Explore a range of fun activities at Ginninderry Community Day, including a kite festival, frogging talks, playful pathways for little learners and more. Image: Ginninderry
Ginninderry Community Day celebrates Ginninderry’s unique community and environment.
There will be a range of fun, family-friendly activities between 10am and 2pm demonstrating the work by University of Canberra researchers to make Ginninderry a better place to live and play.
Featured activities:
- Kite Festival – Join Ginninderry’s own kite festival! Make and fly your own kites (all ages). The Kite Festival will include DIY kite activities alongside professional kite flying.
- Frogging Talks at The Link Dam (talks will begin at 11am, 12pm, and 1pm) – hear from UC researchers about their efforts to reintroduce frog populations wiped out by a nasty fungus. Learn about all things frogs, frogging and how you can contribute to the project as members of the community!
- What lies beneath – Look what lurks below in your ponds and waterways around Ginninderry. Are they aliens or bugs living their best life? Come and chat to researchers from the University of Canberra’s Centre for Applied Water Science on the importance of bugs (macroinvertebrates) and the quality of water they live in. Children and adults alike can engage with activities and researchers through catching and identifying critters, or if that’s too much sit down and colour in a critter. There will also be the opportunity to see and use some of the equipment that we use to collect water quality samples to help protect the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor.
- Playful Pathways for Little Learners – a collection of fun activities for kids, including:
- Write from the Start invites families with children aged 0 to 8 to experience a range of activities that will encourage pre-writing and writing from the very start of life! From structures to encourage body movement, activities to engage in BIG WRITING, and opportunities to type on keyboards, this promises to be an enriching experience for all involved. Families will learn how to encourage pre-writing and writing at home through digital and printed take-home resources.
- STEMFest invites children (aged 3-8) to collect a STEM passport stamp as they move through several STEM activity stations and collect a small prize at the end. The activities offer an interactive and educational experience and introduces children (and their parents) to STEM activities through hands-on activities. Parents are also provided at-home resources.
- Block Party Pop Up provides an opportunity for families to engage with their young children (ages 0-5) in free play with wooden blocks and hear from UC researchers in health and education on parent-child interactions in the context of block play and how it can be used to facilitate the development of children’s oral language and spatial concepts. Parents will be provided with activity cards to continue to support the development oral language, spatial, early literacy and mathematical concepts at home.
This is a free event held by the University of Canberra and Ginninderry as part of Research Festival 2024. Get involved and explore the full program on our website.
The details
What: Ginninderry Community Day
When: Saturday, 2 November from 10am to 2pm
Where: Paddys Park, Strathnairn
Cost: Free
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