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Last Updated: Thursday, 19 January 2023 09:46

Published: Friday, 23 December 2022 15:18

Looking for a January school holiday activity suggestion?

Toowoomba Regional Council is filling lazy summer days with a host of activities and sessions for indoor and outdoor pursuits.

For full details of Council-related activities and other events across the Region, visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/events 

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery at 531 Ruthven Street is hosting various workshops in January 2023.

Basket Weaving Workshop with Aunty Barbara Walker, Wednesday, January 11 from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Barbara Walker is a proud Wiradjuri woman from Wagga Wagga, NSW, who practises and teaches traditional coiling weaving [Wadya waybarra]. Being able to share weaving techniques, for many different applications, with all who are wanting to learn, brings her satisfaction.

Join Aunty Barb for a weaving workshop with natural materials.

https://events.tr.qld.gov.au/events/98864/school-holiday-workshop-basket-weaving-workshop-with-aunty-barbara-walker 

Masarap Multimedia Workshop with Ben Tupas, Friday, January 13, 2023 from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

The word Masarap means ‘Delicious’ in the Filipino language. Join Filipino-Australian artist Ben Tupas to explore storytelling through food.

Workshop participants will explore the ingredients relating to the famous Filipino dish, Chicken Adobo, and hear the personal story behind Ben’s artwork Masarap 2022.

Participants will then make art inspired by their family recipes, record their story or create a digital photographic work that incorporates the story behind the food. At the end of the workshop, participants will sample Chicken Adobo from a local restaurant.

https://events.tr.qld.gov.au/events/98865/school-holiday-workshop-masarap-multimedia-workshop-with-ben-tupas 

The two workshops above are suitable for ages nine to 12.

Line, colour and representation – Tinker, Sunday, January 15 from 11am to noon and 1.30 to 2.30pm.

Join Toowoomba artist Alex Stalling from Tinker to make a fun, original artwork using drawing, watercolour and collage, pictured.

The two sessions are suitable for five to eight-year-olds.

https://events.tr.qld.gov.au/events/98866/school-holiday-workshop-line-colour-and-representation-tinker-at-trag 

All workshop materials are supplied and the cost is $11 per participant.

Places are limited and bookings are essential.

Please call 131 872 to book your child’s place. Children must be accompanied by a guardian.

These workshops are held in conjunction with the exhibition All In! Artists of the Toowoomba Region on display at the Gallery until Sunday, January 22, 2023.

Youth Connect Summer Splash pool parties

Summer Splash program: (subject to weather)

Tuesday, January 10: Cecil Plains pool 10am to noon; Oakey pool 1.30 to 3.30pm.

Wednesday, January 11: Clifton pool 10am to noon; Pittsworth pool 1.30 to 3.30pm.

Thursday, January 12: Yarraman 10am to noon; Crows Nest 1.30 to 3.30pm.

No bookings are required.

Bring your friends, a hat, water bottle and sunscreen.

For more details and information about Youth Connect activities, please call 131 872 or follow Youth Connect on facebook.

Toowoomba Region Libraries:

Toowoomba Region Libraries January 2023 holiday activities.

Scheduled activities:
Dare to be Creative: Use coloured sand to create sand art masterpieces. All day.
Dare to Be Yourself: Mixed media collage. Create a self-portrait.

Cecil Plains: January 11: Dare to be Creative.

Clifton: January 12, 10.30-11.30am: Dare to be Creative.

Crows Nest: January 4-6, 10-11am: Dare to be Yourself (3D paper sculpture); January 9-13: Dare to be Yourself (Miniature Masterpieces); January 16, 10-11am: Dare to be Yourself (Mixed media collage).

Goombungee: January 9-13: Dare to be Yourself (3D paper sculpture); January 16-20, Dare to be Yourself (Miniature Masterpieces).

Highfields: In 2023: Dare to be Yourself sessions on January 5, 10 (Miniature Masterpieces design/paint artwork, make easel), 11 (Picasso Prints), 13 (Make a bathbomb), 17 (Miniature Masterpieces), 18 (Mindfulness) & 20 (Make a bathbomb).

Millmerran: January 9-20: Dare to be Yourself (Be an inventor. Design and build at the activity table).

Oakey: January 9-13 Design a superhero or create a Picasso collage; January 16-20: Dig for dinosaurs/find fossils or Design and build at the activity table.

Pittsworth: Hero costume crafting (December 12 – January 20); January 11: Superhero training. Create a costume, then complete an obstacle course and create a miniature hero. January 13: Library after dark with food, games and craft for 12-18-year-olds.

Quinalow: January 4-6: (3D paper sculpture); January 9-13: (Miniature Masterpieces design/paint artwork, make easel); January 17, 1.30-2.30pm: Mixed media collage.

Toowoomba City: January 4, 4-6pm Anime club for 12-18-year-olds; January 5 & 6, 2.30-4pm: Pixel Party – For gamers. Join the IRL activities inspired by Legend of Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, BYO switch to battle and co-op. For 8-12-year-olds; January 10 & 11, 2.30-4pm: Moon Prism Power Party: Calling Sailor Moon, Steven Universe and She-Ra fans. Join the crystal collecting and jewellery-making session inspired by the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. For ages eight and older; January 17 2.30-4pm: Dungeons and Dragons Escape Rom: The room is full of puzzles. No experience needed. Ages eight and older; Throughout January holidays – Join the Zelda Scavenger Hunt for all ages.

