Holiday fun with the Forbes Youth Action Team

The Forbes Youth Action Team have held another successful school holidays filled with workshops and activities for everyone to enjoy. Check out all of the smiling faces who attended the inflatables day and Karen Richie watercolour workshop. Their school holiday program started with a yoga mindfulness workshop on Monday, July 8 with The Held Collective. The session focused on connection, meditation and yoga for students aged 10 to 18 years. This was a great way for students to start their school holidays after a busy term two. On Thursday, July 11 18 lucky students were able to learn how to arrange dried flowers with the talented team from Little Blooms Arrangements. Students learnt all about dried flowers and how to arrange them taking home their own beautiful dried flower arrangements. Drop-in fun day was a hit on a cold Forbes day in the Youth Centre. Students were able to test their skills on the rock climbing wall, play giant board games, draw, colour-in and paint on Tuesday, July 16. The Forbes Youth Action Team provided a fun day for 20 students on Wednesday, July 17 with an excursion to Orange. Students had a ball at Orange Tenpin Bowling showing off their skills aiming for strikes. Thursday, July 18 was a big day for the Forbes Youth Action Team as with the help of Elite Event Hire students were able to play on two different jumping castles, the Jurassic Adventure and the Angry Birds obstacle course. The Angry Birds obstacle race inflatable was a favourite as friends were able to race each other through the inflatable ending with a slide. Also on Thursday, Karen Richie taught students different ways to create magical water colour paintings using salt and cling wrap. Students made some amazing works of art showing off their creative skills.

Holiday fun with the Forbes Youth Action Team

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