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Wonka coming to Ranges | Star Weekly
Students from Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School’s Bullengarook campus are getting ready to perform their next production, ‘Wonka and the Golden Ticket’.
– 15 August 2024
Successful start to the school year | Star Weekly
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School students have raced back to school for another year, with 19 new prep students starting their school journey.
– 5 February 2024
Playful start back to school | Star Weekly
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School students have had a playful start back to school with the recent launch of its new playground.
– 14 July 2023
A cricketing dream at specialist school | Star Weekly
It was a delightful day down at Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School on Tuesday last week, when DreamCricket Australia and Sunbury Rotary Club came together to donate two kits to the pupils.
– 18 December 2022
Sunbury mini Woolies checks out | Star Weekly
Students at Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School are being given hands-on learning experience with a new mini Woolworths store now set up on campus.
– 20 October 2022
Ticket to Work – by Garry Heald from SMRSS| NCED
By Garry Heald from Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School. I attended a forum two years ago on Ticket to Work held by Community Transition Support (CTS). The element that jumped out at me was the great opportunity for our students to participate in the Ticket to Work interview process.
– 2017
Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS) Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders (MHWL) Hightlight Reel
Department of Education Victoria – 10 February 2026
Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS) Student Voice Hightlight Reel
Department of Education Victoria – 10 February 2026
Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS) Parents and Carers Hightlight Reel
Department of Education Victoria – 10 February 2026
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School – Differentiation and Inclusive Strategies – Full video (2:32 min)
Scholarship graduate: Anna Radnay, Master of Inclusive Education
NWVR – Hume Merri-bek; DI rollout Year 5
Setting: Special School
Department of Education Victoria – 5 December 2025
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School – Differentiation and Inclusive Strategies – 60-second video
Scholarship graduate: Anna Radnay, Master of Inclusive Education
NWVR – Hume Merri-bek; DI rollout Year 5
Setting: Special School
Department of Education Victoria – 5 December 2025
Mental Health in Primary Schools | SMRSS
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School in Sunbury has implemented MHiPS effectively in a specialist school setting since 2022. Principal Joanne Nolan and MHWL Melissa Stivala explain how they have used the initiative to support their students’ individual needs, and work alongside existing mental health and wellbeing approaches in the school, including Respectful Relationships.
Vic.gov.au – 12 Deceeber 2025
School hosts its first debutante ball in years | 7.30
Since the start of the pandemic, many schools across the country were forced to cancel social events such as the end-of-year formal dance. But now that life is coming roughly back to normal, one school in Victoria has been able to finally host its first debutante ball in years. Producer Laura Kewley joined them.
ABC – 17 June 2022
Belting out John Farnham classics and travelling through time — this musical is like no other
Reporter and digital producer: Georgia Hitch
Photography: Fremantle Media, Truce Films and Kelly Gardner
Videos: Fremantle Media and Truce Films
– 14 May 2024
Lights, camera, access: These neurodiverse teenagers are using their skills in film and on TV
Melbourne high school student, Josh, discovered his skills in the arts while also performing in his school’s musical production.
“We did have to stick to a script, but by the end of it, it was pretty much ad lib,” Josh says. “It was my first time being a main character in a stage show!”
– 1 May 2024
Documentary winning hearts – Midland Express
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School’s musical has gained a much bigger audience since it originally hit the stage. It is now the centre of a documentary bound for Netflix.
– 8 May 2024
Making it big! The special school musical that became a Netflix hit – AEU News
Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School’s musical has gained a much bigger audience since it originally hit the stage. It is now the centre of a documentary bound for Netflix.
– 1 August 2025
The stage is set for heart-warming ABC doco This Is Going To Be Big
The ABC is thrilled to announce the premiere broadcast of the award-winning documentary series This Is Going To Be Big on Tuesday, 30 April at 8pm on ABC TV, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
– 4 Apr 2024
Bertha DocHouse – This Is Going To Be Big
When their High School plans a grand production of an originally written, time-travelling musical, the neurodiverse students dig deep to take on the challenge.
