Education News

The Australian Children's Television Foundation was very proud to be the principal sponsor of this year's National ALEA Conference, which was held in Melbourne earlier this month. ACTF Curriculum Officer Janine Kelly shares her highlights from this inspiring conference below.

On August 30, Australian primary students will have the unique opportunity to be part of a live Q&A webinar with Hardball cast members: Semisi Cheekam (Mikey); Reannah Hamdan (Salwa); Logan Reberger (Jerry) and Erin Choy (Tiffany). This free webinar is open for Year 3-6 students.

Primary teachers, get your planners ready: we have so much happening for Year 3-6 students during Term Three.

Ahead of 2019 NAIDOC Week, the ACTF has compiled a range of engaging educational content and support materials which represent the diverse experiences of Indigenous Australian children.

This year's ALEA National Conference theme is "Literacy Empowering Voices: Reflecting the Past, Viewing the Present, Scripting the Future"

Delivered in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image our virtual comedy scriptwriting workshops for upper primary students are back for Term 3 in August.

In the lead up to the 2019 My Place Competition, see how Rose Park Primary School in South Australia approached last year's story writing competition.

The ACTF has a longstanding relationship with the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA), and we are proud to be partnering with the organisation for this year's National ALEA Conference, which will be held in Melbourne from 9 - 12 July.

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.

Who could live in the My Place house in 2019? Your students can share their imaginative thoughts in this year's short story contest for primary students in Years 3-6.