Student Leaders Who Lead Through Play
A dedicated workshop for primary and secondary student leaders. Hands-on, age-appropriate and unforgettable, students leave knowing how to facilitate play, lead with empathy and bring others along.
Next Generation Leadership runs a separate track for primary and secondary students, each age-appropriate in language, examples and facilitation challenge.
Next Generation Leadership stays its own programme, not merged into the adult tracks, because student leadership deserves age-appropriate language, examples and stakes. We meet students where they are and stretch them just enough.
Confidence to lead activities in front of peers
Practical facilitation and public speaking skills
A real toolkit of play-based games and rituals
Greater empathy and emotional literacy
A stronger sense of agency and contribution
A school-wide culture they help build
Every session follows the same arc — morning discovery, midday practice, afternoon planning. Students leave with skills and a plan they own.
Self-awareness, leadership styles and what kind of leader they want to be, through play, not slides.
Facilitate real games with peer feedback. Mistakes welcomed, growth tracked.
Build a Term Plan for play across their school, assemblies, lunch breaks, classroom rituals.
“I never thought I could stand up in front of the school. After this, I actually wanted to.”
— Year 9 student leader, Victoria
Every Next Gen workshop follows the same arc, designed by educators who know what makes student leadership stick.
High-energy ice-breakers that reset the social dynamic. Hierarchies softened, voices heard.
PEGG, Play, Exercise, Gratitude, Giving, explained, demonstrated, embodied.
Each student facilitates a short activity for peers. Coached feedback in real time.
Cohort co-designs a play calendar for their school. They walk out with a plan they own.
Student voices and teacher feedback from Next Gen workshops across schools in Australia, Bangkok and beyond.
“I used to be terrified of speaking in front of people. After Next Gen I ran a whole-school assembly. I never thought I could do that.”
“The games we learned are now what we play at lunch. The whole year level is calmer because of it.”
“The cohort that came out of Next Gen runs our peer-mentoring programme. It is genuinely the most transformative day of leadership PD we run all year.”
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Both. We run separate Primary (F–6) and Secondary (7–12) tracks. Each is age-appropriate in language, examples, stakes and level of facilitation challenge.
Half day or full day, depending on your goals. Half day is great for an intensive intro, full day allows time for facilitation practice with real groups.
Always at your school. We bring everything, equipment, materials, energy. You provide a space and the leadership cohort.
We work best with 12–30 student leaders per session. Smaller groups get deeper coaching, larger groups need more facilitator time.
Next Gen is a powerful workshop, perfect as an intro, a culture moment or a one-off investment. Student Agency Leadership is a year-long programme with ongoing coaching. Many schools start with Next Gen, then graduate into Student Agency the following year.
Pricing is tailored to your school — format, group size, location and context all shape the investment. Book a free discovery call and we'll scope it together.
Book Next Generation Leadership for your school. We design every workshop around your context, primary or secondary, half day or full day, your venue or ours.
