Programmes for children and young people

Clubhouses

The Clubhouse: Where Creativity Meets Imagination

Clubhouses are creative technology spaces for people aged 10-18 and are totally free to use!

The Clubhouse mission is to provide a creative and safe out-of-school learning environment where young people work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop new skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology.

You can create and have fun with robotics, animation, 3D design, arts & crafts, sound recording, video production, graphic design, game creation and lots more.

Naenae and Taita Clubhouses are part an international community of 100 Clubhouses located in 19 countries. The Clubhouse Network is a program of the Museum of Science, Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab. Find out more about Clubhouses from around the world at The Clubhouse Network.

The Naenae Clubhouse

• Address: Treadwell Street Hall, Naenae 5011
• Regular Opening Hours:  Monday to Friday, 3pm-7pm (During School Term)
• Find out what they've been up to on the Naenae Clubhouse Facebook

The Taita Clubhouse

• Address: Walter Nash Centre, Taine Street, Taita 5011
• Regular Opening Hours:  Monday to Friday, 3pm-7pm (During School Term)
• Find out what they've been up to on the Taita Clubhouse Facebook

School holiday programmes

We run regular school holiday programmes out of our Libraries. Our school holiday programmes are social and lively: they incorporate craft, performance, workshops and other hands-on activities.

Visit the Hutt Libraries website to see what's coming up next!

KiwiSport

Fundamental Movement Skills is a government-funded initiative to promote sport for school-aged children. The Wellington project is led and administered by Hutt City Council.

Sport Wellington's KiwiSport plan has identified a need for improvement in basic or fundamental movement skills in primary-aged children. The aim is to provide an overall skills base which provides a grounding for all physical activity.

The aim of Fundamental Movement Skills is to:

• Increase the number of school-aged children participating in organised sport    
• Increase the availability and accessibility of sport opportunities for all school-aged children    
• Support children in developing skills that will enable them to participate effectively in sport

Learn more about the programmes we offer in the Hutt region.

MiniMovers

Fundamental movement programmes are essential in developing the necessary movement patterns required for children to take part in any sport or recreational activity. Help your children move safely and with confidence.

MiniMovers are fun early movement sessions building foundations for all sport, recreation, and performing arts. Parents need to attend and take part in all the sessions. Check our events listing for the next class.

Guided Walks

Hutt City Council works with other regional councils to arrange a number of fantastic guided walks for whanau, friends and dogs. 

Check out our events listings for summer and holiday walks Kev the Kiwi, PAWS in the Park, and Hikoi for HUHA. 

Yoga for schools

We’re on a journey to increase the awareness and accessibility of yoga in the community, and to encourage more people of all ages and abilities to give yoga a go. Yoga is a form of physical activity that promotes positive health and well-being.

School-based yoga offers many benefits to children and teachers and is known to have positive effects on student learning, well-being, behaviour, and performance.

Alongside Seedling Yoga, we’ve developed the Yoga for Schools programme which brings yoga into the classroom and curriculum. In this programme yoga is defined as the combination of physical stretches, controlled breathing activities and focused thought or ‘mindfulness.’

The programme involves:

• 16 x 45 minute yoga sessions in the classroom
• 2 x 60 minute yoga sessions for teachers
• Unit plan and lesson plans (Level 2/3)
• Kids yoga resources
• Complimentary ‘Yoga with Me’ yoga deck for teachers.

For more information on yoga for schools, please email rebecca.grigg@huttcity.govt.nz