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
The Secret Life of Stuff (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 2
- Monday 5 May 2025 to Monday 23 June 2025
- Thursday 8 May 2025 to Thursday 26 June 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For primary school students, years 3-6
The Secret Lift of Stuff – Monday and Thursday (online)
Have you ever wondered what your regular, everyday objects get up to when you leave the room? Well, wonder no longer! In ‘Secret Life of Stuff’, students create anthropomorphised stationery characters who get up to all sorts of mischief. In this 8 week workshop series, students will devise rounded characters based on the objects they see every day; plan and create informal, fictional autobiographical writing; and engage with metalanguage around literacy and emotional literacy.
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Squad Goals (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 2
- Tuesday 11 February 2025 to Tuesday 1 April 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For high school students
Squad Goals – Tuesday (online)
In this workshop series themed around friendship, students will plan and write a series of pieces that explore a friendship between two imagined characters. They will begin by engaging in world and character building, then devise a story map, and describe the journey of this friendship in a series of 4-5 short scenes or vignettes. Students will explore the concept of friendship through a diverse range of mentor texts by local and international authors.
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Flavour of the Week (Online)
- After-School Program – Term 2
- Wednesday 7 May 2025 to Wednesday 25 June 2025
- 4.00pm – 5.30pm
- Online
- For primary school students, years 3-6
Flavour of the Week – Wednesday (Online)
Delicious! Nutritious! Fictitious! This workshop series encourages students to develop and write with their personal voice through character-based and narrative forms of writing, all centred around food. Students will be introduced to a range of literary devices and create their own pieces of writing exploring their identity and experiences through the glorious topic of…food!
Squad Goals (In-person)
- After-school program – Term 2
- Monday 5 May 2025 to Monday 23 June 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- In-person at Story Factory Parramatta, 90 George St, Parramatta, Burramattagal Land, NSW 2150
- For high school students
For high school students – Monday (In-person)
In this workshop series themed around friendship, students will plan and write a series of pieces that explore a friendship between two imagined characters. They will begin by engaging in world and character building, then devise a story map, and describe the journey of this friendship in a series of 4-5 short scenes or vignettes. Students will explore the concept of friendship through a diverse range of mentor texts by local and international authors.
Enrol Now The Secret Life of Stuff (In-person)
- After-School Program – Term 2
- Tuesday 6 May 2025 to Tuesday 24 June 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
The Secret Life of Stuff – Tuesday (In-person)
Have you ever wondered what your regular, everyday objects get up to when you leave the room? Well, wonder no longer! In ‘Secret Life of Stuff’, students create anthropomorphised stationery characters who get up to all sorts of mischief. In this 8 week workshop series, students will devise rounded characters based on the objects they see every day; plan and create informal, fictional autobiographical writing; and engage with metalanguage around literacy and emotional literacy.
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Ghost Stories (In-person)
- After-School Program – Term 2
- Thursday 8 May 2025 to Thursday 26 June 2025
- 4pm – 5.30pm
- In-person at Mt Druitt Learning Ground, Bidwell Square
- For high school students
Ghost Stories – Thursday (In-person)
In this ghoulish 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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