– 2 May 2024
They’re the voice: The high-schoolers who made a John Farnham musical | The Age
As a first-time documentary filmmaker in Australia, you’d struggle to pick a topic more on the money than the one Thomas Hyland settled on for This Is Going To Be Big: a bunch of kids with intellectual disabilities stage a high school musical about John Farnham.
– 2 August 2023
Screen Australia – This Is Going To Be Big
Awards and Festivals This Is Going To Be Big participated in.
A humorous and heart-warming coming of age story unfolds when a cast of neurodiverse teenagers confront their own challenges, dreams & desires as they prepare for their first high school musical. This is a simple story with complex characters of teen life on the margins.
This Is Going To Be Big: ABC secures broadcast rights for documentary
The docu-series follows teenagers living with disabilities as they rehearse their musical about John Farnham.
– 2 April 2024
‘This Is Going To Be Big’: London Review
Neurodiverse teenagers stage a musical about singer John Farnham in this upbeat Australian doc
– 9 October 2023
ABC’s Heartwarming Doco This Is Going to Be Big Set to Premiere
The ABC is thrilled to announce the premiere broadcast of the award-winning documentary series This Is Going To Be Big on Tuesday, 30 April at 8pm on ABC TV, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
– 4 April 2024
‘This Is Going To Be Big’ – The IF Team
Thomas Charles Hyland’s two-part documentary This Is Going To Be Big centres on teenagers living with disabilities and neurodiversity as they share their dreams and confront their challenges while preparing for their high school musical.
– 28 March 2024
THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG – Dogwoof
A humorous and heart-warming coming-of-age story unfolds as teenagers living with disabilities share their dreams and desires and confront their challenges while preparing for their high school musical
– 2023
True/False 2024: This is Going to be Big makes the world suck less
Thomas Charles Hyland’s documentary wants to restore your faith in humanity.
– 4 March 2024
ABC unveil heartwarming docuseries THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG on teens with disabilities
Join Chelsea, Elyse, Halle, and Josh as they navigate adolescence in This is Going to Be Big, airing on ABC and streaming on ABC iview.
– 3 April 2024
Airdate: This is Going to be Big
ABC doco about the staging of a John Farnham musical could well be one of the gems of 2024…
– 2 April 2024
This Is Going To Be Big – behind the scenes
Director Thomas Charles Hyland and producer Josie Mason Campbell discuss the multi-format approach to their new project, This Is Going To Be Big.
– 26 April 2024
Episode 11: Darcy Nolan – ‘This Is Going to Be Big’ in Education – Around the School Table
In this episode of Around the School Table (https://xuno.com.au/podcasts/), host Steve Davis is joined by Darcy Nolan, lower secondary subschool leader at Sunbury and Macedon Ranges Specialist School’s Bullengerook campus (https://wordpress.smrss.vic.edu.au/). The school is the setting for the acclaimed ABC documentary This is Going to Be Big, (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/this-is-goin…) which follows a group of neurodivergent teenagers as they take on the challenge of creating and performing an original high school musical inspired by Australian music icon John Farnham.
XUNO Suite – Around the School Table – 18 August 2025
This Is Going To Be Big | Watch on Netflix
Netflix – 3 January 2025
This Is Going To Be Big – ABC iView YouTube Playlist
ABC iView
This Is Going To Be Big – Behind the Scenes
Screen Australia – 14 May 2024
This Is Going to Be Big | Official Trailer
Fremantle – 4 August 2023
Sit tight! A time-travelling John Farnham is taking you to 1980!
Interview with Lori and Halle for Life Matter – ABC Radio
ABC Radio – 18 Jan 2024
This Is Going to Be Big | Watch on ABC iView
A heart-warming documentary following a group of neurodivergent teenagers as they prepare for their first high school musical, confronting their challenges and dreams.
Winner of the Audience Award and the MIFF Schools Youth Jury Award at the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).
ABC iView – April 2024
This Is Going to Be Big | First Look | ABC TV + iView
ABC iView – 2 April 2024
Hot Docs 2024 Trailer: THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG
Hot Docs – 27 March 2024
Meet The Students | This Is Going To Be Big | ABC TV + iView
ABC iView – 23 April 2024
First Look | This Is Going To Be Big | ABC TV + iView
ABC iView – 2 April 2024