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Horsham Community Centre
Location
59 Dimboola Road
Horsham
VIC 3400
Programs offered
Creche opening hours
Monday to Friday
9:00am – 12:00pm
After School Care opening hours
Monday to Friday
3:15pm – 6:00pm
School Holiday Program opening hours
Monday to Friday
8:00am – 4:00pm
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After School Care
We support busy Horsham families with high quality care, after school hours. Our programs take place at Horsham Community Centre and are suitable for children between five and 12 years old.
We'll support your child's learning through a mix of fun and social activities. Activities could include arts and crafts, board games and puzzles, drama and dancing, and sport and ball games.
We provide healthy and nutritious afternoon snacks for your child to enjoy after the school day.
We also run a Creche program Monday to Friday from 9:00am-12:00pm. Plus, we offer a Pupil Free Day program throughout the school year, depending on booking numbers.
School Holiday Program
Our Horsham holiday program provides an opportunity for your child to learn from new experiences through fun activities, while making friends along the way.
We offer a wide variety of interest-based in-house activities, themed incursions and exciting excursions. Our holiday programs are run by experienced Educators who help your child become more confident and independent.
Activities could include putting on your detective hat to solve a puzzling mystery, learning all about animals and gardening, or getting crafty and creating an artistic masterpiece!
Keep an eye out for our upcoming program – we'll share the schedule on this page about four weeks before the school holidays start.
Autumn Holiday Program
Bookings are now open for our Autumn 2026 School Holiday Program! The program runs on weekdays from Monday 6 April to Friday 17 April (excluding public holidays).
We've planned a bumper program of school holiday activities that will interest your child over the holidays.
Activity days can include:
- In-house (activities run by our Educator team)
- Incursion (activities run by visitors to our service)
- Excursion (activities run at an off-site location)
- Self-guided incursion (incursions run by our Educator team)
What to bring
- Lunch and snack (nutritious and nut free)
- SunSmart hat and sunscreen
- Water bottle
- Weather and activity appropriate clothing and shoes
- Swimwear, towel and change of clothes as required (if an activity involves water)
You can also read our School Holiday Program FAQs.
The prices listed in the table below are the full fee for each day. If you're entitled to Child Care Subsidy, what you actually pay could be significantly reduced.
Date |
Activity Details |
| Week 1 | |
| Monday 06 April |
Public Holiday We are closed today for the Public Holiday. We can't wait to start the Autumn School Holiday fun with you tomorrow! |
| Tuesday 07 April |
Super Healers Step into the capes of the everyday heroes who keep us healthy! Take inspiration from doctors, dentists, pharmacists, vets, and family helpers in a hands-on dramatic-play village. Explore calming wellbeing zones, test STEM experiments to see how the body works, and visit the Kindness Clinic for mindfulness and feel-good activities. Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Wednesday 08 April |
Tenpin Bowling We're off to Horsham Lanes and Games for an epic game of Tenpin Bowling. Come along and see if you can get a strike today! Wear your closed toe shoes and socks. Category: Excursion Cost: $129.00 |
| Thursday 09 April |
Dazzling Dan Magician This Comedy Magic Show includes colour, energy and storytelling. Dazzling Dan predicts the future, makes things appear then disappear, grow ridiculously big, and can even read your mind! After the show, learn how to construct and perform a magic trick to take home and dazzle your friends. Category: Incursion Cost: $113.00 |
| Friday 10 April |
Taco Fiesta Spice up your day with a colourful Taco Fiesta! As little chefs, you create your own tacos all while discovering the history and vibrant culture of Mexico. Create a bustling taco stand, design bright fiesta crafts, and enjoy games inspired by this tasty treat. Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Week 2 | |
| Monday 13 April |
Leafy Laughs Celebrate the magic of Autumn with a flurry of leaf-themed fun! Create beautiful leaf rubbings, design nature-inspired art pieces, and make your own autumn leaf bookmarks. Enjoy playful outdoor games inspired by swirling, falling leaves and explore the colours, textures, and wonders of the season. Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Tuesday 14 April |
DIY Reversible Mood Octopus Get creative with the perfect blend of hands-on fun and emotional expression! Decorate your own Reversible Mood Plush Octopus that flips from happy to sad, with airbrush markers! Simply blow through the markers to spray soft bursts of colour onto the plushie to add your own colourful twist. Category: Self-guided Incursion Cost: $103.00 |
| Wednesday 15 April |
Weaving a Dream Young Expressions are visiting us to run a dream weaving workshop! Use a mix of colour & texture to make a creative & dreamy wall hanging to take home and enjoy cosy sleep all night long. Category: Incursion Cost: $113.00 |
| Thursday 16 April |
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie We're off to the cinemas today to watch Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad travel into space to stop Bowser Jr. from using the Grand Stars to create a new galaxy. Watch as they team up with the cosmic guardian Rosalina and her Lumas to navigate celestial worlds, collect power stars, and battle foes across the cosmos. Come along and enjoy a tasty popcorn treat. Category: Excursion Cost: $129.00 |
| Friday 17 April |
Dolphin Defenders Make a splash with a day dedicated to protecting our ocean friends! Craft your own dolphin creations, build DIY harmonicas to mimic unique dolphin whistles, and dive into ocean clean-up sensory play. Learn about caring for marine life through games, imaginative play, and hands-on eco-activities that inspire true defenders of the deep blue. Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
Prices
To support our families, we offer permanent and casual booking options. Casual bookings do incur an additional cost.
Please contact your local centre for advice on any questions you have regarding pricing.
|
Program |
Fee |
| After School Care (permanent booking) | $43.40 |
| After School Care (casual booking) | $48.80 |
| Pupil Free Day (dependent on numbers) | $95.40 |
Child Care Subsidy (CCS)
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Our programs qualify for the Federal Government's Child Care Subsidy (CCS). CCS helps eligible families access approved and registered child care providers by partially subsidising the cost of daily fees. The 'Fee' price listed in the table above is the full permanent or casual daily fee for each program without any CCS entitlements. *The 'You pay as little as' price is an example of the out of pocket fee paid by families who qualify for the maximum CCS percentage (90%). The fees above are calculated at 85% subsidy to allow for the 5% withheld by Services Australia to reduce the chances of an overpayment. When our holiday programs are open for bookings, you'll be able to see the prices for each activity on this page. These prices are the daily price and do not include any CCS you may be entitled to, which could significantly reduce your out of pocket expense. Refer to the Government website for more information about CCS funding and your eligibility. We also recommend using this CCS calculator to estimate your new subsidy payments. Our customer service and onsite teams are happy to assist you with any queries you have regarding this funding and to help you navigate the system. |
Take part in awesome art and craft activities – we encourage all children to express their creativity.
Let your imagination run wild and try something new with the support of our Educators.
Try out a range of exciting sport and ball games and learn new skills along the way.
Find out how to build new things, create experiments, and test your inventions!
Play outdoors and enjoy a range of physical activities suitable for all abilities.
Discover the magic of science during cool experiments and other STEM activities.
Develop your artistic skills through drawing, colouring, painting and more.
Relax and unwind with quiet time activities – perfect for reflecting on a busy day or recharging for activities to come.
Challenge your friends and work together as a team! Our sport activities are designed to be inclusive and lots of fun.
Play quietly or with friends – our toys, board games and puzzles will engage your child and provide opportunities to socialise.