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Education News is the quarterly education newsletter of the ACTF, which includes the latest catalogue of ACTF productions as well as programs and teaching resources created by other Australian producers...
The latest edition of the ACTF Education News is available online now. Articles include:
My Place is back! BIGGER & BETTER
Following the enormous success of My Place series 1 (2008-1888), the ACTF takes great pleasure in introducing My Place series 2 (1878-1788 and Before Time). My Place is based on the Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins picture book introducing a child’s view of the history of Sydney through the eyes of 26 kids over 260 years. Each half hour episode is set 10 years earlier than the one before, but always in the same place...
Double Trouble: A contemporary resource supporting Indigenous perspectives
The ACTF has produced a DVD-ROM resource for teachers and students (Years 5-9) wishing to use Double Trouble in the classroom. The Double Trouble DVD-ROM is rich in content that examines identity, relationships, belonging, ancestry, stereotypes, adolescence, growth and development. The DVD-ROM replicates the content of the Double Trouble interactive website developed by the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) and makes it available to all teachers, in all states and territories...
Trop Jr call for entries
The world’s largest short film festival for kids, by kids is once again inviting young filmmakers to unleash their creativity on the big screen. Entries for the junior Tropfest is open giving filmmakers aged 15 years and under an opportunity to show off their talents and walk the red carpet for the first time...
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May 16th 2024
ACTF welcomes Federal Government funding boost
The Australian Children’s Television Foundation welcomes the additional investment of $14.5 million over four years announced by Minister for the Arts Tony Burke to support Australian children’s content.
May 9th 2024
Consent and Respectful Relationships: Screen texts to support learning
Our resources related to consent and respectful relationships education are regularly sought out by teachers. Many ACTF-supported series and resources can support learning in primary and secondary classrooms.
April 29th 2024
Eddie’s Lil’ Homies inspires local schoolkids
Children at a primary school in inner city Melbourne were delighted to see their neighbourhood brought to life on television at a special screening of the new children’s series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies.
April 29th 2024
Audiences respond to “uplifting, wholesome and laugh-out-loud” family film Windcatcher
Audiences continue to embrace the new family film Windcatcher, which premiered on Stan last month.
April 16th 2024
Feature film Windcatcher now available
Certain to become a classroom favourite, the new family feature film Windcatcher, starring Jessica Mauboy and talented newcomer Lennox Monaghan, is now available to stream on Stan.