Education News
Jun 03, 2020
Teaching Resources for Refugee Week
Teachers, are your students currently investigating the lives of refugees and asylum seekers? The ACTF has a range of engaging educational content and support materials related to Refugee Week and World Refugee Day.
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May 29, 2020
Meet My Place Author, Nadia Wheatley in a Free Q&A Webinar for Schools
Registrations are now open for the ACTF and ALEA's Author Webinar: Writing about Place and Time with Nadia Wheatley.
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May 26, 2020
New Release: First Day Teaching Toolkit
In the four-part series First Day, transgender girl Hannah navigates the challenges that come with starting high school, and finds the courage to live as her most authentic self. Discover learning tasks centred on inclusivity, identity, relationships, and wellbeing in our latest resource.
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May 25, 2020
Are You Teaching Dance Remotely?
Our online resource, Dance Academy: Arts Education, supports middle years educators with engaging classroom activities, designed to enhance students' knowledge, skills and understanding of dance, as both an artist and audience.
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May 21, 2020
Bite-size Teacher Webinar: 2020 My Place Competition
The 2020 My Place Competition asks students to tell the story of their own ‘place' during this historically significant time. Teachers, learn more about this national creative writing competition on Thursday 28 May.
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May 11, 2020
Announcing the 2020 My Place Creative Writing Competition
Our popular creative writing competition for students is back - with a twist! In 2020, we ask children: tell us about your place.
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May 11, 2020
Commemorate National Sorry Day with My Place
Every year on 26 May, Australians acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal people, particularly those belonging to the Stolen Generations and their families. In the My Place episode ‘Laura', one girl reflects on how policies of forced child removal affected her own family members.
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May 05, 2020
Examine the Mystery Genre with The Inbestigators
Learning tasks in The Inbestigators Teaching Toolkit will help Year 3-6 students to better comprehend the mystery genre, teaching them to read and think like a detective.
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May 01, 2020
Free ACTF Content and Resources for Teachers
A quick snapshot of freely available ACTF resources that can be used for online learning.
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Apr 28, 2020
5 Ways the ACTF is Supporting Teachers
The ACTF continues to support educators during this period of remote teaching. Keep students engaged and learning with our quality kids' content and tasks from our curriculum-mapped resources.
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