Perth & Bunbury Big Ideas Challenges 2025

Thanks to the generous support of Cancer Network WA, Future Anything is bringing the Big Ideas Challenge to Perth (on Monday 7 April) and Bunbury (on Tuesday 8 April) in 2025.

The Big Ideas Challenge has been purposefully designed in collaboration with educators to engage young people in a fun and fast paced day of listening, learning and doing. 

Taking a deep dive into the critical issue of sun safety, students will ideate, develop and pitch their own solutions. They will hear from an engaging guest speaker and tackle the following challenge: “As an enterprising leader, pitch a project that will increase sun safe behaviours or create sun safe environments."

The Perth and Bunbury Challenge are separate events - so come to whichever event is closest to your school! 

VENUES & TRANSPORT:

Participating schools are required to organise and manage their own transport requirements for students and supervising staff/parents attending the event. Please ensure transport is arranged to enable students to arrive in good time for the start of the event. 

• The PERTH Big Ideas Challenge (7 April 2025) takes place at Bloom: Centre for Youth Innovation, St Catherine’s College, 433 University Bvd, Bentley 6102
• The BUNBURY Big Ideas Challenge (8 April 2025) takes place at Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, 2 Blair St, Bunbury 6230

TICKETS & WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• The event is designed for school groups of students in Years 7-10(Students may not attend individually)
• Thanks for the generosity of Cancer Network WA, up to 20 FREE student tickets are available per school. If you require more than this, please indicate this when registering and we will let you know if additional tickets become available. Educators/supervisors go free. 

KEY TIMINGS:

• 8.30am – 8.45am: Schools/students arrive & register
• 9:00 (PROMPT) - EVENT STARTS: Welcome (Intro, Overview of the Day, Future of Work).
• 9:30 - 10.00am: Guest Speaker Q&A 
• 10:00 – 10:30am: Picking a problem and group forming
• 10:30-10.50am: Morning Tea break
• 10.50 -12:50pm: The Odyssey (exploring problems & creating solutions)
• 12:50 – 1:20pm Lunch break
• 1:20 – 2.00pm: The Odyssey continued (prototyping and pitching)
• 2:00 - 2.15pm: The ‘Shark Tank’
• 2:15 - 2:30pm - EVENT ENDS: Winner’s Announcement + Closing, Final Reflections
• Break times are subject to change.  

PERMISSIONS & SUPERVISION:

Each participating school should manage risk assessment & parent permissions according their own policies, and ensure a suitable level of staff supervision for their students attending the event. While participating teachers/parents will not be required to formally facilitate the sessions, their engagement in the activities will increase teachers’ skills and confidence in unlocking students’ enterprising mindsets in their classrooms. IMPORTANT: All students are required to have a caregiver complete Future Anything's Media Permission Form here.  

WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BRING:

• Their own refillable water bottle
• Lunch, and morning/afternoon tea (if required) as no catering is provided.
• Students are required to wear their school uniform
• Completed Media Permission Form here (fillable PDF).
• A dash of enthusiasm, an open mind and a willingness to engage with others.

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