Holiday Programmes
Enjoyable small-group experiences where children can explore, practise and build valuable skills during the holidays.
Launchpad Summer Launch 2027
11-22 January 2027
Four to five children per programme
Launchpad’s holiday programmes welcome families who would like to enrich their child’s communication, language, literacy, social or school-readiness skills. Families may join proactively, give their child an enjoyable learning experience or focus on a particular goal. A diagnosis or referral is not required.
Skills are developed through play, movement, stories, games, creative activities and shared experiences. Published age ranges are guides, with placement also considering each child’s current stage, strengths, interests and the group in which they are most likely to enjoy participating.
Each 90-minute session includes approximately 75 minutes of child-focused small-group activities, followed by a brief parent or caregiver recap. Families receive practical strategies and activities to enjoy at home, along with a brief individual end-of-programme summary and suggested next steps.
Holiday programme pricing note: All fees are in New Zealand dollars and include GST.
Ready for Take-Off:
School Readiness Holiday Lab
Approximately 4-6 years
Classroom Communication and Early Learning Skills
Placement is based on developmental readiness, not age alone
Help your child feel prepared, capable and confident as they take their next steps towards school.
Ready for Take-Off: School Readiness Holiday Lab is for children preparing to begin school or building confidence during their early school years. It offers a positive introduction to classroom-style routines, learning alongside others and the communication and independence skills used throughout the school day.
How the programme works
Across five 90-minute sessions, children explore school-readiness skills through stories, games, movement, creative activities and supported group routines. Each child is encouraged to participate in a way that feels comfortable and appropriate for their developmental stage. Parents or caregivers join a brief recap at the end of each session and receive practical ideas for continuing school-readiness learning at home.
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Children explore and practise
Listening and participating during short group activities
Understanding and following classroom-style directions
Becoming familiar with common classroom routines
Asking for help, clarification or repetition
Taking turns and sharing ideas with others
Joining group activities with growing confidence
Understanding, sequencing and retelling simple stories
Developing early sound, book and print awareness
Building age-appropriate independence
| Sessions | Day & Time | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Five consecutive weekday sessions | Monday–Friday, 9:30–11:00 am | 18–22 January 2027 |
Four to five children • Five 90-minute sessions
Programme fee: $485 per child.
The fee covers the full five-session programme and is arranged at enrolment.
Launchpad Holiday Reading Lab
Approximately 5-7 years
Reading and Spelling Foundations
Placement is based on each child’s literacy stage
Discover how sounds, letters and words work together through engaging holiday activities.
Launchpad Holiday Reading Lab is for children beginning to explore reading and spelling or ready to extend their existing early literacy skills. It welcomes children at different learning stages and provides opportunities to practise important foundations in an enjoyable small-group setting.
How the programme works
Across five 90-minute sessions, children explore sounds, letters, words and meaning through carefully sequenced games, movement, stories and hands-on activities. Learning is matched to the group’s current literacy stage so that children can experience success while continuing to grow. Parents or caregivers join a brief recap at the end of each session and receive clear strategies and activities for making literacy practice enjoyable at home.
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Children explore and practise
Listening for sounds in spoken words
Hearing and creating rhymes
Breaking words into syllables
Identifying and working with individual speech sounds
Learning connections between letters and sounds
Blending sounds together to read words
Segmenting words into sounds for spelling
Building vocabulary and understanding meaning
Growing in confidence and enjoyment as early readers and spellers
| Sessions | Day & Time | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Five consecutive weekday sessions | Monday–Friday, 1:00–2:30 pm | 18–22 January 2027 |
Four to five children • Five 90-minute sessions
Programme fee: $485 per child.
The fee covers the full five-session programme and is arranged at enrolment.
Launchpad Holiday Language Lab
Approximately 3.5-5 years
Vocabulary, Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, and Storytelling
Placement is based on communication stage, not age alone
Explore new words, build bigger ideas and communicate creatively through play.
Launchpad Holiday Language Lab is designed to enrich the language skills of preschool children at a variety of communication stages. It offers playful opportunities to discover new vocabulary, build sentences, follow ideas, ask questions and tell stories.
Families may join proactively to nurture their child’s language development, provide an enjoyable holiday learning experience or focus on a particular communication goal.
How the programme works
Across five 90-minute sessions, children build and extend their language through stories, pretend play, movement, games and creative activities. Each session provides natural opportunities to listen, communicate, explore ideas and enjoy learning alongside others. Parents or caregivers join a brief recap at the end of each session and receive practical ways to continue developing vocabulary, sentences and storytelling during everyday routines.
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Children explore and practise
Learning and using new vocabulary
Building longer and more detailed sentences
Understanding concepts involving size, location, quantity and sequence
Listening to and following increasingly detailed directions
Asking and answering different types of questions
Describing objects, actions, people and events
Sequencing ideas and retelling simple stories
Using language during pretend and imaginative play
Sharing ideas confidently within a small group
| Sessions | Day & Time | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Five consecutive weekday sessions | Monday–Friday, 9:30–11:00 am | 11–15 January 2027 |
Four to five children • Five 90-minute sessions
Programme fee: $485 per child.
The fee covers the full five-session programme and is arranged at enrolment.
Connect, Play & Belong:
Social Communication Lab
Approximately 5-7 years
Social Communication and Pragmatic Language Skills
Placement is based oncommunication stage and group fit, not age alone
Connect, collaborate and communicate confidently with others.
Connect, Play & Belong: Social Communication Lab is for children who would enjoy exploring and extending their social communication and pragmatic language skills. Pragmatic language refers to the ways we use and understand communication during play, conversations and everyday interactions.
Families may join proactively to give their child more opportunities to communicate, collaborate and share experiences with peers, or to focus on a particular social communication goal.
The programme celebrates different personalities and communication styles. Children are encouraged to express themselves authentically while discovering practical ways to understand others, participate in shared activities and navigate everyday social situations.
How the programme works
Across five 90-minute sessions, children explore social communication and pragmatic language skills through cooperative games, stories, role-play, movement, creative challenges and supported group activities. Each child’s preferred way of looking, listening, moving, interacting and communicating is respected. The aim is to expand each child’s communication choices while helping them feel comfortable and confident being themselves. Parents or caregivers join a brief recap at the end of each session and receive practical strategies for nurturing communication, connection and collaborative problem-solving at home and in the community.
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Children explore and practise
Joining play and shared activities in ways that feel comfortable
Starting, continuing and ending conversations
Taking turns and sharing ideas
Listening to and responding to another person’s message
Expressing preferences, boundaries and requests for help
Recognising emotions and becoming curious about different perspectives
Approaching changes and unexpected situations with growing flexibility
Negotiating, compromising and solving problems together
Noticing when a message could be shared more clearly
Repeating, explaining or trying a message in a different way
Building confidence while communicating as part of a group
| Sessions | Day & Time | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Five consecutive weekday sessions | Monday–Friday, 1:00–2:30 pm | 11–15 January 2027 |
Four to five children • Five 90-minute sessions
Programme fee: $485 per child.
The fee covers the full five-session programme and is arranged at enrolment.
❊ Additional Services
More to Explore
Looking for something a little different?
Alongside our core term programmes, we offer holiday programmes, assessments, off-site observations and professional meetings, so families can find the right level of support for their child's needs.
Limited individual therapy, literacy assessment/intervention and private parent coaching for more tailored needs.
Communication & Literacy Assessment
A brief or comprehensive starting point when a child’s strengths, needs or next steps require clarification.