🌟 What children will do

DAY 1 – Learn & Explore

• Learn about Japanese matsuri festivals and street food culture
• Explore simple Japanese food-related words and phrases
• Try traditional games including kendama and tamaire
• Make Takoyaki for lunch
• Create homemade Calpis drinks
• Begin designing their festival stalls

DAY 2 – Create & Own

• Learn to make Taiyaki
• Explore fillings, textures and presentation
• Revisit savoury cooking with more independence
• Prepare and role-play their own matsuri food stalls
• Fold origami and revisit some games

⏰ Half-day vs Full-day

Half-day (10:00am–1:00pm)

• Cultural learning
• Cooking one key dish
• Eating together

Full-day (10:00am–4:00pm)

Everything in half-day, plus:

• Drink-making
• Crafts and games
• Independent cooking
• Matsuri stall setup and role-play

Afternoon-only bookings are not available, as afternoon activities build on morning learning and shared routines. 

Holiday workshop/activity/meet-up

VCICCB005 “Compare their own and others’ cultural practices, showing how these may influence the ways people relate to each other.” VCICCB006 “Describe what they have learnt about themselves and others from intercultural experiences including a critical perspective on and respect for their own and others’ cultures.” VCDSTC024 (Levels 3–4) “Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies.” VCDSCD028 (Levels 3–4) “Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively.” VCDSCD030 (Levels 3–4) “Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques safely and ethically to produce designed solutions.” VCCCTM020 (Levels 3–4) “Explore reasons and causes for events.” VCCCTR023 (Levels 3–4) “Identify and investigate ideas and questions.” VCCCTQ017 (Levels 3–4) “Explore questions that provoke deeper thinking and inquiry.”