Pacific Islands Day ideas for OSHC
6 DIY activities for Pacific Islands Day at before and after school care or vacation care. Pick and mix, or build a balanced day in one click.
Ocean Wayfinding Challenge
Teams 'sail' a canoe across the yard using wayfinding clues, learning how Pacific voyagers crossed vast ocean distances by reading stars, swells, winds and birds.
Pacific Islands Day · World Hello Day · Around the World Day +2Pacific Island Hop Greetings
Hoops become Pacific nations, and children race to the right island when they hear its greeting, from 'Talofa' in Samoa to 'Kia orana' in the Cook Islands.
Pacific Islands Day · Around the World Day · Culture Celebration Day +2Pacific Nations Fact Trail
Children visit stations for different Pacific nations, such as Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, collecting a fact and drawing a flag at each.
Pacific Islands Day · Craft Day · Paper Crafts Day +2Paper Tivaevae Group Quilt
Inspired by tivaevae, the colourful appliqué quilts made by women in the Cook Islands, children cut bold flower shapes and arrange them into one big group quilt.
Pacific Islands Day · Art Attack Day · Culture Celebration Day +2Tapa Cloth Pattern Art
Children learn that bark cloth is made in several Pacific nations, called ngatu in Tonga, siapo in Samoa and masi in Fiji, then create their own geometric designs on crumpled brown paper.
Pacific Islands Day · Cooking Day · Summer Holidays +2Watermelon 'Otai Drink
Children make 'otai, a refreshing watermelon drink most closely linked to Tonga and also enjoyed in Samoa, Niue, Tuvalu and Tokelau.