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What do high school kids do in school holidays?

October 3, 2013 by Jen

Just incase we forget his name.

It’s school holidays here at the moment and my son’s in vacation care. It’s very handy for me as a working parent who doesn’t have other options.

It’s very handy that he’s still in primary school and vacation care is an option for him.

However, it’s not going to be too far away until he’s no longer eligible for vacation care because it’s only for primary school aged children.

I’m not worried about after school care because by the time he gets home I won’t be that far away and he’s been doing a bit of that here and thereĀ  and he and I are fine with it.

But what about school holidays? I don’t want to leave him alone at home for hours on end while I’m at work and because I work I don’t want to rely on other parents who don’t work to shoulder the load. He reckons he’d be okay but I think he’ll get bored.

I see some school holiday activities advertised for high school age children in Adelaide, eg Carclew, but what other options are there? Sports programs maybe?

What do other people do?

I need ideas please and then I can update this post to share with others. UPDATED below with all-day activities for high school kids.

School holiday ideas for high school kids in Adelaide, South Australia

  • YMCA school holiday camps for kids 7-17 years old. These seem to last for a few days and the cost a few hundred dollars.
  • Wirraway Muster camps for kids 10 and older. These last for a few days and is run by a not for profit Christianity group, so religion is a part of the camps.
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Comments

  1. jeanie says

    October 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    How about finding other parents in similar situations and swapping the occasional day of movies or laissez faire supervision with them?

    Now that ‘Salina is in this camp, she is more than happy to stay home by herself and potter – unfortunately for her, more often than not someone is home with her and she would much prefer the solo!!

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