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This super fun, multi day Play Festival is run as part of the 2025 Childhood Summit. The Play Festival is free for the community and many organisations have donated their services in the name of PLAY FOR CHILDREN, in support of all the benefits children get from this super fun activity.
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Play 32 - Loose Parts PLAY FESTIVAL
Inspired by the upcoming Brisbane Olympics/Para Olympics and part of the National Children's Week celebrations. This 2-day event will be super fun, super athletic and super playful. Showcasing the important role of active play in children's lives, especially with friends and family.
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Cost: FREE
DATE & TIME: This is a 2 day event - October 24 & 25. There are 3xplay sessions, per day, for you to choose from:
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9.30am to 11.00am
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12pm to 1.30pm
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3pm to 4pm
What is Loose Parts Play?
Loose parts play is a very creative way to support children to lead their own play, be creative, be active, make friends, make bases. make games, challenge yourself, and have heaps of fun.
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Brisbane Olympics Inspired: All athletes 'just played' before their played sport. This is how all children learn the foundations of all sports and physical activity. Running, jumping, climbing, throwing, catching, kicking and many more skills are developed through opportunities to play. With the Brisbane Olympics/Para Olympics approaching we want to celebrate the role of play in children's lives and how it helps children build the skills and grow into life-long-physically active person. That may one day become a National Athlete and represent Australia at an Olympics/Para Olympics.
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Olympics Inspired Play Activities:
Hay Bale Hurdles, Natures Gymnastics, Pine Cine Shot Put, Mud Ball Target Shooting & More
Location: Unity Hub Conference Centre, 123 Paradise Rd, Slacks Creek, Logan.
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What to bring:
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Messy play clothes & shoes
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Towel
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Sun cream
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Water bottle
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Sense of adventure & fun
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Imagination
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Friends & family
Age of children: All ages, however children under 4 years of age need to have supervising adults with them at all times.
Playworkers: This is a supervised play session with appropriately qualified Playworkers.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: This event is a playful collaboration between many local organisations including:
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Australian Institute of Play - supporting local play, every day - https://www.australianinstuteofplay.org
Curious Me - Where the curious thrive, grounded in play and guided by curiosity and connection. curiousme.com.au
Bush Kindy -Supporting educators, families & communities through engaging programs—available online and across Australia - https://www.bushkindy.com.au
The Outsiders: Play Advocates - we champion authentic play experiences - https://theoutsidersplayadvocates.com
The Family Place: A friendly community space offering free activities & family support.
Play 32 - The Play 32 Collective is a cross-sector coalition of Australian leaders, organisations, practitioners, academics, and collaborators united by a shared purpose: to advocate for children’s play and voice as a lasting, inclusive legacy for all Australians aged from birth to 24. This initiative aims to be an accelerated outcome of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Children's Rights QLD - who coordinate National Play Week in QLD - https://www.qfcc.qld.gov.au/childrights
Numbers are limited due to supervision ratios so please RSVP to secure your children's place.
MORE PLAY INFORMATION & BOOKING LINKS​​
Bush Kindy with Areta
9:30-11:00AM, 12:00PM- 1.30PM and 3:00-4:30PM, Friday & Saturday
With families and children of all ages playing with a range of natural materials, bush craft, mural making and loose parts. Using all 5 senses, participants will immerse themselves in nature play to learn, explore, investigate, create and relax in a fun bush kindy play environment.
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​​CURIOUS ME
MAVIS THE TRAVELLING MUD KITCHEN
Sessions 9:30–11:00AM, 12:00–1:30PM, and 3:00–4:30PM, Friday & Saturday
Imagination Rolls With Us!
When Mavis pulls up, the magic begins! We unpack a travelling mud kitchen loaded with loose parts, natural treasures and potion play ingredients, transforming any space into a world of marvellous play.
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​PLAY AROUND THE WORLD
9.30am to 11AM, Friday & Saturday
Japanese cultural immersion for children and their families. including singing, rhyming, reading and then some activities.
​Children will receive a passport where they can head to other free weekly cultural immersions across Term 4 at different locations.
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Inspiration Gallery
8:00AM-5PM, Friday & Saturday, Friday &
A regular and popular Childhood Summit feature, this gallery is populated with efforts of local people in Logan - working hard to ensure the voice of children in heard. The Inspiration Gallery is a collection of stories and photos from all across different sectors working in Logan, including schools, childcares, playground designers, community spaces and more! Each has their own story to tell, some with challenges - and all ending in triumph! Maybe one of these boards will inspire you? This gallery is open all day, with optimal viewing time being lunch, as a couple boards might have special guests with them, eager to engage with other passionate people.
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