Education News

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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Aug 14, 2019

Victorian Government School Teachers: Help Inform the Quality of Digital Teaching Resources

The Victorian Department of Education is seeking feedback on its digital resources for teachers.
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Aug 05, 2019

Final Call for the 2019 My Place Competition

With our short story competition closing on Friday 16 August, it's now time for students to produce their final work and for teachers to get busy uploading!
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Aug 05, 2019

Register Now for the Free Hardball Q&A Webinar and Scriptwriting Workshops

ACTF Education is hosting multiple virtual learning events for primary students this month. Would your class like to interview the cast of Hardball in our upcoming webinar? Or laugh along in a series of Comedy Scriptwriting Workshops?
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Aug 05, 2019

New to the ACTF Shop: The Inbestigators

Having been described as ‘Little Lunch meets Sherlock Holmes', primary teachers and students alike will love Gristmill Productions' latest children's program, The Inbestigators. The series is now available to download from the ACTF Shop.
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