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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