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Holiday learning designed for curious young minds
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Delivered directly by Innovate Forge Academy
Instructor-led Zoom courses from the shared online catalogue — Web Creators, Python Project Builders and Young AI App Builders.
Delivered directly by Innovate Forge Academy
The same three online course pathways, completed flexibly through Forge with no compulsory live classes.
Complete five-morning program
Communication, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship through one connected project. Senior secondary ages 16–18, subject to suitability, including 18-year-old secondary students. Maximum eight enrolled students.
Five unique half-day programs
Five different standalone hands-on workshops — inventing, robotics, entrepreneurship, public speaking and storytelling. Join one day or all five.
Instructor-led · Zoom + Forge
The shared online course catalogue, guided live on Zoom and supported by Forge. Course cohorts subject to confirmation.
Self-paced · Forge
The same three online course pathways through Forge, at your own pace, with optional Zoom educator support.
Chadstone and online programs complement each other — attending one is never required for the other.
Same great learning
Explore web development, Python programming and introductory AI app building through Forge. Learn independently at your own pace or join our instructor-led online workshops. Our core online learning programs are designed to be consistent for students in Australia and Singapore.
Explore. Practise. Create.
Learn together. Build with guidance.
One shared online catalogue
The same instructor-led Zoom courses, five missions and learning outcomes for students in Australia and Singapore. The Innovate Forge App — Self-Paced Learning Activities is offered separately.
Build your first interactive website.
Students are introduced to the foundations of modern web development through practical, achievable projects.
Mission 1
Mission 2
Mission 3
Mission 4
Mission 5
Turn coding skills into useful projects and interactive programs.
Students learn core Python concepts and apply them to an original or meaningfully customised project.
Mission 1
Mission 2
Mission 3
Mission 4
Mission 5
Explore how ideas can become digital applications with the help of AI.
An introductory educational app-design and AI-assisted creation program — not a professional software-development qualification.
Students work in a supervised learning lab environment. Apps created here are learning prototypes, not production-ready products.
Mission 1
Mission 2
Mission 3
Mission 4
Mission 5
Monday 11 – Friday 15 January 2027
9:00 am–1:00 pm AEDT at Waterman Business Centre, Chadstone Shopping Centre. A$297 per day. Choose one day or explore the entire week.
2026 Program Calendar
Choose a program that matches your family's location and holiday plans. Innovate Forge Academy's year-end holiday experiences will run across Singapore and Melbourne, with different program formats designed for local students, visiting international students and families seeking customised learning experiences.
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Three cohorts
Cohorts: 30 Nov–4 Dec, 7–11 Dec & 14–18 Dec 2026
Singapore — Live Online
Group Holiday Program
Students in Singapore and the region · 9:00 am–11:00 am Singapore Time (SGT)
Three live online cohorts during the Singapore year-end holidays, 9:00 am–11:00 am SGT. S$197.
Five missions
Flexible
Access: 21 Nov – 31 Dec 2026
Singapore — Self-Paced
Group Holiday Program
Five guided missions through Forge, completed flexibly — no fixed daily timetable. Delivered directly by Innovate Forge Academy. S$97.
Educator support
30 Nov–4 Dec
30 November–4 December 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Group Holiday Program
International students and overseas families visiting Melbourne.
Possible formats
7–11 Dec
7–11 December 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Group Holiday Program
Complete five-morning experience, 9:00 am–12:30 pm AEDT — 17.5 scheduled hours including breaks. Maximum eight enrolled students. Senior secondary ages 16–18, subject to suitability, including 18-year-old secondary students. Program and venue subject to confirmation.
Program format
14–18 Dec
14–18 December 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Personalised Programs
Custom programs by arrangement, subject to confirmation. Private customised experiences are scoped and quoted separately; this is not a scheduled group week.
Primary formats
19 Dec+
From 19 December 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Personalised Programs
Travelling to Melbourne closer to Christmas? Limited personalised coaching, mentoring or custom family learning experiences may be available by arrangement.
Online courses
For Chadstone, enrol directly from the Chadstone page. For Melbourne December experiences, use the Melbourne page.
Parent FAQs
Yes. Both countries use one shared catalogue of instructor-led courses — Web Creators, Python Project Builders and Young AI App Builders — with the same five missions and learning outcomes, and both offer the Innovate Forge App — Self-Paced Learning Activities. Only dates, time zone, currency and support arrangements differ.
They are separate programs. The Innovate Forge App — Self-Paced Learning Activities offers independent activities, challenges and projects with a scheduled daily educator support window, and no fixed course timetable. Instructor-led Zoom courses are structured courses with their own curriculum, schedule and fee; they may use the Innovate Forge App for supporting activities and project work.
No. The online courses are designed for beginners and progressing coders, subject to approved age bands. The Chadstone workshops need no coding or robotics experience.
Online courses need a computer with reliable internet. For Chadstone, equipment arrangements are confirmed through enrolment.
Web Creators: a small interactive website. Python Project Builders: a beginner/intermediate Python program. Young AI App Builders: a simple app prototype or interactive demonstrator.
Yes. It is an introductory app-design course that starts with ideas, users and sketches before any building.
AI is introduced through approved, age-appropriate tools with guidance on responsible use. Students learn that AI output can contain errors, and no unsupervised accounts or paid AI tools are required.
Families are welcome to ask. Australian sessions run on Melbourne time (AEDT), so please check the time difference before submitting an enquiry.
Chadstone: 11–15 January 2027, 9:00 am–1:00 pm AEDT. Australia live online: 18–22 January 2027, 9:00–11:00 am AEDT. Australia self-paced: 11–22 January 2027. Singapore live online: three cohorts — 30 November–4 December, 7–11 December and 14–18 December 2026, 9:00 am–11:00 am SGT, with each of the three online programs running in every cohort. Singapore self-paced: 21 November – 31 December 2026.
Yes. Each day is a complete, standalone workshop. Choose one day, several days or the whole week.
No. Each workshop is designed to be welcoming for newcomers.
Academy robotics equipment stays at the Academy. Students keep their learning, reflections and, where practical, their written or paper-based work.
No. Students work towards an age-appropriate prototype or project in a supervised learning lab environment, not a production-ready product.
Submitting an enquiry lets us contact you once details are confirmed — it is not a booking and no payment is taken. Chadstone enrolment is open now through the booking page.
Yes. Our term programs in technology, communication, writing and leadership are a natural next step — ask us which pathway fits.
