All workshops are facilitated by our Story Factory Storytellers and provide a safe and supportive space where young people can develop ideas and write. Guided by our expert staff, with support from their fellow writers, young people are empowered to create an extended, exciting piece of writing.
We’re running in-person and online workshops during term on Monday – Thursday for both primary school and high school students.
Sign up to our free writing workshops using the links below or email us at students@storyfactory.org.au

Write Your World (In-person)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Monday 10 February 2025 to Monday 31 March 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- In-person at Story Factory Parramatta, 90 George St, Parramatta, Burramattagal Land, NSW 2150
- For high school students, years 7-12
Write Your World – Monday (In-person)
In this workshop series, students craft short pieces of writing that explore and challenge what makes up their world: the conceptual and the tangible. This will include paint swatch poetry, polaroid pieces, brain tours, and more! Students will debate, reflect on, experiment, question, and play with their preconceptions around writing as they bring their microfiction to life through a range of unique methods. This is an ideal workshop for those who like to think outside the box, and who are wanting to start their year with energy, playfulness and purpose.
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Oz Odyssey (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Monday 10 February 2025 to Monday 31 March 2025
- 4.00pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For primary school students, years 3-6
Oz Odyssey – Monday (Online)
In this workshop series, students are asked to imagine they receive a call to action from a natural element. They have an adventure through Wiradjuri Country, Ngarrindjeri Country and Kunwinjku Country, where they are given an opportunity to learn about the land, the history and the wonderful First Nations languages. Throughout this journey of self-discovery, the students ultimately learn what ‘home’ means to them.
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Oz Odyssey (In-person)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Tuesday 11 February 2025 to Tuesday 1 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- In-person at Story Factory Parramatta, 90 George St, Parramatta, Burramattagal Land, NSW 2150
- For primary school students, years 3-6
Oz Odyssey – Tuesday (In-person)
In this workshop series, students are asked to imagine they receive a call to action from a natural element. They have an adventure through Wiradjuri Country, Ngarrindjeri Country and Kunwinjku Country, where they are given an opportunity to learn about the land, the history and the wonderful First Nations languages. Throughout this journey of self-discovery, the students ultimately learn what ‘home’ means to them.
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Ghost Stories (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Tuesday 11 February 2025 to Tuesday 1 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For high school students, years 7-12
Ghost Stories – Tuesday (Online)
Welcome to Ghost Stories. In this workshop series students are inspired by spooky texts from around the world and then use their imagination to create their own take on ghost fiction. Over eight workshops students learn about the conventions of ghost fiction, engage in character and world building and create spooky poems and pieces of short fiction that evoke a pleasing terror in their readers.
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Oz Odyssey (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Wednesday 12 February 2025 to Wednesday 2 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For primary school students, years 3-6
Oz Odyssey – Wednesday (Online) – Rooty Hill Community
In this workshop series, students are asked to imagine they receive a call to action from a natural element. They have an adventure through Wiradjuri Country, Ngarrindjeri Country and Kunwinjku Country, where they are given an opportunity to learn about the land, the history and the wonderful First Nations languages. Throughout this journey of self-discovery, the students ultimately learn what ‘home’ means to them.
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Creating Cryptids (Online)
- After-school program – Term 1
- Thursday 13 February 2025 to Thursday 3 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For primary school students, years 3-6
Creating Cryptids – Thursday (Online)
Get ready to play the part of an acclaimed cryptozoologist and ‘discover’ a never-before-seen cryptid! Students will develop skills in making creative choices and writing for purpose and audience as they learn about cryptids from around the world (from the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland to El Chupacabra in Mexico and the Bunyip in Australia) and invent their own. They will then write about their created cryptid each week through different text types such as information reports, interviews, news articles, advertisements, exposition, and narrative.
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Write Your World (In-person)
- After-School Program – Term 1
- Thursday 13 February 2025 to Thursday 3 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- In-person at Mount Druitt Ethnic Communities Agency (MECA), 6 Ayres Grove, Mount Druitt NSW 2770
- For high school students, years 7-12
Write Your World – Thursday (In-person)
In this workshop series, students create short pieces of writing exploring their personal views and experiences. This will include paint swatch poems, microfiction, brain maps, and more! They will also have the opportunity to get crafty and transform their vignettes into multimodal texts. This is an ideal workshop for starting the year with energy, playfulness and purpose.
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