Cook Play

Tarlatan Oval

Our amazing team of professional chefs and experienced cooks make cooking fun. We give kids the confidence to cook and home and enjoy doing it. Building week by week, our course kits them out with the basics, and gives them the skills to experiment and play, always with a focus on the pleasure of creating something others can enjoy.

Our programme combines creativity with technical skill, ensuring that children develop confidence and curiosity alongside technique. Our sessions support fine and gross motor skills, helping children build coordination while they learn.

Once the guided cooking session is wrapped up, the kids are free to explore the adventure playground filled with climbing structures, outdoor games, and pedal karts, a hall filled with toys and games, or simply continue cooking!

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Located in a purpose-built playbuilding in Kennington Park, Tarlatan Oval is the perfect location to blend guided activity and free play.

Each 1 hour 50 min session is split into different phases:

1. Getting creative — the warm-up
Every session kicks off with a short activity suited to the age group — it's a low-pressure way to settle in and get everyone in a creative headspace.

2. The main activity
Once warmed up, children move into the week's recipe. Our curriculum cycles through a range of recipes and themes, so there's always something new to try. There's no fixed pace, and each child engages at a level appropriate for them.

3. A pressure-free space to create
Sessions bring together children of different ages, each working at their own pace — so there's nothing to compare against and no need to keep up with anyone else. School often rushes creative work; here, children get the time and space to actually explore and enjoy making something.

5. Feeling part of it from day one
However a child joins us — right at the start of term or partway through — the same easy structure means they settle in and feel included straight away. At Tarlatan, every child is welcomed and given the space to feel like they belong.

6. Free Play
Once the guided art activity finishes, children are given the freedom to play outside on the amazing adventure play structures, inside with toys and games, or to simply continue creative making. During this period, they may also choose to try one of the other activities on offer, such as cooking!

Each 1 hour 50 min session is split into different phases:

1. Getting creative — the warm-up
Every session kicks off with a short activity suited to the age group — it's a low-pressure way to settle in and get everyone in a creative headspace.