School Incursions & Presentations
Interactive incursions, presentations and workshops for Western Australian schools. Curriculum-aligned English and literacy, public speaking, wellbeing and neurodiversity, delivered through live improvised rap. Years 6 to 12, plus primary and family shows.
Check Availability →An incursion that teaches something and still lands with teenagers
An incursion has about four minutes to earn a cohort's attention. After that you either have them or you are managing them.
Macshane is an entertainer and presenter who uses live improvised rap as the delivery mechanism for something a teacher can point at afterwards: poetic devices, oral communication, confidence, neurodiversity, creative writing. The students think they came to watch a performance. They leave having done the work.
Sessions run across Perth and regional Western Australia, from Year 6 through Year 12, with staff and parent sessions available on the same visit.
What schools book it for
Curriculum and literacy
English and literacy outcomes, poetry and creative writing units, Book Week, public speaking and oral presentation, student-created performances.
Wellbeing and neurodiversity
Wellbeing and pastoral care days, ADHD and neurodiversity, Neurodiversity Celebration Week, R U OK? Day, Mental Health Week, resilience and unconventional pathways.
Transition and belonging
Year 6 and Year 7 transition, orientation days, student leadership, house events, camps and cohort connection.
End of term and events
End of term and end of year, reward days, graduations, arts festivals, a whole school assembly, awards nights and presentation evenings, where Macshane can host the event as well as perform in it.
You do not have to pick a program off a list. Tell Macshane what the day is for, which cohort it is and what the school is trying to achieve, and he will put the session together around it. “We have a wellbeing day and nothing booked for it” is a normal place to start a conversation from.
The sessions schools book
Find Your Flowstate
The ADHD story: not fitting in, hiding it, and the moment freestyle rap turned the thing he was trying to conceal into the thing he does for a living. Storytelling plus live interactive rap.
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Rhythm & Poetry
Poetic devices taught by demonstrating them live. Metaphor, simile, rhyme scheme, rhythm and wordplay, improvised in front of the cohort from their own suggestions.
Speak Up
Public speaking and confidence: vocal delivery, body language, audience connection and managing nerves. Chosen by Hale School as their public speaking program.
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Rhyme Science
The hands-on craft workshop. Rhyme, rhythm, writing and performance, finishing with students writing and professionally recording their own original track.
123 RAP!
The interactive kids show. Audience suggestions become improvised rap, for a primary school assembly, celebration days, libraries and school holiday programs.
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Teacher PD and parent evenings
Professional development on neurodiversity and inclusion, and a parent engagement talk. Either can run on the same visit as a student session, which is three audiences in one trip.
The four school programs and their outcomes in full: workshops and programs →
“He didn't just teach metaphors and similes, he showed the students that poetry can be fun.”
Dr Melanie Hindley, Head of English, Hale School
How it runs
One session covers as many students as the space will hold. Headcount never changes the price. Macshane works to year group cohorts of 300 or more, and Hale School has booked Years 7 to 10 at 200 plus per year group, three years running. Splitting a cohort across two sessions is what adds a session, not the number of students in the room.
A double session covers two cohorts back to back on the same day, and a full day covers up to three. Rhyme Science runs longer, at two to three hours.
A microphone and a space. No stage, no screen, no setup day, no technical rehearsal. It runs in a hall, a gym, a library, a lecture theatre or a classroom.
House names, teachers, traditions, achievements and the things that only make sense to that cohort, used live and unexpectedly. It is the difference between a show about your school and a show that visited it.
Based in Perth, Western Australia. Schools are visited across Perth WA, regional Western Australia including the Pilbara, Kimberley, Goldfields, Mid West, Wheatbelt and South West, plus interstate and internationally.
Curriculum alignment, named
Vague claims of curriculum alignment are worthless to a Head of Learning Area. These are the specifics, and they are the ones to take to an approval.
Years 7 to 12, across the Language, Literature and Literacy strands.
Outcomes demonstrated live rather than described, which is the part students remember.
