{"id":57392,"date":"2019-06-27T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/holidays-what-to-do-20190627\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:09:36","slug":"holidays-what-to-do-20190627","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/holidays-what-to-do-20190627\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays &#8211; what to do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<div class=\"p\">With more than a week into the school holiday, it is the time of the holidays where parents may need some help on how to keep their kids bus. To top it all off it is winter, so the chance of going to the park everyday is not looking good at all. <\/p>\n<div class=\"p\">Before cabin fever hits, kids can try some of these boredom busters:<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"cd66c1b1\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Make the school holidays fun this winter!  \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9048\/8bdd11e4e8454483930e7c436d0ea778.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d8d359e523fa42a7bf013dbdd1638f70.jpg\" title=\"Make the school holidays fun this winter!\n \" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Make the school holidays fun this winter!\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p\">-Visit your <strong>local library<\/strong>. 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