.

Let’s Go SurfingFriday 20 April $110 (includes entry and transport costs)

Balmoral Water SportsMonday 23 – Tuesday 24 April $220 (two-day program) (includes entry and transport costs)

Come and improve your waterskills these holidays with AHA on Excursion. Enjoy a day at Maroubra Beach with ‘Let’s Go Surfing’. Take part in surfing, honing your surfing skills on land and then in the water, as well as body boarding and general surf education.

Enjoy a day on the water with Balmoral Water Sports. Students will take part in windsurfing, sailing, kayaking and stand up paddleboarding, learning the skills and developing the techniques required.

Please take note that students must be able to swim to take part in the Let’s Go Surfing Program as well as the day with Balmoral Water Sports.

Little Legends

Years K–6: Tuesday 17 and/or Tuesday 24 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$90/day


Little Legends aims to build a lasting love of exercise through a wide variety of age-specific sports, games and activities that are suitable for both girls and boys of all athletic abilities (all children will be kept in age groups throughout the day). The day begins with warm-up games and throughout the day the students rotate between different sports, games and action-packed activities that will leave your children asking for more. Some of the games include relay races, soccer, netball/basketball, capture the flag, music games and many more.

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SpeakOut Schools

Years 3–4: Monday 16 April $125

Years 5–8: Wednesday 18 – Thursday 19 April $210 (two-day program)

9am–3.30pm daily


Why not book your child into a holiday workshop that will teach them a true life skill? SpeakOut Schools run workshops that help kids overcome any fear of public speaking, increasing their self confidence and reducing anxiety. Most importantly, the workshops are highly engaging, interactive and fun—it is the school holidays after all! We use lots of games and activities to help teach the basics of public speaking and the students have multiple opportunities to practise their newly acquired skills in a highly supportive environment.

The two-day workshop for Years 5 and 6 students are tailored specifically to help students prepare for the speaking requirements of high school and beyond.

Our Ascham workshops are run by SpeakOut Schools founder and TEDx speaker coach, Katharine Collins.

Action Pack Movie-Making

Years 2–6: Monday 16 – Tuesday 17 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$165 (two-day program)


Bring your imagination to life on the big screen! Escape bombs, chase aliens and create amazing action film sequences... this is StarTime’s Action Pack Movie-Making workshop! You’ll engage with some of the latest apps, including: green screen, time-lapse sequencing and other SFX software for the purpose of making your movies more engaging and creative. On completion films will be uploaded to YouTube for all your friends and family to enjoy.

This two-day workshop is action packed, you’ll be amazed with what you can achieve!

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Code Camp—We teach kids to code!

Week 1: Monday 16 – Thursday 19 AprilSpark, Ignite and Blast 3D

Week 2: Monday 23 – Friday 27 April (please note Wednesday is Anzac Day so there will be no camp that day)Spark, Ignite and Blast 3D

9am–3.30pm daily (drop off from 8.30am, pick up until 4pm). What to bring: Morning tea, lunch, drinks and hat.

Cost$239—Little League (two-day camp)$439—Spark, Ignite and Blast 3D (four-day camps)

Week 2: Thursday 26 – Friday 27 AprilLittle League

Week 1: Wednesday 18 – Thursday 19 AprilLittle League

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Code Camp Little League—Years K–1Our little coders make their first small but important leap from consumers to creators of tech. Each Little League camp comes equipped with iPads, board games and more for the whole class to enjoy. Using both online and offline activities, create awesome mini-games and learn about coding in the process. It’s so much fun, your kids won’t even realise they’re building new skills at the same time!

Code Camp Spark—Years 2–6Our most popular camp designed specifically for first time Code Campers to design, create and build their very own iPhone app! (It’ll also work on Android and web.) Learn ‘drag & drop’ coding with our own Code Camp World (which you’ll be able to access at home after camps for free). This is our most popular camp, which more than 12,000 children have completed and loved, and where every child aged 7 and above should start their Code Camp journey regardless of their prior coding experience.

Code Camp Ignite—Years 2–6Been before? Continue your Code Camp journey and level up to Ignite! More fun, new coding, harder challenges. We’ll build more incredible apps, with new animations, new characters, harder logic and harder code.... but all the more engagement and fun! We’ll continue on with drag & drop coding, and then during the camp level up to JavaScript.

