The kids at the vacation care in Goodna were an absolute pleasure to perform a puppet show for and work with during the puppetry performance workshop that Elissa and I ran there. Very friendly, enthusiastic and well behaved kids, and very good teachers who were not only brilliant at behavioural management, but also spent time discussing with the class everything they enjoyed about their time during vacation care. When we arrived, the teachers had them watching FRAGGLE ROCK to prepare them for our puppetry lesson! After our puppet show and "hands on" workshop, they all constructed their own puppets using clothes pegs, paper cutout shapes and feathers (the pegs opened like mouths). And as we were leaving, they all sat down to watch LABYRINTH! Never have I seen so much interest in puppetry that teachers are willing to prepare the students with some Jim Henson classics, and then a puppet making craft lesson. Not to mention booking some professionals to come and perform and teach the craft. A most enjoyable morning at St Francis Xavier Primary School Vacation Care. I hope to visit again during a school term. - Brett Hansen (Larrikin Puppets) read more