Holiday Workshops and Experiences
Holiday Workshop – The Songwriter’s Toolkit, Sydney
Organisation: Australian Institute of Music
Location: AIM Sydney Campus
Date: Friday 3 October 2025
Created for students in Year 9–Year 12 AIM’s new high school music workshops provide incredible opportunities to explore songwriting, mentored by AIM’s own accomplished musicians and educators.
This songwriting workshop is essential for any high school students curious about writing songs and performing and is a golden opportunity to work with incredibly accomplished songwriters. Join us these school holidays and discover the songwriter and performer you were born to become.
Holiday Workshop – Mastering Performance, Sydney
Organisation: Australian Institute of Music
Location: AIM Sydney Campus
Date: Friday 3 October 2025
AIM’s new school holiday workshop is designed for high school students interested in Music Performance. Created for students in Year 9–Year 12, the workshops provide incredible opportunities to experience playing and performing music, mentored by AIM’s own accomplished musicians and educators.
Over the course of the workshop, students will work with two professional musicians, Adrianna Cicchitelli and Gian Timothy Gho, to expand their performance skills in a collaborative and inspiring environment. They will workshop communication in an ensemble, chart reading, rhythm, pitch, dynamic, improvisation, stylistic interpretation and performance. Under their guidance, they will use these new rehearsal and performance techniques to create a small set of diverse songs in collaboration with other students in the class to present a performance for family and friends.
School Holiday ‘Out There’ Sailing Program
Organisation: Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
Location: Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
Date: Tuesday 7 October to Friday 10 October 2025
The ‘Out There’ School Holiday Sailing Program is for participants who are 12-17 years old looking to try a new activity, have some fun and engage with others whilst sailing.
This four-day program will include a variety of sailing activities that are focused on having fun and learning basic sailing skills. Sessions will be conducted on a mix of Club vessels, including the RPAYC’s fleet of Elliott 7 Keelboats, Pacer Dinghies, Windsurf and SUP Boards, Hobie-Cat dinghies and Powerboats.
Engineering Summer School 2025
Organisation: Engineers Australia
Location: Sydney
Date: Sunday 7 December to Friday 12 December 2025
Engineering Summer School has been running for 33 years and supported by the Office of NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer. It is a collaboration between Engineers Australia, our Engineering Universities and Industry partners.
ESS2025 is for students sitting their HSC or equivalent in 2026. The aim of the week is to provide an insight into the vast number of areas where Engineers work, the numerous degrees available, and the amazing career opportunities both in Australia and globally.
ESS2025 is a fully residential program, allowing you to start building your networks as you find your “tribe”. You will:
- Stay on campus at USYD
- Visit five key universities and five key organisations
- Meet loads of Engineers from wide and wild ranging areas