VAPS PIPS - School Booking Form 2024

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PIPS Overview

VAPS' Philosophy in Public Spaces (PIPS) excursion events for schools are run to stimulate philosophical thinking in students. Between 3 - 12 schools attend each PIPS event and bring ~10 students each, then those students are mixed up into groups of 10 and placed with an expert facilitator. The facilitator is a member of VAPS trained in facilitating philosophical communities of inquiry.

PIPS events are run in locations of cultural significance whereby we have access to thought provoking material. Students observe a chosen stimulus (artwork, exhibition, show) with their mixed-school group and facilitator, before beginning a philosophical discussion about the ‘big ideas’ present in their stimulus to begin their community of inquiry discussion. The facilitator guides students towards philosophical questioning and thought processes, however the topic is chosen by the students themselves based on the ideas that the stimulus provoked in them.

*NEW/COMPLEX EVENTS FOR 2024:

1. 18th Oct Melbourne Zoo is a new PIPS event. This will run like any other Year 5-8 PIPS, it's just a new venue.

2. 7th August University of Melbourne Evening is a longstanding event. We use a sliding scale for student attendance costs and also grant funding, e.g., a low-SES school may pay only $10 per student. Don't be scared off by the $50 per student cost. It is only $50 before any subsidies are applied. Enquire within. This event includes food (as it runs from 5pm-9pm), hence the higher cost.

3. 18-22nd November Philosophy Camp. The camp is expected to cost $500-600 per student. This event requires early registration to ensure accommodation can be booked.

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Event Booking

7 June - National Gallery of Victoria - Years 8 - 11 ($30 per student)

*FULL* 24 July - University of Melbourne - Year 12 (VCE Unit 3/4 Study Design specific) ($30 per student)

TBC Term 3 - National Gallery of Victoria - Years 4 - 6 ($30 per student)

*FULL* 28 August (evening event 5pm-9pm) - University of Melbourne - Years 8 - 11 ($50 per student - subsidies available for govt/low-ses/regional schools))

12 September - Melbourne Museum - Year 5 - 8 ($30 per student)

18 October - Melbourne Zoo - Years 5 - 8 ($30 per student)

18-22 November Philosophy Camp (4 night/5 day camp) - Sovereign Hill - Years 5-9 ($TBC - see description at the top of this form))

Year Levels of Students

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

Priority Cohorts (tick all that apply to your school/students to potentially access subsidised attendance)

School from disadvantaged or low SES backgrounds (>1000 ICSEA (myschool.edu.au))

School from regional/rural location (myschool.edu.au)

Students from disadvantaged or low SES backgrounds (in a <1000 ICSEA school)

Koori students

Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students

Students in out of home care

Students with disability

Students identified as vulnerable or at risk of disengagement

Are you or another staff member available to facilitate on the night? (VAPS CoI training or experience in facilitating philosophical communities of inquiry required)

0 staff members able to facilitate

1 staff members able to facilitate

2 staff members able to facilitate

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