One Giant Leap Australia Foundation presents Aerospace Camp Coonamble as part of the New South Wales Government’s Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative.

Aerospace Camp Coonamble will bring STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and aerospace education to young people in the Coonamble Local Government Area (LGA).

Thanks to the support of the NSW government, attendance at Aerospace Camp Coonamble is completely free of charge for all participants. The camp is being held at the Coonamble Bowling Club and Castlereagh Lodge Motel.

Over four days and three nights, students attending Aerospace Camp Coonamble will experience activities that are immersive, interactive, fun and have an underlying emphasis on wellbeing and the development of employability skills including team building, creativity and problem solving.

The program includes:

  • Astronomy and the Australian night sky
  • Australia’s contributions to space exploration
  • Artemis Missions to the Moon and Mars
  • Designing and building galactic habitats
  • Designing, building and launching a variety of Rockets,
  • Constructing, driving and exploring a range of Rovers
  • Problem solving challenges utilising Robotics
  • Living and working sustainably on the Moon and Mars
  • History of Space travel and exploration

They will need to:

  • Complete the submission form.
  • Upload a support letter from their school principal.
  • Upload a letter from their parent/guardian supporting their application.
  • Upload a video of themselves explaining why they should be selected for this life changing opportunity.

The opportunity is open now and the deadline for submissions is midnight 6th May 2023 AEST.

The camp has 32 places for students in Year 5 to Year 8. One Giant Leap Australia Foundation will work with the local schools and community to identify camp attendees, who will be fully accommodated over the four-day program.

Aerospace Camp Coonamble will be delivered during the school term and is a curriculum-based program. The combination of lessons and talks by various experts and practical problem-solving scenarios will lead to some very exciting days. Immersive activities incorporate problem solving, team building, design processes, critical and creative thinking whilst raising the students’ awareness of the breadth of STEM.

Participants work with and experience technologies such as flight simulators, robotics, drones, and virtual reality headsets which they usually do not have regular, or any, access to.

Presentations by STEM specialists, especially in the space and aerospace fields, will provide insight about professionals working in the industry, encouraging students interested in STEM to pursue related subjects at school and/or select STEM career pathways.

The Aerospace Camp program is proudly funded by the Office for Regional Youth, part of the Department of Regional NSW.

To apply for this life changing camp, students must be 12 to 14 years old at the date of the camp and currently enrolled in one of the following schools:

  • Coonamble Public School
  • Coonamble High School
  • Gulargambone Central
  • Quambone Public School
  • St Brigid’s Catholic Primary
  • Registered as home schooled and living in the Coonamble LGA.
Aerospace Camp
NSW Government

Location:

Coonamble Bowling Club and Castlereagh Lodge Motel

Application process:

Students must complete the official submission form, attaching a letter of recommendation from their school principal, a 2 minute video about themselves and why they should be selected and a letter from their parent/guardian that supports their application.

Submissions close on 6th May 2023 and applicants will be notified by 13th May.

Registration:

Aerospace Camp is FREE!
Places are limited to 32 students.

We will need the following details for each participant:

Date of Birth(Required)
I give permission for my/my child's photographs or videos taken as part of 'Aerospace Camp', to be used now or into the future for the purposes of external communications, including advertising and marketing as well as posted on social media.(Required)
Upload principal letter, video and parent/guardian letter at this link: onegiantleap.wetransfer.com(Required)
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Event Flyer:

Women in Space Night Coonamble