School Holiday Creative Writing
April 2025 Holiday Workshops - Now Booking
Creative writing workshops for young people aged 6–15, face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park (Field Studies Tower in the Education Centre, Bicentennial Park).
Our April Holiday 2025 holiday workshops are now booking.
All times are for Sydney, Australia. Prices are in Australian dollars.
April 2025
NEW Thursday 17th April, Afternoon
Animal Tales creative writing workshop for 6-9 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Release the scary or hilarious beasts from your imagination. Tame or confront dragons, unicorns and all kinds of fantastic animals you will invent. One break for recess. Bring a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, a hat, and your curiosity!
Thursday 17th April 2.00pm - 5.00pm. $100. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now
NEW Tuesday 22nd April
Skilled Writers: Authors’ Secrets - Heroic and Flawed Characters workshop for 10-15 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Build characters with motivation and doubts, resourcefulness and uncertainties. Throw your heroes into the deep end - they’re fine with the sharks, but have some trouble with their own shortcomings! This workshop - the most advanced offered in our holiday programs - gives skilled young writers new ways of thinking about writing, how stories work, and the interplay among character, event and setting. Develop new strategies for reaching your writing ambitions. Our workshops for skilled young writers change every holidays, with new content each time. Bring lunch and a snack (no nuts, please), a drink and a hat.
Tuesday 22nd April 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now
Wednesday 23rd April
Write Your Own Book creative writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
How to set, plan, build and finish your own extended story. Create atmospheric settings, memorable characters and gripping plots. This full day will give you all the skills and inspiration you need to write your own book. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring a hat, lunch, snack (no nuts please), drink, and brain turned to HIGH.
Wednesday 23rd April 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now
Thursday 24th April
Spy Stories creative writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Ssshhhh! We can’t tell you too much about this writing workshop because it’s classified — but this is the one for you if you’d like to dive deep into the information trade, meet smiling double agents, create mysterious devices and secret codes… and trust no one! Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch, a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, a hat, and suspicious attitude..
Thursday 24th April 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now
Saturday 26th April, Morning
Selective Schools and Scholarships Test Preparation workshop for students in year 6 in 2025. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Build creative writing skills for the NSW Selective Schools Placement Test and scholarship tests. The workshop focuses on writing across a range of textual forms, flexible thinking, ideation, and showing your writing ability and potential in the test format. How to deliver your best on the day. Materials and notes provided. Short break only.
Saturday 26th April 10.00am - 1.00pm. $120. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
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NEW Saturday 26th April, Afternoon
Space Journeys workshop for 6-9 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Take off in your own marvellous rocketship to discover new planets, new life forms, and fabulous adventures! Bring a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, and a hat. Oxygen supplied.
Saturday 26th April 1.30pm - 4.30pm. $1o0. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now
100,000 participants, thousands of workshops, focused on each child
The Writing Workshop began in 2006. Since then we've inspired over 100,000 participants – from five years old to school-leavers – and read over half a million pieces of imaginative writing. Surely this is a record!
We want each child to develop skills in and enjoyment of writing. We aim to make it fun.
"Thank you for all the positive energy you put into the writing course. You really have a talent for engaging young writers. My son had a great time and it's great to see him write outside of the realms of his comfort zone. He has come home writing and already I can see some development in the area of characterisation and plot formation. He has asked to do another course which is fantastic. It was wonderful seeing so many children with a passion for writing in the same room." - Year 2 Parent.
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The Writing Workshop takes COVID-19 seriously and will always prioritise the safety of participants, staff and our community. We are registered with the NSW government as a COVID-Safe business and follow NSW Health rules and venue (Sydney Olympic Park Authority) requirements.