re-generation
youth festival 2022

SCHOOL EXCURSION PROGRAM

This school excursion program is ideally suited for high school students from Year 7 to Year 12

The re-generation school program will run as morning and afternoon sessions, so schools can choose which session they wish to participate in. Note: it is the same content for both morning and afternoon sessions.

Capacity is 300 people per session, including teachers - numbers are limited and therefore we encourage you to book early. Initial booking is required with a total number of students and teachers.

Closer to the festival, we will send you further communication to determine the session that students wish to book, as pre-booking preferred workshops will be required to ensure places are reserved for your students. 

The program for students, schools, and young people to learn a variety of important subjects, causes and issues. Focusing on science, technology, arts and culture, personal development and wellbeing, business, and social enterprise.

The aim of this event is to offer a wide range of skill-building workshops, exhibitors, and speakers offering exciting potential for improving mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing, increasing creativity and fulfilment, opening pathways for social enterprise, and improving employment prospects and creative regenerative futures.

This school excursion program aims to provide students with a range of activities that blend with the school curriculum, while also helping students learn about ethical futures, and learning regenerative ways to help improve our future, whether through business, art, culture and technology.

Morning Session:

9:30am to 12:00pm

 

Afternoon Session

12:30pm to 3:00pm

Program


Type of Activity

Session Length

Capacity

Delivered by

Location


Opening and Acknowledgement to Country and didgeridoo performance by Wakka Wakka Elder Uncle Paully Chapman and keynote; Gemma Wildermuth Student at Cornish College and Victor Perton The Centre of Optimism

15 minutes

150 People

Elder Uncle Paully Chapman

Long Room (Level 1)


Mindflight7: Immersive sustainability focused VR career experience sessions

25 minutes

25 People

IDC (Library, Ground Floor)


SwitchOn Radio Enrichment Program: A ‘taster’ of the full enrichment program for schools on how to devise, produce and deliver a high calibre radio show or podcast on a chosen topic.

1 hour

25 People

Long Room (Level 1)


re-generation international youth film fest: featuring a curation of short films produced by emerging young filmmakers from around, which will include the winning films from the re-generation youth film competition.

1 hour

70 People per session

Theaterette (Ground Floor)


Maxme where success isn’t just about IQ, it’s about unlocking human power. Through exceptional learning experiences, Maxme equips people with the critical human skills, insights and support needed to realise their career potential and thrive. At the festival our aim is to Supercharge the Self Awareness superpower for participants

25 minutes

20 People
Suited for Year 9 and above
Must bring own phone 

Long Room (Level 1)


Mosaik Wellbeing Workshops: Our workshops use the arts and culture as a vehicle to improve well-being, embrace diversity and inclusion. Our workshops invite participants to connect with their senses and emotions as well as to bring people together and create an engaging environment by using the power of the music, singing, dance, laughing together, poetry, and storytelling as well as the mindfulness-based art therapy, theatre and food.

45 minutes

25 People

Education Centre (Ground Floor)


Real Time Learning and Team Dangerous Minds showcase First Tech Challenge
Real Time Learning assists schools build capability and capacity in Teachers and Students through STEM. Gemma Wildermuth, RTL Student Leader and Team Leader of Dangerous Minds will showcase the work they do with FIRST. Come and experience what it is like to “play” on the field in a First Tech Challenge. Gemma has competed on the international stage in three of FIRST’s programs, First Lego League, First Tech Challenge and First Robotics Competition. Learn about the world of robotics and automation and learn more about the wonderful FIRST community

No time limit this is for people to interact with as they like

On-going through out the day for people to engage at any point

Long Room (Level 1)


Deconstruct Fashion with Vivian Qiu

Garments contains stories about how we see ourselves and how we want to be seen. When the garment is on or off the body, it has a different meaning to it. We’re going to look at wellbeing and self-care through deconstructing garments.
In the Deconstruct Fashion workshop, students will be shown how to deconstruct and reconstruct a worn-out garment, through tearing, cutting, hand stitching and other techniques of fabric manipulation.
Students can make new work such as new garments, abstract sculpture or 2D wall art.

45 minutes

16 People

Atrium (Ground Floor)


Becoming You: Explore the Becoming You exhibition with a self-directed education program designed to enable students to explore stories about identity and growing up. Students will be provided with an education resource to complete during their visit to the exhibition.

1 Hour

50 people

Location: Level 2, East Wing Gallery.


Social Enterprise Academy: Incredible people like you are stepping up all over Australia to make a difference in organisations, communities, and schools. We are here to help you thrive, be your best and achieve greater impact. Through learning with and from others, you can develop the skills, behaviours and mindsets to help build a better Australia.

A workshop introduction to social enterprise. Including interactive elements that will have participants fleshing out the differences between social enterprises, charities and traditional businesses.

35 minutes

20 People

Long Room (Level 1)


Careers in Fashion Workshop: Our goal for this session is to showcase to students that a career in Fashion has changed drastically over the years with a large focus on circularity. Embracing social media and technology, the traditional career paths are paving the path to fresh and innovative ideas. We will begin the session by asking students what a career in fashion looks like to them. We’ll get them to write their thoughts/ideas on a leaf to sow into a fabric tree. Then, bringing a diverse panel of speakers from different areas in the Fashion space will chat about how they got to where they are, providing valuable advice and guidance. We will then get them to write their thoughts again onto the tree to see if thoughts/ideas about careers in Fashion has changed.

45 minutes

10 People

Long Room (Level 1)


Infectious Optimism: Your SuperPower for the 2020s and Beyond: This session is about providing you with the tools and the background to be a beacon of optimism in the fog of pessimism. This is a highly interactive session - earlier versions of which Victor has delivered globally, across Australia, in prisons, schools and corporate environments. The World Economic Forum and The World Happiness Report have pointed to a crisis of pessimism and a shortage of optimism. McKinsey, Rabobank, Commbank and Lowy Institute have recently reported falling optimism in Australia What will you do to lift yourself and your community to new heights?

60 minutes

10 People

Long Room (Level 1)


Caring for Country Workshop with Elder Uncle Paully Chapman: Co-founder of the Janandi Aboriginal Corporation (Bendigo, Victoria) Elder Uncle Paully Chapman was born on the Wakka Wakka lands of Queensland, where he lived for the first 30 years of his life without electricity or running water. Caring for Country is both as natural and essential as breathing to him and Uncle Paully has a lifetime of wisdom to share about what it means to respect and regenerate the Earth.

30 minutes

15 People

Elder Uncle Paully Chapman

Atrium (Ground Floor)


Empowered Women in Trades

No time limit this is for people to interact with as they like

On-going through out the day for people to engage at any point

Long Room (Level 1)