Lockie Leonard
What chance have you got when your dad's a cop, your mum’s a frighteningly understanding parent, your brother wets the bed, your best friend’s a heavy metal devotee and then you fall in love at 12 and three quarters years old? It can only mean trouble, worry, mega-embarrassment and some wild, wild times.
Lockie Leonard, hot surf-rat, and his family have just moved to the most remote town on earth, Angelus. For Lockie this is a TOTAL LIFE DISASTER: no friends, new school and a house that is truly in danger of disappearing into a swamp… but then Lockie spots the one thing that makes it all okay, this weird little town has the best surf he has ever seen.Through the eyes of Lockie Leonard we view the truly mixed-up, yet very normal life of Lockie, his family and friends.
Episodes
Awards
2008 TV Week Logie Awards
Winner - Most Outstanding Children’s Program
2007 AFI Awards
Winner -Best Children’s Television Drama
2007 AFI Awards
Nominee - L’Oreal Paris Young Actor Award for Corey McKernan
2007 AFI Awards
Nominee – Best Direction in Television
2007 BAFTA (UK)
Nomination – International category
2007 Chicago International Film Festival
2nd Prize - Adult Jury Prize
ACTF Education
The Lockie Leonard Resource is a multiliteracy resource aimed to help students in Upper Primary and Lower Secondary school explore the Lockie Leonard television series, based on the original trilogy of books by Western Australian writer, Tim Winton.
This website provides access to over 100 teaching and learning activities, each supported by video clips and student worksheets exploring the themes presented across both the Lockie Leonard texts and TV series.
The Lockie Leonard Resource is divided into four inter-related strands:
Strand 1: Storytelling in a Television Series
Strand 2: Transition and Adolescence
Strand 3: Identity
Strand 4: Reacting, Responding and Creating
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Strand 5: Gender Perspectives: A Comparison of Lockie Leonard and Mortified
In addition, it features Character Biographies, Press Kit, Stills Gallery, and Episode Synopses, and an interactive map.
Note: The television series of Lockie Leonard is rated PG.
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