safe, cool, credible strategies to
stand up to hate online and offline.
For every Victorian workshop booked in Term 1, your school can get:
20% off the Support: Parent and Educator Forum!
Just mention this offer when you contact info@projectrockit.com.au
face-to-face workshop Approach
"Srsly, we thought it was another boring cyberbulling lecture but it wasn't. U made it fun. U made a difference. I didn't think I could learn so much in a day" -Student
All our workshops have a strong focus on student empowerment, self expression and safety. We aim to raise students social and self awareness and create an environment where diversity is celebrated.
"The difference between PROJECT ROCKIT and other workshops is that it´s fun and engaging and they actually listen" -Student
We put students in the driver's seat. Through a variety of role plays, activities and games, and interactive discussion, they’re the ones who identify and then explore the content and extract the messages within the workshops.
"I love how the content is different for different audiences. So many speakers rehash the same content but PROJECT ROCKIT presenters are fantastic" - Educator
Our programs can be tailored to best suit your school’s needs or desired outcomes. We can also suggest programs that develop students over a number of weeks/months/years that build upon previous workshops. Please feel free to let us know if you have any specific requirements, larger group sizes, or other requests.
"Loved PROJECT ROCKIT! Very engaging for students throughout the whole presentation. Students can relate to the presenters & issues discussed, extremely well presented. the program is extremely worthwile for our students. Students have not stopped talking about it... good sign!” -Robert Blackley, Deputy Principal.
We provide young people with not only reactive strategies for tackling cyberbullying once it occurs, but also proactive strategies so they can keep themselves and their accounts safe. It’s all about teaching students empathy to prevent perpetration, as well as tactics to prevent victimisation.
"Heaps of people were bullied before you came to my school. Now all the rumours have stopped. thanks!" -Student
All our workshops include a set our our signature PROJECT ROCKIT ‘Hot Tips’. These tips provide students with a set of skills to tackle prejudice and hate in the online world for both victims and bystanders. We believe everyone has the ability to be part of the solution.
94% of students observed a difference in their year level culture following PROJECT ROCKIT programs.
The outcomes of our workshops are in line with the major education, wellbeing and cybersafety frameworks in Australia, including the Australian Curriculum, eSafety Office certification, Safe Schools and eSmart Schools.
PRIMARY workshops
YEARS: 3 - 4
DURATION: 60 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 40 - 50 students
The Building Friendship and Empathy workshop explores our interactions with peers, as well as developing and displaying empathy. Our workshops cover fitting in/inclusion, nice play, effective communication, body language and other social skills that are vital to positive peer relationships in later years.
Our show-not-tell approach enables students to have a conversation about kindness and how to effectively communicate with your peers in a fun and engaging way.
YEARS: 4 - 6
DURATION: 60 min introductory session. All follow-up sessions 60 mins
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 40 - 50 students
This workshop provides a unique interactive checklist to develop literacy around what is and isn't bullying. Through participation in energetic group challenge, students will safely reflect on past behaviour, develop empathy for others and be empowered to tackle future encounters with bullying together.
This workshop can also be presented as a one-off, or expanded into a more in-depth program over 3 consecutive sessions.
YEARS: 5 - 6
DURATION: 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 60 - 80 students
This workshop introduces the opportunities and challenges of the online world with a real understanding of current social networking sites and online youth culture. Whilst the online world is a realm of endless possibility, we aim to highlight the challenges that come with this, including the rapid spread of information, miscommunications and (cyber)bullying.
These sessions present a range of in-touch, realistic strategies for students in dealing with (cyber)bullying and creating positive connections online. We also facilitate empathy for targets of cyberbullying through fun and safe communication challenges and real life stories.
