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Kids' Space

Browse the Ecoliving Fair '09 activities to gain a taste of what is to come for 2010...

All Day Events  (10.30–3.30)

  • Mosaic Madness ... learn and help create a beautiful community mosaic with Karen Weiss
  • Boomerang Art ... decorate your own mini-boomerang
  • Sydney Observatory ... see the sun as you have never seen it before. Guided by astronomers, view the sun through the solar telescope. Make a planisphere and colour in your own solar system
  • The Eco Heroes Club ... recently made stop animation movies about the environment.
    They had to create a script, storyboard, the characters, backgrounds and film the movie too. Everything you see on this DVD was made by members of the Club, aged 7-9 years. We’ll be showing you four short movies – about electricity, recycling, rubbish and worms.

Morning

10.30

  • Australian Wildlife Show ... a hands-on nature experience! Enthusiastically presented display of LIVE Australian mammals, bird, reptiles and frogs.

11.00

  • Kids bike challenge: bring your bike for the slow bike race, all ages, no stabilisers in the Bike Fest area

11.30

  • Hoola Hoops ... learn the tips and tricks
  • Bushtucker Show ... sweet, sour or tangy - now you can have your bush and eat it too. Here’s the chance to learn about the wild harvest of bush foods from someone who knows them intimately - Jake Cassar
  • Creative Play for Kids at the ‘In Our Gardens’ space
    ... explore and share ideas for creative natural play for young kids — children welcome join Julie Gaul from the NSW Early Childhood Environmental Education Network.

Afternoon

12.30

  • Eco-sculpture challenge ... bring your kids and be involved - come up with a create sculpture/collage using natural material Facilitators from Moverly Childrens Centre, judging by NSW Early Childcare Environmental Education Network
  • Hoola Hoops ... learn the tips and tricks.

1.00

  • Kite Making ... have fun making and flying your own kite with Michael Richards from Kite Magic
  • Australian Wildlife Show ... a hands-on nature experience! Enthusiastically presented display of LIVE Australian mammals, bird, reptiles and frogs.

2.30

  • Bushtucker Show ... sweet, sour or tangy - now you can have your bush and eat it too. Here’s the chance to learn about the wild harvest of bush foods from someone who knows them intimately - Jake Cassar
  • Kids bike challenge: bring your bike for the slow bike race, all ages, no stabilisers in the Bike Fest area

All Day School's Expo - Main Hall

  • 100 Views of Randwick ... a photo exhibition showing how students, from four local primary schools, look at their natural heritage from 100 different creative points of view. Randwick City Council Library
  • School’s Expo ... local schools showcase their environmental activites - see what the EcoHeros Club has been up to - explore the activites of the Randwick Sustainability Schools Exchange - if your schoool would like to be involved, contact Tina on 0429 102 040.

All Day Exhibitors

  • Mobile wormfarm ... see how a wormfarm works with this large scale farm. Starter kits available to make your own wormfarm. Small quantities of worms available for anyone needing assistance with the worms in their wormfarm.
  • Yummy food stalls including cappuccino, why not bring your own mug for reuse?
  • Over 50 stallholders from rainwater tanks, solar panels to homewares and local community groups.

A Randwick City Council Sustaining our City event.

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