Education News

The Kangaroo Beach Series 2 learning resource is a classroom-based water safety education tool for Foundation to Year 2 students and teachers. Use these eight free lesson plans alongside school swimming lessons or in shared inquiries into health and safety.

Teachers, if you are here, we already know that you love Australian stories. With this recently launched database, curated by the lovely team at the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature, you can explore or revisit hundreds of engaging written texts to share with your students.

The ACTF delivers fun and engaging virtual learning events, supporting students to learn about how screen stories are told. We've rounded up eight of our past workshops which are now available on demand via the ACTF website.

The ACTF partnered with the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) in 2021 to develop primary and secondary teaching resources for The PM's Daughter. This article introduces these free resources for English, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Media Arts, including examples of work from participating schools.

Celebrate National Science Week with our new learning resource for Years 3-6.

Learn how one Northern Territory school used children's drama series MaveriX in the classroom.

This term we are offering free virtual learning events and the My Place Competition for primary and secondary students.

Pull out your planners: the My Place Competition returns in Term Three.

Bring music to your primary or secondary classroom on 21 June with these free teaching and learning resources.

Join the ACTF Learning team at two upcoming national conferences to experience a range of professional development workshops that explore First Nations histories, cultures and stories in children's television.