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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
Contact us in centre
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.
Splash into Summer Holiday Program
Bookings are now open for our Summer 2026 School Holiday Program! The program runs on weekdays from Monday 5 January to term 1 2026 (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 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 05 January |
Y2K New Years Bash Flashback to the iconic 2000s for a party full of sparkle and fun! Create kaleidoscope sponge paintings, and bedazzle art with rhinestones. Craft your own disco mirror ball, play a butterfly-themed group game, and get grooving with a DIY lava lamp STEM experiment. Top it off with building your own cardboard video game for the ultimate throwback celebration! Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Tuesday 06 January |
DIY Bird House Let your imagination take flight with a DIY Bird House project! Create a cosy home for feathered friends by building and decorating your very own Bird House. Category: Self-guided Incursion Cost: $103.00 |
| Wednesday 07 January |
Hello Yellow Celebrate all things bright, cheerful, and sunny! Dive into a day of golden fun with gooey yellow slime, refreshing smoothie treats from your very own smoothie stand, and sparkling sunflower and yellow submarine crafts. Brighten someone’s day by making “You Are My Sunshine” compliment cards and buzz around in a busy bee group game. Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Thursday 08 January |
Mystery Incursion Join us for a mystery incursion! More details coming soon. Category: Incursion Cost: $113.00 |
| Friday 09 January |
Colour Splash Money Box Create a Colour Splash Dinosaur Money Box and unleash your creativity and build great saving habits! Watch as vibrant paints flow down your Dino, creating mesmerising, one-of-a-kind patterns. Explore colour combinations and bring this prehistoric pal to life in your own unique way. Once dry you can use it as a money box at home - saving will feel like an adventure through time! Category: Self-guided incursion Cost: $103.00 |
| Week 2 | |
| Monday 12 January |
Fire & Water Safety Squad Step into the world of firefighters and lifeguards today and learn how to stay safe! Dodge jellyfish in a fast-paced tag game, experiment with colours to design the perfect bathing suit, and get moving with a Stop, Drop, and Roll dance party. Test your speed and reaction times in an obstacle course and smoke alarm game. Create fiery red playdough to complete your training! Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Tuesday 13 January |
Slime Workshop Get ready for goopy, stretchy slime today! Start by decorating a container for your slime before we move on to making and colouring squishy, fun, slime. Try out some funky tricks with your slime like blowing bench top bubbles! Category: Incursion Cost: $113.00 |
| Wednesday 14 January |
Halls Gap Zoo See, touch and learn with a guided tour through Halls Gap Zoo today. Hear keeper talks and learn more about endangered species such as Cheetah, Quolls, Monkeys & Rhino. How many animals will you spot? Category: Excursion Cost: $129.00 |
| Thursday 15 January |
Suds n Scents Dive into a world of suds, scents, and sensational creations with DIY Soaps where every bubble tells a tale and every scent sparks an adventure! With easy-to-follow instructions and all the tools you need included, you get to become a bubbly scientist today and create your own soaps to take home and enjoy. Category: Self-guided incursion Cost: $103.00 |
| Friday 16 January |
Wheels in Motion Get ready to roll, race, and rev up your engines! Bring your wheels and helmet for obstacle courses and relay races that test your skills and speed. Design your very own licence plate and team up to build wind-powered cars from recycled materials. Brush up on road safety with a quiz that keeps everyone safe on the go. Let’s put those wheels in motion and race into fun! Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Week 3 | |
| Monday 19 January |
Earth Heroes Become an Earth Hero by turning waste into wonder! Create a miniature compost stew in a jar, paint with string that wriggles like worms, and create awesome art from recycled treasures. Take the stage with DIY puppets where your team writes and performs a skit all about saving the planet. It’s a day packed with hands-on learning and eco-friendly magic! Category: Inhouse Cost: $92.00 |
| Tuesday 20 January |
Colour Run Games Bring a plain white tee and join in the fun with our colour run games incursion today! Get sprayed, soaked and sprinkled with coloured powder while you play super active and fun games. Protective eyewear is provided, a change of clothes is recommended. Category: Self-guided incursion Cost: $103.00 |
| Wednesday 21 January | DIY Hats Young Expressions are visiting us to run a DIY Hat Workshop! Customise a cap to wear with your own personal style. We will use tie dye effects and permanent markers to draw and write our own designs and then we can also use iron on patches to add extra details! Category: Incursion Cost: $113.00 |
| Thursday 22 January |
Tenpin Bowling We're off to Horsham Lanes and Games for two epic games of Tenpin Bowling. Come along and see if you can get a strike today! Make sure to wear your closed toe shoes. Category: Excursion Cost: $129.00 |
| Friday 23 January |
Aussie Animals Adventure Hop, crawl, and roar through a day with Australia’s iconic creatures! Play “Who Am I?” with your favourite Aussie animals, craft a 3D koala from newspaper, and bounce through a kangaroo STEM challenge. Stretch out with animal yoga, make Aboriginal-inspired animal track art, and dive into sensory play with platypus water foam. Explore emu art and play a thrilling shark group game. 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.