YEARS: 5 - 6
DURATION: 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 40 - 50 students
PROJECT ROCKIT's leadership material has a real focus on the potential that we all have to be leaders, regardless of whether we have been recognised with an official leadership position. This idea of personal or 'everyday' leadership works well for both formal leadership groups (such as SRC) and the broader student body. Students' personal leadership skills are developed through a range of active and reflective challenges, providing opportunities for students to build on their strengths, develop resilience and stand up for what they believe in.
SECONDARY workshops
YEARS: 7 -9
DURATION: 60 / 75 / 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 50 - 60 students
Rather than dealing with labels of 'bullies' and 'victims,' the PROJECT ROCKIT approach places an emphasis on the role that all of us can play in challenging bullying and prejudice instead of standing by watching.
The workshop is set up around highly energetic and interactive challenges that enable students to safely and anonymously reflect on past behaviour and empathise with those with different experiences. We then wipe the slate and posing a call-to-action to be 'part of the solution' to bullying in the future. We then dive deep into exploring safe and socially credible strategies for challenging bullying - from strategies for students who are risk-averse right through to strategies for those who are out there and willing to give anything a go. There's something for everyone.
YEARS: 7 - 9
DURATION: 60 / 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 60 - 80 students
This workshop addresses (cyber)bullying through a strengths-based framework of empathy, respect and the sense of community that young people crave online. This workshop navigates the risks rewards of challenging (cyber)bullying and presents a range of in-touch, realistic strategies for students to tackle online hate.
As well as addressing the well-known risks of digital communications, the workshop utilises students' appreciation of current social networking sites and online youth culture to leverage the positive potential for all of us to challenge online hate instead of standing by watching.
YEARS: 9 - 12
DURATION: 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 60 - 80 students
This workshop unpacks how we form judgements, what social labels we place on ourselves and others, and how we can display empathy to others online and offline. It's about challenging the status quo and breaking down why we label groups or individuals. Students reflect on their own experience and explore how unchecked assumptions tend to take on a whole new meaning, particularly online.
We achieve this by engaging students in social experiments, critical thinking and group discussion to ultimately smash existing judgements and re-write positive social labels that represent who students really are.
YEARS: 7 - 12
DURATION: 90 minutes
GROUP SIZE: Ideal 50 - 60 students
PROJECT ROCKIT's leadership material has a real focus on the potential that we all have to be leaders, regardless of whether we have been recognised with an official leadership position. This idea of 'personal leadership' works well for both formal leadership groups (such as SRC) and the broader student body.
Students personal leadership skills are developed through a range of active and reflective challenges, providing opportunities for students to build on their strengths, identity their own core leadership values and stand up for what they believe in.
YEARS: 7 - 10
DURATION: Full Day- 90, 90, 60 minute session format
GROUP SIZE: max 300 students
COST: $2300 (+GST) up to 200 students
This is our most popular and highly valued program. Taking place over a full day or in the shorter 'snack-sized' format, our award-winning cyber content is designed to be delivered to large groups whilst remaining highly interactive and engaging.
Throughout 3 workshops spanning 4.5 hours, the DOT COM forum brings together a whole year level to explore the risks and rewards of challenging bullying, build peer support in online spaces, challenge judgement and social labels and launch strategies to stand up for yourself and others who are experiencing (cyber)bullying. Our approach recognises that (cyber)bullying is a social issue that plays out online, so much of the day addresses the social factors and drivers that often spill online: standing out versus fitting in, relationship ethics, privacy and consent and celebrating diversity.
What's more, students develop their awareness and empathy for targets of (cyber)bullying. empowering students to take ownership over core material and create a supportive online culture. The DOT COM forum will be an event to remember.
“Every day since PROJECT ROCKIT came I've been coming home with a smile one my face and I've never done that before. My life has changed completly.” - Student
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PROJECT ROCKIT WORKSHOPS
All students require their own chair- no exceptions
A projector with working sound that can be controlled from the front of the room
25 students MINIMUM attending the workshop
A darkened room with plenty of space
Adequate staff supervision
2 roaming microphones for groups over 80 students