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The 2022 Creative Learning program commences in February and runs right through to November.

With dates across February, May and June, challenge your students’ storytelling abilities and introduce them to the world of broadcast with Take Over The Airwaves – A Radio Play Festival. A blended learning experience including both incursion and excursion components for students in Years 8 to 10, Take Over The Airwaves sees Geelong Arts Centre partner with Oxygen College to guide students through a series of workshops where they will become the actors, directors, scriptwriters, sound operators and narrators of their own unique story, with the support and mentorship of practicing theatre artists and digital resources.

Inspired by Martin McKenna’s moving memoir, and part of the VCE Theatre Studies 2022 Playlist, The Boy Who Talked to Dogs (pictured) is the international premiere of a mischievous and magical work made in partnership with Adelaide’s acclaimed Slingsby and State Theatre Company South Australia. Coming to Geelong West Town Hall on Thursday 14 July, the performance explores the true story of Nimbin’s famous “Dogman”, who grew up in Garryowen, Limerick. This tough but tender tale is a celebration of the love of animals we share our homes and lives with, starring acclaimed Dublin actor Bryan Burroughs amidst a dazzling array of shadows, songs and stellar musicianship.

Then later in July, a puppet show with sustainability at its heart, Trash Puppets’ Escape from Trash Mountain hits Geelong Arts Centre’s recently redeveloped Studio 4 space to give students in Years 3 to 6 a poignant look at how good relationships and fervent optimism are key to saving out planet. Part of the Sustainable Strategies program and in partnership with Geelong Gallery, young students will be captivated as two performers operate 17 different puppets and transform trash into an epic playground!

Throughout the year, educators will also have the opportunity to engage in creative conversations and professional development workshops, as well as access to engaging resources to assist in building lesson plans, inspiring student curiosity, and igniting meaningful conversations in the classroom.

The Geelong Arts Centre’s Creative Learning program aims to spark a love for the creative industries that opens a world of opportunity to both educators and students alike. If you are interested in any of Geelong Arts Centre’s 2022 Creative Learning programs, head to geelongartscentre.org.au/creativelearning for more information and to book.

Image: Hop on board our spaceship and get ready for blast off with Whoosh! Credit - Christopher Canato

Geelong Baptist College

AT Geelong Baptist College our education journey with the students is a collaborative one between students, parents and staff. We guide our students to develop their skills and talents in order that they may contribute positively to the College community and beyond.

As a christian college, we believe wholeheartedly, that the values that underpin our country, that we aim to instil and nurture in our students, are in-step with those of the families who choose our College for their children.

Our fee structure is transparent and affordable, with no hidden building or IT levies.

GBC’s open enrolment policy makes it attractive to all faiths whilst holding fast to the biblical values that our country was built upon.

From their Foundation year through to Year 12, all students, are encouraged to adopt values and mindsets that emphasise individual endeavour and academic rigour, balanced with a servant heart and a desire to improve our local and global communities.

Our teaching staff strive to assist our students to unpack their gifts and talents, in order that they may bless others and thereby make a marked difference in the both the present and the future world. In the primary school this is evidenced in our Clubs Program that offers our students a wide variety of clubs that focus on unpacking their giftings and talents.

GBC aim’s to empower all our students to behave in ways that will enable them to integrate meaningfully into our changing and challenging world. Each student is unique and we seek to explore their capabilities and competencies, in order to assist them to direct their studies in those areas where their strengths lie.

We offer a co-educational education, where we can accommodate students on the one campus, from Foundation through to Year 12, making for a seamless transition from one year to the next.

In the secondary years, GBC offers both VCE and VCAL courses which cater for all students, whatever their skills and aspirations might be. Students are also given the opportunity to complete VET courses as part of their coursework, as well as School Based Apprenticeships for those who would most benefit from this pathway.

Our College is proud of the Year 9 Edge program, which is presented at a very critical time in the lives of adolescent students. The program is designed to assist students to develop their skills, know their limitations and bring understanding and awareness of their own communities. It also assists in enabling them to integrate meaningfully into society as they mature.

GBC is dedicated to assisting students to develop in their confidence, build their skills and to establish healthy relationships that will equip them to respond appropriately to life’s challenges.

Our College is accessible to all families, of all faiths. Our privately owned bus service covers all Geelong regions and extends as far as Point Cook, Anakie, Bellarine Peninsula, Golden Plains Shire and the Surf Coast, thus providing all families with the opportunity to access personalised, private education for their children.

On your visit to the College you will observe first hand, our capacity to provide accessible and meaningful education to a receptive community of learners.

Private tours are warmly encouraged, as well as visits to the College on our open days and twilight tours, where we warmly invite you to meet Mrs Judy Sobey, Primary Principal and Mr Neil Wetmore, Secondary Principal.