Workshop application and details coming soon.

Workshop application coming soon.

Workshop date: Wed 9 Apr 2025
Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Register at 8:45 am

Venue: Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, Campbelltown NSW 2560

Cost: $25 per student

Workshop date: Tue 8 Apr 2025
Time: 9 am to 3 pm
Register at 8:45 am

Venue: Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, Campbelltown NSW 2560

Cost: $25 per student

Workshop venues and dates

Time: 9:30 am to 2:45 pm (arrival by 9:15 am recommended)

• Tue 1 Apr – Belair Public School
• Wed 2 Apr – The Junction Public School
• Thu 3 Apr – Hamilton North Public School

Workshop details

Participants: Open to teachers and a maximum of 8 students per school, with the possibility to bring additional students upon request.
Cost: $25.00 per student, debited after the event.
Requirements for students: Bring morning tea and lunch, a clipboard, and note-taking materials. Palm cards and a light morning tea and lunch will be provided for adults.
Registration: Complete the registration form or email with school details, contact teacher’s name, preferred and alternate venues, and the number of participants.

Who can apply?

This camp is open to all students in Years 7 and 8 who attend a public school in NSW. You do not have to be enrolled in Drama as a school subject to apply.

Dates

• Monday 30 June to Wednesday 2 July 2025.

Location

•  The Collaroy Centre, Collaroy

Arrival and departure times

If you are successful, the schedule will be confirmed when you accept your place. However, please use the below times as a rough guide, especially if you are travelling long distances.

Arrival

• All students should aim to arrive at Collaroy at 1:30 pm on Monday 30 June. 
• Students travelling by public transport should note that the venue is a 10 minute walk from the closes bus stop.
• Students from regional, rural and remote areas have the option to arrive at Central Station by approximately 12:30 pm and will be met by camp staff to take a direct bus transfer. If numbers allow, students from the Sydney region may also be able to access this option. Please note that additional charges may apply for bus transfer.

Departure

• Students will showcase their group pieces in a performance evening at 7 pm on Wednesday 2 July. Parents are invited to attend this showcase and collect their child at the end of the performances at approximately 8:00 pm.
• A bus transfer to Central Station can be made available for students needing to travel back to Central Station to their connecting transport. Please note that additional charges may apply.
• All students must depart the camp site by 9 pm.

Cost

Please note that this a subsidised payment for all students that partly covers accommodation, meals, room hire, performer fees and staffing.

• $420 for metro and non-metro students
• $315 for rural and remote students

Workshop application coming soon.

A bushwalk will provide inspiration and the opportunity for participants to observe and document the natural environment. Participants will engage their senses and express themselves across a range of media, such as printmaking and ephemeral art.

Teachers will be provided with written instructions and material lists for each artmaking activity.

Cost: $80 per student

Application process

School applications for the 2025 CoLab Senior Drama Workshops are now open to teachers. Applications close Friday 28 March 2025 (Term 1 Week 9).

Students are required to complete an online permission and authority to publish form by Friday 4 April 2025 (Term 1 Week 10). Students are only permitted to attend with their students group and teacher.

Teachers, are required to collect their own excursion permission forms and follow their schools excursion processes.

Cost

• $20 per student – students attending in person workshops
• $15 per student – regional, rural and remote students participating in the virtual workshops
   
• Schools will be responsible for collecting participation fees from their students.
• Schools will be automatically direct debited for their participation in CoLab.

Festival dates: Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 July 2025 (Term 2 Week 10)
Rehearsals will be held on the morning of your performance day.

Number of items per school: Maximum of 3 items
Number of dancers per item: between 10 and 30
Length of item: maximum 5 minutes
Costs: No participation fee. Festival costs will be covered by ticket sales and grant funding.

Cost

• $200 per student
• Payment will be made through The Arts Unit student payment portal
• Payment will not be required until Term 2 2025.

Workshop venues and dates

Time: 9:30 am to 2:45 pm (arrival by 9:15 am recommended)

• Mon 7 Apr – Jerrabomberra Public School
• Tue 8 Apr – Bowral Public School
• Wed 9 Apr – Balarang Public School
• Thu 10 Apr – Lindsay Park Public School
• Fri 11 Apr – Batemans Bay Public School

Workshop details

Participants: Open to teachers and a maximum of 8 students per school, with the possibility to bring additional students upon request.
Cost: $25.00 per student, debited after the event.
Requirements for students: Bring morning tea and lunch, a clipboard, and note-taking materials. Palm cards and a light morning tea and lunch will be provided for adults.
Registration: Complete the registration form or email with school details, contact teacher’s name, preferred and alternate venues, and the number of participants.

Participation fee: $120 per student.

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Number of items per school: maximum of 3 items
Number of dancers per item: 10 to 30
Length of item: maximum 5 minutes
Costs: No participation fee. Festival costs will be covered by ticket sales and grant funding.

Cost: $66 per student

Cost: $10 per student

Entry fees

Entry fees are $25.00 per student, which means a maximum of $100.00 per school. The fees will be debited from your school's account in due course, so please advise the relevant person in your school's office that this will occur. Note that schools submitting an entry form must pay the fee even if they subsequently withdraw from the competition.

Auditions are held via video submission to select items that best reflect the spirit of the K–12 dance syllabus.

All details and requirements for the audition can be found on the teacher information site.

Participation is free. Schools are responsible for supplying any relief, travel, meals and accommodation.

Entry fees

• Government school student: $30.00 per student
• Non-government school student: $60.00 per student (including GST)

Government schools will automatically be debited for this amount once the local finals are complete (please advise your school’s finance department that this will occur). Non-government schools will be invoiced after those finals are complete. Please note that fees are due on entry and cannot be refunded even where students subsequently withdraw.