Bendigo Tech School

📣 Entrepreneurial Edge: Student Pitches & Networking Event. ✨

Join us as Year 9 and 10 students from Bendigo South East College, Crusoe College, Highview College, Marist College Bendigo, and Weeroona College Bendigo showcase their innovative ideas at the conclusion of the Bendigo Tech School Entrepreneurial Edge Work Experience Program.

Through the week-long intensive program, students will work in startup-style teams to design business and tech solutions to real industry challenges – and will then be ready to pitch their ideas!

📅 Friday 26 June
⏰ 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
📍 Bendigo Tech School

11.00 am – Student Pitches to Industry Panel
12.30 pm – Light Lunch & Networking

This event brings together community members, industry leaders, and La Trobe University staff to celebrate the creativity, teamwork, and entrepreneurial spirit of Bendigo’s next generation of innovators.

Come along to be inspired, connect with others, and see what’s possible when education and industry collaborate to build the future of work.

Register now using the link below. 👇

https://events.humanitix.com/entrepreneurial-edge-student-pitches-and-networking-event-n2z6fxwf

The Entrepreneurial Edge Work Experience Program has been proudly developed and delivered in partnership with Bugbox, the La Trobe University Business School, and the Goldfields LLEN.

✨️ PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT: FUTURE CITIES, FUTURE LIVING ✨️

🗨️ What our teachers are saying: "A highlight of our Humanities program. Being able to tie their learning back to classroom experience and provide opportunities for students to 3D model their future city consolidated their learning. This is a top-notch program.”

One of our most popular programs, Future Cities, Future Living immerses students in a mixed reality world where they become the architects of tomorrow. As they design a sustainable city of the future, they tackle challenges such as climate change, transport, resource scarcity, and social equity, developing innovative solutions and the confidence to create positive change in their communities.

🕓️ Duration: 1-day

🎓 Year Levels: 7-8

🛠️ Tech Used: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, 3D Modelling, Holographic Displays

📚️ Curriculum Focus: Science, Mathematics, Design and Technology, Digital Technologies, Personal and Social Capabilities, Critical and Creative Thinking, Sustainability cross-curricula priority

🤝 Industry Links: Transport, Building and Construction, Professional Services, New Energies

To book Future Cities, Future Living, get in touch via [email protected].

🔗 Explore the digital 2026 Program Guide: bit.ly/2026BendigoTechSchoolProgram

🩺 In celebration of yesterday's Thank a First Responder Day, we gathered up 60 of Bendigo's future health care professionals for an exciting, hands-on introduction to the many pathways within the industry.

Designed especially for Year 7 and 8 students, the inaugural Exploring Health Careers Immersion Day saw students from Bendigo South East College, Catherine McAuley College, Girton Grammar School, and Marist College Bendigo rotate through a series of interactive activities, including:

🔶 Patient care and diagnostics
🔷 CPR skills and awareness
🔶 Fitness and mental health with Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre's Mick Ewart
🔷 VIC VICE VR health careers experience

Students then toured the La Trobe University, Bendigo Rural Health School with Nursing and Midwifery student Jade, getting a glimpse into their future study options and the rewarding health careers that can begin close to home.

To wrap up the day, students put their newly developed skills to the test in an energetic school-versus-school Kahoot quiz and CPR race, with Girton Grammar School taking the top spot for demonstrating the most accurate answers and techniques. 🏆️

Thank you to the Goldfields LLEN for partnering with us to deliver this event, and to the students for your enthusiastic participation! We hope the day sparked new interests and helped you picture your future careers in healthcare. ✨️

After piloting our Forensic FUNdamentals program in 2025, it was a pleasure to welcome Marist College Bendigo's newest Year 7 cohort over the past two weeks for another exciting investigation. 🔎🔬

From the moment they stepped into the Tech School, every little detail became a clue, from a half-eaten biscuit to a knocked-over plant. Working in pairs, the students combed the crime scene and collected evidence in the case of the missing robot.

Armed with the uncovered evidence, they then rotated through real-world forensic tests, including fingerprint dusting, chromatography, electrophoresis, and hair, fibre, and soil analysis.

To conclude their investigations, students created videos to present their theories on “whodunit,” combining scientific evidence with creative storytelling to solve the mystery and bring PITA the robot home.

What a fantastic six days of hands-on learning, problem-solving, and discovery that sparked genuine interest in forensic science careers for many students — featuring some fancy dress along the way!

