Education News

The ACTF Education team attended this year's AATE/ALEA National Conference as both presenters and exhibitors. As always, we have come away inspired by the engaging discussions had around literacy learning and teaching.

Have you been asked to teach F-2 classroom music in Term Three? Not sure where to start? Check out our latest resource – Lah-Lah's Adventures: Music for Everyone!

Our national short story contest for primary students in Years 3-6 opens this Friday, 20 July. We can't wait to read students' imaginative thoughts on what life might be like for a 2018 My Place character.

Our June series of virtual comedy scriptwriting workshops for Year 5 and 6 students, presented in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), wrapped up last week.

The fifth hilarious book in the series by Danny Katz and Mitch Vane, Little Lunch: Triple the Games is now available in the ACTF Shop

As part of our ongoing outreach to schools, teachers and pre-service teachers, ACTF Education recently presented a virtual workshop on Media Arts for pre-service primary teachers at the University of Queensland.

The ACTF has compiled a range of engaging educational content and support materials related to Refugee Week and World Refugee Day.

Streaming site Kanopy has added a range of ACTF titles, including Little Lunch, Mortified, Dance Academy and more.

The short-form MY:24 episodes and related app can be used in a variety of ways to develop and demonstrate historical knowledge, concepts and skills in middle years classrooms.

Who could live in the My Place house in 2018? Your students can share their imaginative thoughts in our short story contest for primary students in Years 3-6.