Activities for 5–8 Year Olds in Waterford

Moon & Lotus Studio - Yoga With Ginni

Moon & Lotus Studio, home to Yoga With Ginni, is a boutique yoga and wellness studio in Dunhill Eco Park on Waterford's Copper Coast. The studio runs weekly classes across a range of styles, including Vinyasa Flow, Hatha, Yin,...

Waterford Gymnastics - Parent & Toddler

Waterford Gymnastics runs a parent and toddler gymnastics class for children aged 1 to 5, based at Carrickpherish Business Park in Waterford. Parent and toddler gymnastics sessions typically use soft play equipment, low balance beams...

WAMA Waterford - Art Classes

The art programme at WAMA in Waterford is taught by Waterford artist Anne McDonnell, who has facilitated school art workshops for the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. Primary-aged children are grouped by age (5 to 6, 7 to 9 and 10...

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WAMA Waterford - Dance & Drama

WAMA, the Waterford Academy of Music & Arts, runs dance and drama classes for children from junior infants up to young adults at The Arts Complex on the Dunmore Road, Waterford. The classes aim to build confidence and self-expression in...

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Tramore Basketball Club

Tramore Basketball Club in County Waterford fields youth boys' and girls' teams, with current sides including U13 and U17 girls, U14 boys and U18 girls. Teams play in the South East league and U18 league, with home games at Tramore CBS...

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Playball Waterford (Ballymacarbry)

Playball's Ballymacarbry class meets at Ballymacarbry Community Centre and follows the same age-appropriate sports programme the franchise runs across County Waterford, for children aged two to eight. Classes are split into six stages...

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Ardmore Open Farm & Mini Zoo

Ardmore Open Farm & Mini Zoo sits just outside the seaside village of Ardmore in County Waterford, close to Whiting Bay beach, and combines a farm walk with a proper mini zoo across 15 acres. Over 200 animals live on site, including...

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Rugbytots - Ballinameela Community Centre

Ballinameela Community Centre near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, hosts a Saturday morning Rugbytots class for children aged two to five, run under the Rugbytots Midlands Leinster franchise. The centre's hall provides the space for the...

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Rugbytots - Ballygunner GAA Club

Ballygunner GAA Club in Waterford city hosts a Saturday morning Rugbytots class for children aged two to five, run under the Rugbytots Midlands Leinster franchise. The GAA clubhouse provides the space for the toddler programme's...

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Playball Waterford (Dungarvan)

Playball Waterford runs age-appropriate sports classes for children aged two to eight at St Laurence's Hall in Ballinroad, Abbeyside, on the edge of Dungarvan. Sessions are organised into six developmental stages from toddlers through...

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Designer Minds - Dungarvan STEAM Summer Camp

Dungarvan Fusion Centre in Co. Waterford hosts a Designer Minds STEAM camp for 6-12 year olds, with campers grouped into Junior (1st-3rd class) and Senior (4th-6th class) sections so the projects suit each child's stage. The week is...

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Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club - Cara na Mara

Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club's Cara na Mara programme is a child-centred sailing course for children aged 6 to 10, structured across three progressive levels — Otters, Seals and Dolphins — so children move up as their confidence and...

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Designer Minds - Tramore STEAM Summer Camp

At Tramore GAA in Co. Waterford, Designer Minds brings its STEAM summer camp to children aged 6-12, split into a Junior group (1st-3rd class) and a Senior group (4th-6th class) so younger and older campers each get age-appropriate...

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Splashworld Tramore - Swimming Lessons

Splashworld Tramore offers multi-level swim lessons for children aged 3 to 15, running in 7-week terms priced at €72. Grouping by level rather than strictly by age means children progress through the programme based on ability, moving...

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Tramore Pottery - Kids Pottery

Tramore Pottery offers two hand-building pottery programmes for children at Riverstown Community Centre in Tramore, Co. Waterford, both running on Tuesdays. Kids Pottery Classes are aimed at ages 6-11, introducing basic clay techniques...

