Spring Break is here! If you are sticking around town this year, here are some of the many activities being offered to keep the kids entertained:
Earthwise Society will be facilitating Junior Master Gardeners Get Wet, a day camp running from Tuesday, March 24 to Friday, March 27 from 9 a.m. to noon. Kids will learn about the importance of rain and water through hands-on indoor and outdoor activities. The cost is $25 per day or $80 for four days. There will also be a family friendly Rain Day on Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be a community celebration of rain.
Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall will be hosting free drop-in children's activities each day at 1 p.m. from March 16 to 20 and March 23 to 27. Activities include presentations by OWL and Mike's Critters, a taekwondo demonstration and mini-class, and St. Patrick's Day crafts. The activities are for school-aged kids with adult supervision. Check out the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall website at www.tsawwassentowncentremall. com for a complete schedule.
Head to the pool for themed swims from March 16 to 20 and March 23 to 27. Both Ladner Leisure Centre and Winskill Aquatic Centre will be running activities from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. each day.
Is there a future Sherlock Holmes in your household? Check out Delta Museum from Tuesday, March 17 to Friday, March 27 for a self-guided mystery- solving activity. The drop-in program is suggested for children ages seven to 12, but younger children are welcome with assistance of an additional adult. Participants can dropin from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The cost is $5 per mystery solving kit.
The Wintemute Boys and Girls Club in Ladner will be hosting day camps from Monday to Friday during both weeks of Spring Break. The camps are $30 per day. For more information, call 604-946-2027.
The South Delta Recreation Centre is offering many full-day and halfday camps as well as some drop-in activities during Spring Break. A complete list of offerings can be found in the Spring Break 2015 Guide or the Spring 2015 Leisure Guide.
A soccer camp for boys and girls born from 2003 to 2011 will be offered Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 20 at the Dugald Morrison turf field in Ladner. Camp will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily. Cost is $110 per player, which includes a camp Tshirt and a pizza lunch on the final day. Email Russ Heggie at [email protected] for more information.