We still have limited spots available for Forensic FUNdamentals in Terms 3 and 4. Local educators are encouraged to get in touch via [email protected] to book their students in.

🔗 Explore the digital 2026 Program Guide: bit.ly/2026BendigoTechSchoolProgram

SPARKS is on tonight at Bendigo Tech School!

Join the La Trobe Rural Health School for an evening of engaging conversation, valuable networking, and delicious cheese. 🧀 😍

We’d love to see you there!

Curious about where digital health, innovation and the future of work are heading?

Join us tomorrow afternoon for the next SPARKS networking evening with Kylie Ovenden, who'll share some thoughts and insights from her work in digital health, innovation and neurodiverse workplace research.

We'll explore topics like emerging technologies, workforce redesign, inclusion, and what these changes mean for regional communities.

SPARKS is all about bringing people together to have interesting conversations, share ideas, and make new connections. Whether you're working in health, education, research, business, technology or the community sector, we'd love to see you there.

📅 Wednesday 3 June 2026
🕔 4.00–6.00pm
📍 Level 3, Bendigo Tech School, La Trobe University Bendigo

Register here: https://brnw.ch/21x30YU

📣 Our Term 2 Newsletter is out now!

✨ In this edition, we celebrate some of the term’s highlights to date and share a glimpse of the exciting events and programs on the horizon — and there may even be a sneaky selfie of our team included. 🤳

📰 Download it here: bit.ly/4e33jSi

🔗 Sign up via our website to get future editions sent straight to your inbox: bendigotechschool.vic.edu.au/news

Tasked with becoming digital content creators, Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s Year 11 VM students turned the Tech School into a film studio this term as part of their annual Digital Storytelling program. 🎥 🎬️

Guided by our team — including Dan Walsh, whose 20 years in film and television provided valuable industry insight and inspiration — students explored every stage of the creative process, from storyboarding and scripting through to filming and editing.

Tackling a diverse range of topics, including the social media ban, scam prevention, career “day in the life” features, and food reviews, students used professional multimedia equipment and techniques to bring their ideas to life.

It was fantastic to watch students step outside their comfort zones, work together as production teams, and grow in confidence throughout the program, with plenty of memorable moments (and bloopers!) along the way.

We still have limited spots available for Digital Storytelling in Terms 3 and 4. Local educators are encouraged to get in touch via [email protected] to book their students in.

🔗 Explore the digital 2026 Program Guide: bit.ly/2026BendigoTechSchoolProgram

🚨 Attention all Year 10 students! 🚨

Want to run your own business someday? Keen to work alongside industry mentors and tech experts? Looking for work experience that’s hands-on, fast-paced, and genuinely exciting?

Enter Entrepreneurial Edge — work experience, reimagined!

Forget shadowing someone in silence. Over five action-packed days, you’ll:
✅ Work in teams
✅ Tackle real industry challenges
✅ Collaborate with business and tech mentors
✅ Pitch your solutions to actual decision-makers

It's immersive. It's future-focused. And it's the kind of experience that stands out on a resume.

📆 Monday 22 - Friday 26 June
⏰️ 9am - 4.30pm
📍 Bendigo Tech School

🗨️ 2025 student feedback: "I did another week of work experience at the beginning of the year, but this was ten times better."

Developed in partnership with La Trobe University Business School, Bugbox Robotics, and the Goldfields LLEN. Apply now via [email protected].

🩺 Shining the spotlight on careers in medicine. ✨️

This week, our Medical Clinical Immersion Day returned for its second year, in collaboration with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Goldfields LLEN.

We transformed Bendigo Tech School into a bustling mini medical precinct for the day, giving 45 students from Bendigo South East College, Girton Grammar School, Highview College, Marist College Bendigo, and VCC.victorychristiancollege a glimpse of life on the frontline.

Rotating through a series of workshops, students learned a variety of practical medical skills utilised daily by real clinicians, including:

🔸 Taking blood pressure
🔹 Wrapping slings and splints
🔸 Testing reflexes
🔹 Using ultrasound tools
🔸 Undertaking eye and ear exams

Everyone then came together for a hands-on plastering workshop — equal parts educational, messy, and incredibly fun!

To wrap up the day, students explored local study pathways at La Trobe University and Monash University, and gained real-world perspectives on what regional and rural medical careers are like, directly from current clinicians and medical students.

A huge thank you to everyone who made the day possible: ACRRM, the Goldfields LLEN, the teachers, and especially the students! We can’t wait to see the impact you’ll make in rural and regional communities throughout your medical journeys. 🤩