What's on these winter school holidays

Chelsea Hayes28 Jun '233 min read

School's Out Winter Fest

Looking for fun things to do during these school holidays in Perth? There’s plenty to keep kids of all ages (and interests) busy in the City. From science and nature to theatre and crafts, here are some great things to do in Perth City in the July 2023 school holidays.

Explore a winter wonderland

The School’s Out Winter Fest (presented by the City of Perth) runs all school holidays at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. This indoor experience includes an ice rink, snow slides and falling snow, as well as carnival rides, sideshow games and showbags. And with Elizabeth Quay Station right next door and parking underneath, it couldn’t be easier to get there. Book your tickets for this one-of-a-kind winter family experience in Perth.

School's Out Winter Fest

Get stuck into science

The Telethon Kids Institute is delivering a series of school holiday science workshops at Scitech in West Perth. Kids can take part in exciting experiments with real-life researchers. Suitable for children aged 5 to 12, the series covers topics ranging from germs and DNA to the future of food. Tickets include Scitech entry, so stick around for the planetarium, puppet shows and much more.

Explore Ancient Egypt

There’s a packed program of school holiday activities at WA Museum Boola Bardip this July. Check out the recently opened Discovering Ancient Egypt exhibition as a family, or sign the kids up for one of the Egyptian-themed drop-and-leave programs like mask making, stop motion animation or building pyramids on Minecraft. Budding Egyptologists can even learn how to excavate artefacts with the Adventures in Archaeology session.

Discovering Ancient Egypt

Soak up stories

There’s a busy schedule of children’s activities at the City of Perth Library including daily school holiday crafts and Nyoongar cultural events like Boorloo Storytime for NAIDOC Week. Borrow some books while you’re there for school holiday reading. Meanwhile at the State Library, there’ll be a free exhibition of illustrations from Lion is that you? (a picture book by Moira Court featuring WA flora and fauna), with a self-guided educational trail to enjoy.

Be awed by epic stunts

Catch the Freestyle Kings Live at RAC Arena for one night only to see some of the world’s best motocross riders pulling off moves that will have you on the edge of your seat. This action-packed event will be one that bike-obsessed kids won’t soon forget.

Freestyle Kings Live

Adventure through theatre

Barking Gecko Theatre Company presents The Snow, a whimsical and mysterious 60-minute adventure story, in the State Theatre Centre’s Studio Underground. “When an epic snowfall imprisons the residents of the tiny village of Kishka, young Thea Sutton proposes the villagers build a catapult to fling her and the village’s bravest and strongest out in search of a solution. The catapult hastily assembled, Thea and the heroes are launched over the snow and into the grandest of adventures.”

Get into nature

Get the kids outdoors with Rio Tinto Naturescape Kings Park’s range of school holiday programs, where they can build a bush cubby, hear stories from Noongar Elders, and more.

The recently-opened Lightscape experience at Kings Park will also be running throughout the holidays (on Wednesday to Sunday evenings). Be immersed in light, colour and sound within the beautiful surrounds of the gardens.

Kings Park Lightscape

Parking

3-hour Free Parking on Weekends & Public Holidays (CPP Cultural Centre, CPP Pier Street and CPP His Majesty’s)
FREE Night Parking from 6pm, 7 days a week
$13 All-Day Weekday Parking at select car parks

For more information, visit cityofperthparking.com.au.