Program Overview and Purpose
The Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program by Safe Care NSW offers a fun, inclusive, and supportive holiday experience for children and young people. Participants enjoy a variety of creative, recreational, sensory, and community-based activities, including sports, arts and crafts, cooking, music, group games, outings, and life skills.
The program helps participants build confidence, independence, social skills, friendships, and community participation in a safe and structured environment. It also supports NDIS goals while providing families with engaging and meaningful school holiday support.
Program Activities
The Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program provides a balanced mix of indoor, outdoor, creative, recreational, sensory, cultural, and community-based activities during the school holiday period.
- Sports carnivals and group fitness activities
- Soccer, basketball, cricket, dodgeball, and relay races
- Arts and crafts
- Sensory painting, sensory play, and clay activities
- Cooking and food preparation activities
- Music, rhythm, drumming, and dancing
- Cultural activities and multicultural themed days
- Acting, drama, skits, and short movie-making
- Gaming and technology-based activities
- Lego, puzzles, and creative building activities
- Story time, quiet activities, and relaxation
- Meditation, mindfulness, and calming activities
- Outdoor play and playground activities
- Community outings and recreational activities
- Team-building games and friendship-building activities
- Celebration days and showcase activities
NDIS Goals and Capacity Building Outcomes
The Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program provides a safe, engaging, and goal-focused holiday experience that encourages confidence, independence, social participation, and personal growth. Through a mix of structured activities, community outings, creative experiences, recreational play, sensory activities, and life skills, participants stay active, connected, and supported throughout the school holidays.
- Build confidence, independence, and daily living skills
- Increase participation in social, recreational, and community activities
- Develop communication, social skills, and positive peer relationships
- Strengthen emotional regulation and coping strategies
- Encourage creativity, choice-making, and trying new experiences
- Improve confidence in new environments and community settings
- Promote healthy, active lifestyles and group participation
- Work towards individual NDIS goals in a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment
Safety, Supervision, Transport and Support
The Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program is delivered with a strong focus on safety, supervision, structure, and participant wellbeing throughout the school holiday period.
Structured & Planned Days
Each day is carefully organised with clear routines, planned activities, staffing, transport, and safety considerations to ensure a smooth and supportive experience.
Individualised Participant Support
Support is tailored to each participant’s communication, sensory, behavioural, and emotional needs, including help with transitions and regulation strategies.
Safe & Inclusive Activities
Participants are supported to engage in creative, recreational, sensory, social, and community-based activities with appropriate supervision and safe use of equipment.
Health, Wellbeing & Safety Measures
Considerations include allergies, dietary needs, medications, sun safety, hydration, weather conditions, rest breaks, and ongoing risk awareness.
Clear Communication & Transport Coordination
Families are kept informed of schedules, requirements, and transport arrangements, with pick-up and drop-off plans confirmed to ensure safety and clarity.
Family and Carer Communication
Safe Care NSW understands that school holiday programs require strong communication with families and carers to ensure each participant is supported safely and effectively throughout the program.
Before the Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program begins, families may be asked to provide or update important participant information, including NDIS goals, support needs, communication preferences, dietary requirements, allergies, medication requirements, behaviour support strategies, sensory needs, personal care requirements, and emergency contact details.
Program information is shared with families in advance where possible, including planned activities, daily schedules, transport arrangements, items to bring, location details, and any relevant safety or weather updates
- School holiday program schedules
- Daily activity information
- Pick-up and drop-off arrangements
- Transport and location updates
- Participant support needs and preferences
- Health, medication, allergy, and dietary information
- Attendance confirmations
- Changes to planned activities
- Feedback from families and carers
- Follow-up communication regarding participant wellbeing, concerns, or incidents
Program Media and Resources
Safe Care NSW uses photos, videos, and flyers to showcase the fun, inclusive, and purposeful activities delivered through the Adventure & Ability School Holiday Program.
Our school holiday program media highlights participants engaging in a variety of structured, creative, sensory, recreational, cultural, and community-based activities during the school holiday period.
These resources give families, support coordinators, schools, and referral partners a clear understanding of the program experience and the positive outcomes participants are supported to achieve.
All media is selected to reflect Safe Care NSW’s focus on safety, inclusion, dignity, engagement, community participation, and capacity building.
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