Young Athletes Holiday Program - Session 8

Dates: Friday 6 October 2023

Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Participants: Kids aged 5 - 8 years (*kids aged 0 - 4 years old are requested to register into the earlier session)

Location: Kwinana Recquatic, Skerne St &, Robbos Way, Kwinana WA 6167, Australia

Cost: FREE (supported by Connecting Community for Kids)

Focus:

Young Athletes is an inclusive program that develops the fundamental movement skills of 2 to 8 year olds with and without an intellectual disability. The program focuses on play-based activities that support social and physical growth and aims to creates greater access and opportunities for participating children.

Young Athletes includes:

- Safe and welcoming weekly sessions led by a trained coaches in a 1:5 ratio

- Individualisation of activities to meet the child’s skill level through modification, adaption or extension

- Focus on fundamental skills of sport, including multi-sport gross motor skills, social skills of sport, and health and fitness

- Opportunity to progress onto various Special Olympics sports and National Sporting Organisation pathway through weekly sports and competitions.

Your Goals

The types of NDIS goals this program can help a kid achieve include:

- Social and Community Participation

- Health and Wellbeing

- Personal Development

How to register

To participate in the program, you will need to register online via this page by Wednesday 20 September.

Need support? Please contact Special Olympics WA at info.wa@specialolympics.com.au or 1300 225 762.

Program Partners:

Thank you to the following partners for their support of the program.