Education News

Your class is invited to explore screen stories through our in-person and virtual workshops.

Based in Canberra, the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature (NCACL) is a comprehensive collection of resources about Australian authors, illustrators, publishers and their creative works. Leonie Norrington's books have been a recent focus.

New to the ACTF Shop, horror-comedy series Crazy Fun Park balances childish pranks and gross-out scenes with a sensitive exploration of themes including grief, adolescence and friendship.

In Kangaroo Beach, four young animal friends spend an action-packed summer training as junior cadets with their lifeguard heroes. Recently endorsed by Surf Life Saving Australia, our teaching resource forefronts the water safety messages in the series.

These free resources address primary and secondary content across many learning areas, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities in the revised Australian Curriculum.

With the new school year just around the corner, meet our team and learn about some of the key events and resources we have planned for the year.

Teachers, build teamwork and leadership among your new Year 5 and 6 students with these curated clips, discussion starters and collaborative learning tasks.

The live-action children's series Barrumbi Kids, based on the popular book series by Leonie Norrington, is now available on National Indigenous Television (NITV) and SBS On Demand.

Year 5 and 6 teachers, our latest resource builds students' media literacy knowledge and skills by examining how and why representations of people, places and ideas are constructed for television.

With the end of the school year fast approaching, many teachers are seeking resources that help students process the transition to a new year level or school. These ACTF-supported titles will help students learn about the new environments, relationships, routines and expectations of their next step in schooling.