Code Camp Blast 3D—Years 3–7Brand new 3D camp for Autumn 2018—for our superheroes who have conquered the Spark and Ignite camps and are ready for a full camp in the world of JavaScript. This is the first time we have ever offered 3D—we can’t wait for your child to immerse themselves in a 3D world of their creation! Built with the same technology behind their favourite Pixar movies and video games, Code Camp Blast 3D will unlock the next level of their coding adventure. It’s so much fun they won’t even realise how much they’re learning.

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Minecraft Movie-Making

Years 2–6: Thursday 19 – Friday 20 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$165 for the two-day program


If you love Minecraft, and you love sharing your creativity, then this workshop is just for you! Whether you’re a Minecraft expert or just starting out, this workshop will free your imagination and give you all the technical skills necessary to become a Master ‘Minecraft-er’. To top it off, you’ll use your new-found knowledge and skills to create your own Minecraft YouTube tutorial! Using iPads as a movie-making device, green screen technology and your unique Minecraft world, you will lead the demonstration of an aspect of your Minecraft creation to share with others in a professional tutorial. Your YouTube tutorial will include the instructions and footage about the creation of your world, as well as recorded voice overs that will be edited into a dynamic and informative video, that you’ll be proud to upload to YouTube to share with your friends and family. With this workshop, you’re sure to become a Minecraft Master! Have fun, inspire your imagination and creatively apply your 21st-century technical skills with ‘Minecraft Masters’.

Perform like a star on Lip Sync Battle and have fun with friends creating choreography to your favourite song.

In StarTime’s Lip Sync Video workshop you’ll be taught camera and performance techniques that enable you to create professional and creative video clips.

Lip Sync VideoYears 2–6: Thursday 19 – Friday 20 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$165


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Scientific Spectacular Years K–6

Wednesday 18 and/or Monday 23 April

9am–3.30pm$95/day


Do you want to see everyday things become extraordinary scientific discoveries? Then come to StarTime’s Scientific Spectacular!

Be guided by StarTime’s seriously silly scientist Professor Dinglesplodge, who’ll show you some wicked science tricks!

You’ll make your own lava lamp, pop rockets, bouncy balls and combine baking soda and vinegar to float balloons without using helium. Scientific Spectacular will give you the opportunity to make your own mini-science show and perform to your captive audience. The magic of science—check it out at the Scientific Spectacular!

Note: StarTime reserves the right to change science experiments should ingredients not be available at the time.

Live2Dance

Years K–6: Thursday 26 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$95


Gain physical and creative confidence dancing hip hop to the latest music beats. We provide world-class, cutting-edge choreography delivered by experienced and professional hip hop artists so students can discover their unique physical expression.

Our dance workshops are the perfect way to build confidence, coordination, self expression and creativity in a fun, supportive and structured environment.

Students will learn the fundamentals of hip hop style, breaking tricks, waving and slow motion techniques.

As well as learning the latest choreography, this workshop will include dance battles, freestyling and the chance for students to get creative with their own dance moves, so each child can really let their unique style shine!

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Drone Program

Years 3–6: Monday 16 – Tuesday 17 April or Thursday 26 – Friday 27 April

9am–3.30pm daily

$150 for the two-day program


Welcome to our drone holiday program!

Drones are transforming the way we operate in fields as diverse as movie-making, agriculture, science and infrastructure. Their role in the technology revolution will have a huge impact on the world as we know it.

In this two-day hands-on intensive and fun workshop, students will have the choice of focusing on photography, racing or just learning how to fly for fun.

Photographic activities will include writing a storyboard, moving the drone and controlling shots for still photography and video. There will be great tips for editing and storytelling.

Racing will include how to control a speeding drone (+110km/h), how to fly using goggles, confidence with crashing, and having fun racing your friends.

Introduction to all the variety of uses and careers that drones offer will include hands-on demonstrations with different drone equipment.

Moriarty Aerials is a fully CASA-qualified drone business and instructor Tim Moriarty’s experience includes instructing a drone program at Ascham in term time, teaching at AFTRS, and performing a range of creative competencies in drone, music and design. Visit moriartyaerials.com.au/about.

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