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Harmony Children's Choir

Harmony Children's Choir runs three choir levels for ages 5 to 17 in Dungarvan Town Centre, all meeting on Wednesdays: Music FUNdamentals for children aged 5 and up, Crescendo Singers for the middle group, and Voca Loca for teens. The...

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GOMA Gallery - Children's Art Classes

GOMA Gallery runs children's art classes for young people aged 4 to 11. Gallery-based art classes typically give children the chance to respond creatively to exhibitions and artworks around them, alongside more traditional drawing,...

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Dungarvan School of Music and Trad

Dungarvan School of Music and Trad offers instrumental lessons in guitar, tin whistle and bodhrán, alongside a Children's Choir split into two age groups - 5 to 8 and 9 to 17 - and Irish dance classes. The mix of instrumental tuition,...

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Dungarvan Gymnastics Club

Dungarvan Gymnastics Club offers classes for children aged 4 and up in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Gymnastics classes at this stage typically focus on building core movement skills — balance, flexibility, coordination and basic tumbling —...

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Tramore Code Club

Tramore Code Club offers coding classes for children and teenagers aged 7 to 17, based at Gaelscoil Philib Barúin in Tramore, Co. Waterford. A ten-year age span like this typically means classes are grouped by age or ability, starting...

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Camp Waterford

Camp Waterford runs multi-activity day camps at Newtown School's 18-acre site, which includes an indoor pool, with weekly camps throughout July. Younger children aged 4 to 6 join Cub Camp, while Camp Waterford proper caters for ages 7...

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Freedom Surf School

Freedom Surf School runs Billabong-branded surf camps for kids and teens in Tramore, with age-specific groups covering roughly 6 to 17 year olds. Camps run over the summer and Easter school holidays, with all surfing equipment provided...

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Waterford Youth Arts - Dance Workshops

Waterford Youth Arts runs contemporary dance workshops for children at The Arch on Barrack Street, led by instructor Izzy Carr, who trained at the Guildford School of Acting and Dance Xchange. Sessions run on Thursdays, with a class for...

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SEA School Saturdays

SEA School Saturdays runs hands-on nature-based science and art sessions for children aged seven to fifteen at Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre in Dunmore East, every Saturday from 10am to 1pm. Each week blends coastal and marine...

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Water Babies - Newtown

In Newtown, Waterford, Water Babies offers swimming lessons for children from baby age up to roughly 5 years old. Each class runs for 30 minutes with no more than 10 children and one carer per child in the water, so instructors can give...

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Water Babies - Kilcohan

Water Babies runs its swimming programme in Kilcohan, Waterford, for children ranging from young babies to around 5 years old. Sessions last 30 minutes and are capped at 10 children, each with their own carer in the water, keeping the...

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Little Kickers

In Dungarvan, County Waterford, Little Kickers offers its four-stage preschool football programme for children from about 18 months to seven years old. The youngest group learns alongside a parent, while older children take on more of...

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Little Kickers

Little Kickers' Bishopscourt venue in Waterford runs preschool football classes for children aged roughly 18 months to seven, structured across four stages of growing independence. Parents are closely involved with the youngest children...

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Little Kickers

At Kilbarry in Waterford, Little Kickers delivers its preschool football programme to children from about 18 months to seven years old, across four age-based stages. Early sessions rely on active parent participation, gradually shifting...

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Messy Munchkins by Jen

Messy Munchkins by Jen runs hands-on messy play sessions every Tuesday from 10.30am to 11.30am at Cheekpoint Community Hall on the Crossroad, Co. Waterford. Activities are designed to stimulate toddlers' senses and creativity, and...

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Clashmore / Kinsalebeg Toddler Group

Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Parent, Baby and Toddler Group meets every second Tuesday during the school term, 10am to 12pm, at Clashmore Kinsalebeg GAA Club in Raheen, Co. Waterford. All are welcome to drop in for tea or coffee and a chat,...

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