Get your passports ready!
This week, our little explorers are going Around the World—no plane tickets required! Each day brings a new country to life through hands-on crafts, music, storytelling, dancing, and delicious cultural treats. From the colours of India to the flavours of Italy, children will dive into global traditions with curiosity and creativity. We’ll also explore international flavours with a fun themed menu—think fairy bread in Australia, noodles and Befanini cookies from Italy. It’s a joyful and delicious journey that brings the world to our doorstep!
Monday – Celebrating the Best of British
We’ll begin our tour with a UK day full of pride and play! Children will create Union Jack flags with paper and bamboo sticks and rain shakers made from rice and lentils. They’ll also make their own UK passports to use all week as we “travel” the globe. Outdoor fun includes the mud kitchen, water and sand play, field games, and forest school adventure. In the afternoon, we’ll take on creative challenges like LEGO building, 3D swords and shields, and imaginative role play. The afternoon is packed with action as we welcome coaches from Maidenhead United for an exciting football session!
Tuesday – Benvenuti in Italia!
We’ll start the day with a pasta play tuff tray followed by making pasta necklaces and building Leaning Tower of Pisa models from paper cups . Children will bake sweet Befanini cookies for a tasty Italian pudding. After snack, outdoor play and forest exploration provide balance and movement . In the afternoon, we’ll design Venetian Carnival masks, paint Italian flags , and make spaghetti and meatball crafts. Children can also try their hand at Italian portrait painting —inspired by the masters!
Wednesday – Off to India
Our colourful adventure continues with a visit to India! Children will craft paper plate elephants , make Taj Mahal inspired collages, and learn traditional designs with rangoli patterns . The morning highlight is a high-energy Bollywood dance workshop full of rhythm and movement. After a picnic lunch, children will decorate biscuits with icing and sprinkles, visit our nail and hair bar, and enjoy organic henna tattoos and water-based body art . We’ll finish by crafting beautiful salt dough diyas —perfect for celebrating light, culture, and creativity.
Thursday – Exploring the Orient
We start with Chinese flag making and colourful ice painting in the tuff tray . Children will explore a creative world of junk-modelling boats, chopstick challenge trays, and paper lanterns . The afternoon continues with more artistic fun—cherry blossom tree paintings, dragon masks, spiral snakes, and dragon paper chains. This lively and hands-on day introduces children to the traditions and artistry of the Far East.
Friday – Adventures Down Under
Our world tour wraps up in Australia! The day begins with a mud and insect tuff tray, and children will explore dot painting inspired by Aboriginal art. For pudding, we’ll make classic Aussie fairy bread with 100s & 1000s. Outdoor fun continues with sand and water play, sports on the field, and the mud kitchen. In the afternoon, we’ll make zigzag snakes, craft the Sydney Opera House on paper plates, bake and decorate koala shortbread biscuits, and build koala paper plate crafts . A perfect end to our global adventure! We will head out to Punt Hill Park today (weather permitting).
Every day at Holiday Club Each day, children have the choice to take part in a variety of sports and physical activities like basketball football, skipping, bouldering and bench ball, as well as enjoy a variety of free-time activities including board games, colouring, Lego competitions, group games, and a wide selection of arts and crafts materials to choose from.
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