Seymour College’s future ready learning with HEX

What if students could pitch a startup, solve a global crisis, and meet a real founder, all before turning 15?

That’s exactly what happened when Seymour College, one of South Australia’s leading schools, partnered with HEX to deliver a future-focused, hands-on entrepreneurship experience for their Year 9 students.

Using HEX’s Money Unit as a base, the program brought together curriculum-aligned content, real-world tools, and creative energy to help students understand what it takes to think (and build) like a founder.

Why Seymour brought HEX into the classroom

Seymour College integrated HEX into their established Money program to give students a taste of the real world, without leaving the classroom. Here’s how it worked:

1. Flexible curriculum that fits seamlessly

The HEX Money Unit was customised by Seymour teachers to align with their existing timetable and classroom content. Students worked through checkpoints at their own pace, blending online learning with live facilitation from teachers and the HEX team.

The Money Unit itself introduces students to key financial and entrepreneurial concepts including:

• Budgeting and saving

• Investing and asset management

• Money mindsets and responsible financial habits

• How to start and structure a business

These topics are taught by HEX’s industry faculty, which includes accountants, financial planners, and entrepreneurs, giving students real-world knowledge from real-world professionals.

To extend the experience beyond the classroom, HEX also ran virtual office hours over the following weeks, giving students extra support with their checkpoint tasks and financial literacy questions. It’s a hybrid model that’s both personalised and practical.

2. Real founders, Real role models

The students heard from Amelie Parker, a HEX alum and founder of the AI tutoring startup Tutbob, who shared her journey from student to startup founder. Amelie was joined by Chris Hoffmann, co-founder of HEX, making it a powerhouse session full of real-world insight and inspiration.

Amelie’s story made entrepreneurship feel real and achievable, showing students that big ideas don’t have to wait, especially when they’re coming from someone who’s just 21 and already building her own AI startup.

She inspired students to think big, and start building.

3. Solving the space junk crisis like founders

The core challenge? Design a startup to tackle the global problem of space junk.

Using the Business Model Canvas, students brainstormed solutions, explored scientific feasibility, and developed go-to-market plans. They thought through:

• Revenue models
  
  
• Branding
  
  
• Marketing strategies
  
  
• Customer segments
  
  
• Tech and sustainability impact

One team went completely off the charts with space-junk-eating mutant tigers, Katy Perry’s Roar, and a full world-tour merch machine. It was an insanely creative branding concept. What made the whole showcase so compelling, though, was how students took bold ideas and anchored them back to real scientific and mathematical concepts.

From TikTok integrations to orbital recycling services, the ideas were bold, clever, and surprisingly grounded.

4. Pitches, feedback & real confidence

Students closed the session by pitching their ideas to each other and voting in a people’s choice showcase.

They walked away with more than just knowledge, they left with confidence, a toolkit, and a taste of what it’s like to solve real problems with real ideas.

The Future of Learning Starts Here

Programs like HEX work with schools like Seymour prepare students for a fast-changing world, where creativity, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial skills matter more than ever.

This isn’t just a class project. It’s a mindset shift.

By empowering students to experiment, iterate, and collaborate, we’re not just teaching the future. We’re letting students build it.

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