	{"id":30542,"date":"2024-07-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=30542"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T09:42:02","slug":"school-holidays-in-the-shire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/school-holidays-in-the-shire\/","title":{"rendered":"School holidays in the shire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG people have gotten out of the cold and into local libraries these school holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Program participants enjoyed a raft of activities including robotics, hands on crafts, and special NAIDOC Week workshops.<\/p>\n<p>The free robotics sessions saw kids aged eight and up exploring different robot stations, each with their own educational activities.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the libraries, Moorabool Shire&#8217;s Youth Services school holiday program has been pumping with games and outings such as basketball, pickleball, yoga, gallery trips, and visits to an indoor trampoline centre.<\/p>\n<p>The community also celebrated NAIDOC Week with cultural education sessions, smoking ceremonies, special craft activities, and Wadawurrung storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>NAIDOC Week continues until Sunday and mayor Ally Munari encouraged locals to get involved in the events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re so excited by the variety of events we&#8217;re hosting this year to celebrate NAIDOC Week, from making gum nut leaf wreaths and listening to special story times with the library team to sewing classes with the early years&#8217; team,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG people have gotten out of the cold and into local libraries these school holidays. 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