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We've rounded up the five most viewed ACTF education resources for Term 4. Could these popular resources be used to support student learning in your 2024 class?

More Than This learning resource

Developed in partnership with Queer Town, this resource supports Years 9 to 12 students and teachers to examine key themes in the M-rated series More Than This. Throughout five lessons, the resource addresses: Identity and belonging; gender identity and sexuality; consent and respectful relationships; peer, family and academic pressures; and mental health.

Little Lunch App

With this free filmmaking app for iPads, students can plan, film and share their own Little Lunch story! Prompts support students in determining their characters and setting and in establishing a story arc and determine. The app stitches the recorded short scenes together, adds the series theme song and saves a short film to the iPad’s camera roll.

Kangaroo Beach Series 2 learning resource

This classroom-based water safety education resource for Foundation to Year 2 students contains eight lesson plans and accompanying student-facing worksheets. Use it alongside school swimming lessons, as part of class inquiries into health and safety, or to address Health and Physical Education curriculum content. The water safety advice in the resource was reviewed and endorsed by Surf Life Saving Australia in late 2023.

Storyboarding, VFX and SFX resource

Revisit the classic children’s TV series Round the Twist while learning the importance of storyboarding when creating VFX (visual effects) and SFX (special effects). This learning resource for Years 5 to 10 students features interviews with a VFX Supervisor from Round the Twist and tips for creating your own VFX.

Built to Survive learning resource

Built to Survive follows Indigenous educator Phil Breslin as he learns how Australian animals adapt and survive in diverse environments. In this resource, students draw on the provided assets and their own research to become documentary hosts themselves. The resource includes five lessons to share with students in Years 3 to 6.