Education News
Oct 07, 2019
My Place Uncovers a New History Lesson about the Holden
My Place continues to teach the young and not so young viewers of the series about the history of Australia in a way that engages, entertains and informs.
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Sep 16, 2019
Menstrual Management in Schools: Explore the Issue with ACTF Resources
The Summer's Day Teaching Toolkit explores the content and themes in the film, including menstruation, puberty and body image.
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Sep 13, 2019
The Inbestigators Q&A Webinar Announced for Term 4
This November 22, Australian primary students can take part in a live Q&A webinar with The Inbestigators cast: Anna Cooke (Maudie); Aston Droomer (Ezra); Abby Bergman (Ava); and Jamil Smyth-Secka (Kyle).
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Sep 12, 2019
Winners Announced for the 2019 My Place Competition
As short stories about 2019 My Place characters flooded in from schools all over the country this term, the ACTF was given a unique window into the creativity, passions, concerns and diversity of Australia's young people.
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Sep 12, 2019
Little Lunch App Competition: An Exciting Avenue to Extend English Skills
Primary teachers, are your students working on digital text comprehension and creation in English? Why not plan an engaging Term 4 English unit around our 2019 Little Lunch App Competition?
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Sep 02, 2019
Laughing and Learning in Comedy Scriptwriting Workshops
Our ACMI / ACTF virtual comedy scriptwriting workshops wrapped up last week with students presenting their hilarious original sketches to other schools across the country.
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Sep 02, 2019
Teach the General Capabilities with the Hardball Teaching Toolkit
Themes of family, multiculturalism, and resilience - along with ethical dilemmas, Jerry's healthy respect for mathematics, and the problematic use of ICT by almost everyone - makes Hardball the perfect children's series to explore the General Capabilities through.
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Sep 02, 2019
Exploring Mental Health with Mustangs FC
Teachers, are you looking for mental health lesson plans ahead of this year's R U OK Day? The Mustangs FC Teaching Toolkit contains relevant learning tasks and discussion starters for primary and secondary students.
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Aug 16, 2019
Prepare for the Hardball Q&A Webinar with Free Support Materials
Primary teachers, would you like to give your students valuable experience in a moderated online learning environment? Our upcoming Hardball Q&A Webinar enables students to interview young actors directly while also learning about video conference etiquette.
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Aug 16, 2019
Book Week Giveaway: Noah & Saskia Class Set
To celebrate 2019 Book Week, the ACTF is giving one lucky teacher a class set of Noah & Saskia novels.
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