Hovercraft Summit (Contributing to healthy communities and inclusion)

Part 1: THE INCLUSION BLUEPRINT
Using their Empowerment Journals, students analyse their roles within social systems. They evaluate how individual values and biases influence Healthy Communities and set intentions for a truly inclusive build.

Part 2: SYSTEMS & STRATEGY
Teams engineer their hovercraft while managing complex interpersonal dynamics. Students evaluate different leadership styles and experiment with strategies to optimize team performance and technical innovation.

Part 3: ADVOCATING FOR COHESION
As the pressure peaks, students practice advanced negotiation to resolve conflict. They focus on Social Inclusion, actively working to dismantle barriers and ensure diverse perspectives are leveraged for the team’s success.

Part 4: THE LEADERSHIP AUDIT
Students reflect on their Self-Management and influence on others. They identify how their emotional intelligence and “bounce-back” resilience directly impact the collective wellbeing and progress of the group.

Part 5: THE ULTIMATE LIFT-OFF
It’s time to ride! Shared success cements a lasting legacy of inclusion as students lift, race, and glide. This high-octane finish proves that a commitment to diversity and grit can defy gravity, leaving them with a tangible toolkit for future growth.

This program aligns with the Victorian Curriculum. Relevant content descriptions and achievement standards are outlined below.

Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education

Identities and change

• evaluate factors that shape identities and evaluate how individuals influence the identities of others VC2HP10P01
• refine, evaluate and adapt strategies for managing changes and transitions VC2HP10P02

Interacting with others

• evaluate the influence of respect, empathy, power and coercion on establishing and maintaining respectful relationships VC2HP10P04
• propose strategies and actions individuals and groups can implement to challenge biases, stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination, and promote inclusion in their communities VC2HP10P05
• evaluate emotional responses in different situations to refine strategies for managing emotions to positively impact health and wellbeing VC2HP10P06
• examine how strategies, such as communicating choices, seeking, giving and denying consent, and expressing opinions and needs can support the development of respectful relationships, including sexual relationships VC2HP10P07

Contributing to healthy communities

• plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies (including first aid and CPR) for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be negatively impacted at home, school and in the community VC2HP10P08
• critique health information, services and media messaging about relationships, lifestyle choices, health decisions and behaviours to evaluate their influence on their own, others’ and community’s attitudes and actions VC2HP10P09
• plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own, others’ and community’s health, safety, relationships and wellbeing VC2HP10P10

Our high-energy Hovercraft workshop is $2,000 + GST Now $1,499 + GST (discount automatically applied at checkout!).

This price includes:

• A pre-completed Risk Assessment to make planning easy;
• Full administrative support from our team;
• All materials and equipment provided, you bring the kids, we’ll bring… well, everything else;
• Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Rangers leading the fun;
• A syllabus-aligned program designed to deliver real learning in a hands-on, exciting way.

Each session is capped at 60 students.

For larger groups, we recommend booking multiple sessions across the day to ensure every student receives the full, high-impact experience. We can run multiple stages per day.