Yarraman: January 4, 2-3.30pm Put yourself in a Snow Globe. Bring a photo or draw a picture; January 7: Put your own photo/drawing in a snow globe; January 10-13: (3D paper sculpture); January 17-19: (Miniature Masterpieces).

*Please note, all children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Bookings are essential for most indoor activities. For full details, please visit https://www.tr.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/libraryprograms/12046-libraryevents 

For regular activities at the Region’s Libraries, please visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/library 

Parks:

Under TRC’s Change Project. See www.tr.qld.gov.au/change for full program listings.

Drumming - Generation Pound (suitable six-12 years)

Using Ripstix (lightly weighted drumsticks, provided), Generation Pound fuses movement and music to improve focus, coordination and physical fitness skills. Kids will learn alternative ways to explore movement, embrace their creativity and build strength, confidence and self-awareness. Bookings essential.

Where: Lions Park (Briggs Street, Pittsworth), 11.30am-noon, Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

Queens Parks (Football Oval, Lindsay St), 11am-11.30am, Thursday, January 12; Monday, January 16, 2023.

Skelly Recreation Reserve (Crows Nest), noon-12.30pm, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 

Cost: Free.

Contact: Annemarie 0412 792 017 or email healthbynumbers@outlook.com.au 

Busy Bee & Seed Bomb Workshop

Education and enquiry-based learning of pollination and bees. Kids will make and take home a flower bomb that will help the pollinators in their garden. Suitable for ages four and older. At Windy Acres Farm, 160 Westbrook Road, Westbrook, Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 9.30am Thursday, January 19, 2023, 9.30am. Cost: $5.

Contact Alicia admin@windyacresfarm.com.au 

Bookings essential, numbers are limited.

FREE Kids & Teen Yoga

Start the 2023 school year feeling ready. Feel comfy and calm in and outside the classroom. Notice your feelings and learn tips and tricks to breathe, move and find gratitude especially when creating new routines and trying new things. Kids’ Yoga is suitable for children starting year 1 to 6 and Teen Yoga is suitable for grades 7 to 12. BYO yoga mat or towel and consider sun safety.

Where: Queens Park (Football Oval, Lindsay St, Toowoomba).

Wednesday, January 18 (kids 3.15pm-4pm; teens 4.30pm-5.30pm)

Friday, January 20 (kids 3.15pm-4pm; teens 4.30pm-5.30pm)

Sunday, January 22 (kids 9.30am-10.15am teens 10.45am to 11.45am)

Cost: Free. Contact: Miranda 0488 609 966 (bookings encouraged).

Mad Food Science Experiment

Interactive and fun family workshop using quirky experiments to teach children about eating real food not from packets. Workshop is suitable for ages five and older. Spaces are limited. At Toowoomba City Library Multipurpose room, Level 3 155 Herries Street, Toowoomba.

Friday, January 13, 2023 (single seminar room) 9.30am to 10.45am.

Cost: $5 per person ($10 for parent and child). Contact: Contact Victoria 0457 184 513 or email Victoria.byrnes@therootcause.com.au 

Lunchbox Masterclass

Jam-packed with simple ideas to save time and money and keep the kids interested in healthy eating. At Toowoomba City Library Multipurpose room, Level 3 155 Herries Street, Toowoomba.

Saturday, January 21: 10am to 11am.

Cost: $5 (ticket includes tasting of samples and access to a lunchbox ebook).

Contact: Victoria 0457 184 513 or email Victoria.byrnes@therootcause.com.au 

Kids’ BJMA Muay Thai

Fun, safe and instructed kids’ kick boxing with benefits including increased focus, assertiveness, self-confidence, cooperation, motor skills, self-defence and much more.

At St Paul’s Lutheran Church Hall, Corner Phillip & James Streets, Toowoomba. Mondays 5pm to 6pm.

Cost: First lesson free then $5 per person.

Contact: Ron 0408 004 132 or email kb_kaz@hotmail.com (bookings required).

Parkrun

Great for kids to walk or run with their families to kickstart the weekend from 7am Saturday.

Toowoomba Parkrun: Queens Park, Lindsay Street.
Toowoomba South Parkrun: Middle Ridge Park, Stenner Street.

Pools: Milne Bay Aquatic and Fitness Centre:

January school holiday intensive water safety, learn to swim and stroke advancement.

The school holiday program is open to new and existing clients. Intensive classes run for 30min with the same instructor for five consecutive days. This is a great way to have fun and fast-track your child’s swimming abilities during the January school holidays.

WHERE: Milne Bay Aquatic and Fitness Centre, Toowoomba.

WHO: Suitable for children three and older.

WHEN: 9 - 13 January.

COST: $70 per child for five days (paid upfront).

BOOKINGS: Bookings are required please email milnebay-highfields.swimschool@tr.qld.gov.au or call 4688 6330 during business hours.

For regular activities at the Region’s pools and fitness centres, please visit, www.tr.qld.gov.au/pools