Melbourne Festival of Workshops

Dates: Wednesday 13 December, Thursday 14 December
Venue:  Firbank Grammar School, Brighton
Time:  9:15 am to 3:10 pm (registration 9.00 am – 9.15am)
Fee: $115


Year 1/2 Program Information Brochure
Year 3/4 Program Information Brochure
Year 5/6 Program Information Brochure

Day 1: Years 1 and 2

Program 1 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Fairy Lights Conundrum - with Sean
  • Bones, Bones, Bones - with Tim

Program 2 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Playground-a-Palooza! - with Rachel
  • Help! My Mummy Is A Pharoah! – with Allen

Program 3 - Wednesday 13 December

  •  Programming: A Numbers Race with Ben
  •  Cosmic Chase with Mark

Day 2: Years 1 and 2

Program 1 - Thursday 14 December

  • Calling All Balloonologists - with Emma
  • Bones, Bones, Bones - with Tim

Program 2 - Thursday 14 December

  •  Playground-a-Palooza! with Rachel
  •  The Ultimate Tree-Change: Creating a Mini Treehouse with Carla

Program 3 - Thursday 14 December

  •  Programming: A Numbers Race with Ben
  •  Cosmic Chase with Mark

Day 1: Years 3 and 4

Program 1 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Survivor - with Tim
  • The Quest to Solve Durer's Magic Square - with Tony

Program 2 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Too Much of a Good Thing - with Layla
  • The Zine Machine - with Rachel

Program 3 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Planetary Walker with Mark
  • Sphero Battle Machines with Andrew

Program 4 - Wednesday 13 December - FULL DAY

  • Gadgeteers Go Steampunk! - with Debi 

Day 2: Years 3 and 4

Program 1 - Thursday 14 December

  • Survivor - with Tim
  • The Quest to Solve Durer's Magic Square - with Tony

Program 2 - Thursday 14 December

  •  Soundscapes with Carla
  •  The Zine Machine with Rachel

Program 3 - Thursday 14 December

  •  Planetary Walker with Mark
  •  Sphero Battle Machines with Andrew


Day 1: Years 5 and 6

Program 1 - Wednesday 13 December

  • The Quest to Solve the Greatest Mathematical Puzzles Throughout History! with Tony
  • Aluminium Smelting with Sean

Program 2 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Heads & Tales of the French Revolution with Allen
  • Survival Island - with Layla

Program 3 - Wednesday 13 December

  • Sphero RVR Space Missions with Andrew
  • The Ins and Outs of Logic Gates with Ben

Day 2: Years 5 and 6

Program 1 - Thursday 14 December

  • The Quest to Solve the Greatest Mathematical Puzzles Throughout History with Tony
  • Spark Up with Electron Explorers! - with Emma

Program 2 - Thursday 14 December - FULL DAY

  • Monsters, Myths and Metaphors: A Creative Writing Odyssey with Kim

Program 3 - Thursday 14 December

  • Sphero RVR Space Missions with Andrew
  • The Ins and Outs of Logic Gates with Ben