In Person Programs

All Story Factory programs align closely with the syllabus to support teachers achieving their goals.

We work with schools in many ways:

  1. One-off workshops: bring a class to visit us for a two-hour blast of creative writing inspiration at our beautifully-designed creative writing centres in Redfern or Parramatta.
  2. Term Programs: book us to come to your school. We can work with you to deliver a writing program once a week for a term, or multiple terms.
  3. Residency Programs: once you’ve tried the above, apply to become a Story Factory Residency School. We’ll commit to working with your students for at least a year, working with multiple classes, to create a culture of writing throughout the school.

All programs, whether they run for two hours or a term, end with the publication of students’ writing in a handsomely bound book which they can take home to share with their family and community.

Enquire for a free writing workshop series via: info@storyfactory.org.au

Surreal Prose

Stage 5

Term 3 (One off)

In person

Have you ever had a nightmare you can't quite explain? In this workshop students explore prose poetry and surrealism as they prepare to write their own short horror narrative based on an alien invasion. They learn strategies for ideating and...

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Inkblot Poetry

Stage 4

Term 3 (One off)

In person

In this one off workshop participants will be inspired by the fascinating tradition of Rorschach inkblots and the possibilities they offer to explore individual perspectives and create rich and playful metaphors and symbols in writing. They will use the award...

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Reading To Write

Stage 6

Term 3 (One off)

In person

Looking for practical and engaging ways to enrich your students' understanding of the relationship between reading and writing? In this two hour workshop students will be exposed to diverse and appealing mentor texts (including contemporary poetry, multimodal and digital texts...

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Craft Of Writing

Stage 6

Term 3 (One off)

In person

Looking for a way to inspire and motivate your Year 12 students as they tackle Module C? In this two hour workshop students will engage with a rich mentor text by a contemporary Afro-American music writer and draft short and achievable...

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InstaPoetry

Stage 4 & 5

Term 3 (One off)

In person

So, as you may or may have not noticed, InstaPoetry is pretty big! This workshop introduces students to this rich and exploding new genre, explores the interesting ways its multimodal nature is being used inventively by contemporary poets, and leads...

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Waffle Man

Stage 3

Term 3 (One off)

In person

We know the story of the Gingerbread Man. We know how it ends. But what about how it begins? Students from Willmot Public School (Baran, Lachlan, David and Jonathan) present an unusual take on the classic fable: the first few...

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Creature Feature

Stage 3

Term 3 (One off)

In person

Want to give your reader the ookie spookies? Leave them a bit… freaked out? Then this workshop is perfect for you! Students will aim to develop a short piece of horror prose poetry about an alien invasion in their very...

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Freedom Machine

Stage 3

Term 3 (One off)

In person

What is freedom to you? It means different things to different people at different times. What if you could build your very own freedom machine? What would it look like? How would it move? Where would it take you? In...

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My Little Universe

Stage 1

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

Come to outer space with us! This term students will use poetic scaffolds and frameworks to write poetry and stories about different aspects of space. Students will practise observation, integrate sensory descriptions, and imagine communications with the outer reaches of...

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Olfactory

Stage 5

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

“Smells like teen writing…” In this workshop series students will learn about features of discursive writing and create a series of short responses or segments that will accumulate to become a personal essay about the olfactory world. From surveying their...

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(Im)moral Compass

Stage 4

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

Short genre narratives and monologues "Have you heard this story? It happened to a friend of a friend of mine..." Using Jess Bellamy's script Compass as a starting point, students will imagine their own class trip to the bush. Students...

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My Life On A Plate

Stage 4

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

You are what you eat! In this workshop series students develop and share their personal voice as they build their skills as writers of memoir, short narratives and poetry. Over eight workshops students engage with a delicious and diverse range...

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Oz Odyssey

Stage 3

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

Have you ever wondered about your future, your destiny? Students this term will explore geographical storytelling, character development, narrative obstacles and more as they write an adventure story that allows them to discover who they are, and who they want...

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Pixie Power

Stage 2

Term 3 (term-long)

In person

Do you know how toasters work? What about laptops? What about your school bus? Or an ocean liner?! It turns out a lot of the everyday machines we interact with don't run on electricity, or petrol, or microchips - it's...

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