School & University Programs
Action-Packed Adventures That Engage, Excite, and Empower Students
How about amping up the excitement of your next school excursion or orientation day with a unique and engaging activity that has real-world, personal and professional developmental outcomes?
Whether it’s getting acquainted with the city, learning to work with your fellow classmates or exploring the real value of solid teamwork, our Great Race School and University events are a brilliant way to meet your objectives!
The Amazing Race and Survivor games are incredible fun for all students allowing them to work together as a team towards a common goal. Our professional hosts bring maximum fun for an unforgettable experience that, whilst hard to believe, students actually really love and get into! Seriously, we love how much students love these events.
Fun is definitely the name of the game but rest assured, our events have real team-building outcomes. Your students will need to come together, negotiate, plan, strategise, problem solve, and be pushed outside of their comfort zones to complete the game.
Though this style of team-building event has traditionally been the domain of big companies, used as an investment in the professional development of their teams, we are noticing a marked increase in the application of these games for students. It’s an exceptional way to develop their personal and teamwork skills as they gear towards the workforce.
Plus it’s really fun, so they’re much more likely to apply themselves wholeheartedly!
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All School & University Events
For Universities
We have designed induction events for the biggest universities across Australia, on campus and around their respective cities – regional too! We have welcomed international university groups and helped introduce them to the Aussie lifestyle all the while getting acquainted with their new cities.
But learning outcomes and orientation aside, these games are about people meeting people. Having fun with a new group helps to create and solidify friendships, it also helps to facilitate communication where it might otherwise be a little difficult or intimidating. Finally, and this is a big one – it socialises people without the use of alcohol!
For Schools
We have worked with hundreds of schools adapting learning objectives, core curriculum lessons, team-building outcomes, and more into our Amazing Race and Survivor events! We also work with dozens of schools annually to run celebrations for their year 12 students as an alternative to “Muck Up Day.” All our hosts hold the relevant Working With Children certification for their respective states. The majority have extensive experience engaging with and entertaining students and young people specifically through Theatre in Education.
We design all of our school games to include challenges suitable to the age of the student group. That way, we can ensure the game is pitched correctly for the relevant age and capabilities of the group, as well as to guarantee all students have a fantastic time. Our games are challenging yet achievable. Every single team ‘complete’ the game, and our fun-loving hosts are always on hand to help get every team across the line. Invariably, our school groups have fantastic fun and are tremendously rewarded through the shared achievement of conquering each activity together – game on!
What’s The Point?
It’s more than just a day of fun — it’s about building real skills, real connections, and real confidence.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Each challenge is an opportunity to think creatively, work under pressure, and find solutions as a team.
Better Communication
Success depends on listening, collaborating, and speaking up — skills that translate directly to academic and personal growth.
Leadership & Confidence
Students can step up, take charge, and realise what they’re capable of in a supportive, fun environment.
The Benefits of Our Team Building Activities
Our team building games are so successful thanks in no small part to the subtle underpinning of fun we incorporate into each and every offering – it’s about having a good bloody time! Often the subtle benefits of our team-building activities are implicit and inherently part of the challenges we create, it’s entirely up to you how the message comes across.
100% Engagement and Energy
We smash our events with our own skillful energy and excitement with the goal of engagement from all participants. The events are active, exciting, and hands-on — perfect for groups of all energy levels.
Longevity = Experience
With over 15 years of experience working with groups just like yours, we reckon we’re pretty good at this stuff… even, if we do say so ourselves. We just keep getting better.
A Tonne of Fun!
It’s fun, it’s educational and it’s unifying – mostly fun though
Why brands, teams, friends, and family can’t get enough of Great Race!
We used the Great Race once for a team building day and then just a few weeks later for a student engagement event because our crew had such a good time during our first booking! Brett was a legend at booking us in at pretty short notice both times and looked after all the details we requested! Zac was an excellent host on both occasions and all our participants both times had a blast, connected with each other and all around loved it! Highly recommend this company whose staff obviously love what they do and deliver a great experience!
Swinburne Student Services
We had Great Race run an event for students and it was a huge success! We loved the challenges, the bonuses and the way everything was set up. Everyone had an incredible time, and it was just so much fun. Brett in particular helped us immensely with organizing the event. He was great at identifying exactly what we needed and was very friendly and approachable. Samm was the one who ran the event and she did so well! She was sweet and full of energy. Overall it was organized and executed incredibly well.
Cherry E. R. | Morling College
We used Great Race for an International Student event for our university, a fun way to explore their new home. The students who attended had an absolute ball, and many said it exceeded their expectations. Most students didn't know each other, but the interactive nature of the activity allowed them to engage easily. Brett and the team made it easy for us and organised everything for the day. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to organise a fun event that is a little bit different.
Hailey R. | Monsu Peninsula
Just wanted to personally thank you for the session you and your team provided at the U@UNSW conference. It really met all our boxes and aligned with my debrief. Its especially refreshing to partner with an organisation who just get it without the need for micro-management. So… THANK YOU. I look forward to working with you guys again in the future.
Patricia G. | UNSW
Please extend my thanks to Josh and Brett and the crew that ran our excursion last week. It was a great day and everyone who participated, students and teachers continue to rave it was great fun! Accessible, comprehensive, well times and professionally ran. Words can not really do justice to how great it was. Given our rapture with the program we will be making this an annual event.
Kathryn R. | Albert Park College Melbourne
I would love to convey how fantastic the day was, Brett and staff provided perfect activities/challenges and a level of energy which started the day with a bang. We took with us to Southbank 150 students with very cynical attitudes and what the experience helped generate is a mountain of new friendships, faith and trust in each other and a spirit of confidence and social cohesion I have been trying to achieve all year.
Wayne F. | St Peter Claver College
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