Yearlevel: Professional Learning
Trop Jr Masterclasses
The Trop Jr Masterclass series is a set of short, practical virtual sessions designed to support young storytellers and the educators who work with them. Across the series, Trop Jr finalists unpack their films and share how they turned an idea into a finished screen story. Participants are then guided through a hands-on approach to making a short film scene using accessible techniques, Trop Jr education resources and everyday materials found around the house or classroom.
Each session runs for approximately 45 minutes and is suitable for Years 5 – 10 students, teachers, families and individual young filmmakers.
Panel: Animating Tales from Outer Suburbia
Explore how story development, illustration, and adaptation converge to create compelling screen stories in this special panel discussion with the team behind Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Tales from Outer Suburbia Professional Learning
Discover inspiring and practical ways to engage Years 5 – 8 students with Tales from Outer Suburbia, the beautiful new series adaptation of Shaun Tan’s much loved book. In this virtual professional learning session, Dr Susan Bye will introduce the new education resource and unpack how this imaginative, distinctly Australian series can enrich learning in English and Media Arts.
Trop Jr Professional Learning
This virtual session will unpack how Trop Jr can support creative learning across the curriculum, with a focus on short filmmaking, storytelling and student collaboration. Teachers will be guided through the range of classroom-ready resources available, including lesson ideas, student worksheets and assessment-aligned tools that support participation in the Trop Jr competition.
Civics and Citizenship: Curated Clip Collection
This clip collection introduces students to key ideas in civics and citizenship education, including democracy, diversity rights and responsibilities, and active participation in community life. Through engaging Australian children’s television content, students reflect, explore and create activities that build their understanding of what it means to be an active and informed member of their community.
Behind the Screen: Media Consumers and Creators Professional Learning
In this professional learning webinar, the ACTF Education team will introduce high-quality, curriculum-aligned resources that take students behind-the-scenes of Australian children’s screen content. These free resources support educators to explore the craft of storytelling in screen media and to inspire students to create and share their own stories with confidence.
Consent and Respectful Relationships Curated Clip Collection
This clip collection is designed to help students understand and practice respectful communication, focusing on concepts of consent, bodily autonomy and personal boundaries. Using clips from Australian children’s television content, students work through activities that build their awareness of how to ask for, give, and deny permission.