Multimodal presentation, speaking to an audience, and performance of a prepared and an unprepared piece.
Tone, structure and delivery, with the vocabulary a marker is looking for.
Schools and organisations
“A Masterclass workshop that was both inspirational and highly practical. MACSHANE's professional approach and dynamic delivery kept the boys engaged and motivated throughout, equipping them with valuable tools to enhance their presentation skills. His ability to connect with the students and bring out their confidence was impressive.”
Simon Hunt, Deputy Head of Year, Hale School
“Stian Macshane's incursion at Harrisdale Senior High School was an engaging and energising experience for our Year 10 and 12 students. Blending performance with participation, he showcased the power of rap as a storytelling tool while creating an inclusive space where even quieter students felt confident to contribute.”
Hannah Caskey, Head of Learning Area, English, Harrisdale Senior High School
“His presentation was so positive. Anything to do with the Arts is fabulous for kids with ADHD as they can let their imagination and 'out of the box' thinking fly. He showed what was possible if you harness the talents you have, a fabulous message!”
Katheryn Hogan, Sacred Heart College
“Macshane delivered a dynamic and highly engaging freestyle rap performance during one of our overnight programs for young people aged 12 to 17 impacted by cancer. From the outset, Macshane took great care to understand the needs of our young people, building trust and forming positive connections.”
Peri Hawks, Programs Officer, Canteen WA
Twelve more, from teachers, heads of year and students: testimonials →
What schools ask
What is a Macshane school incursion actually like?
A performance and a lesson at the same time. He opens with his own story, teaches through live improvised rap built from the students' own suggestions, and finishes with the cohort taking part rather than watching. Nothing is pre-written, so no two sessions are the same.
Which year groups is it for?
Year 6 through Year 12 for the school programs, and primary and family audiences for 123 RAP!. The content is pitched to the cohort, so a Year 7 session and a Year 12 session are not the same session.
How many students can attend one session?
As many as the space holds. One session, one fee, whether that is a single class or a cohort of 300. Splitting a cohort across two sessions is what adds a session, not the number of students in the room.
How long is a session and what does the school need to provide?
Fifty-five minutes, or one period. A double session covers two cohorts back to back on the same day and a full day covers up to three, while Rhyme Science runs two to three hours. The school provides a space and a microphone if the room needs one. There is no stage, screen or AV requirement.
What does it cost?
A fee per session rather than per student, with separate rates for independent schools and for public, Catholic and primary schools, and a lower rate per session when more than one runs on the same visit. Regional visits are quoted per trip. Send the school, the cohort and the date and you will get a figure and a one page outline to take to a budget holder.
Does it meet the curriculum?
Yes, and specifically. Rhythm and Poetry maps to the WA Curriculum English strands of Language, Literature and Literacy and to poetry and creative writing outcomes. Speak Up covers oral communication and multimodal presentation, and WACE preparation on tone, structure and delivery. Hale School chose Speak Up as their public speaking program.
Do you travel to regional WA?
Yes, regularly, across Perth WA and regional Western Australia including the Pilbara, Kimberley, Goldfields, Mid West, Wheatbelt and South West. Clustering two or three schools in the same town or region into one trip brings the cost per school down, because the travel is only paid for once. Several regional towns have booked exactly that way.
Can you work with ADHD and neurodivergent students?
That is the lived experience the Find Your Flowstate session is built on, and Macshane is a spokesperson and community ambassador for ADHD WA. He speaks from his own experience rather than as a clinician, and he does not frame ADHD as purely a gift: the hard parts get named, which is why it lands with the students who need it.
Can you do Book Week, a transition day or an awards night?
Yes. Book Week, orientation and transition days, leadership days, reward days, graduations, arts festivals and presentation evenings are all regular bookings, and Macshane can host a whole event as the MC as well as perform in it.
Tell us the cohort and the date
Send the year group, the date and what the session is meant to achieve. You will get availability, a fee and a one page outline you can take to a budget holder.
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