About Thalu Resource

We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Owners of lands across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage, and recognise the continuing sovereignties of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nations.

We respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which the ACTF is based and pay our respect to their Elders past and present.

We are honoured to have the opportunity to learn from the oldest cultural storytellers in the world and seek to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners to share their rich culture and perspectives with children in Australia and around the world via stories on screen.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or text.

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About Thalu Resource

This Thalu resource centres on character-led storytelling, with a strong connection to Country. It includes learning intentions, discussion starters and hands-on learning tasks that support Year 3-Year 6 students to build skills in English and Media Arts.

Lessons are aligned to the Australian Curriculum, addressing content from English and Media Arts subject, with reference to the cross curricular priority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures and general capability Critical and Creative Thinking.

Additional learning tasks for Thalu can be found on the 2023 NAIDOC Resource Page, For Our Elders

Find student worksheets on corresponding lesson pages, or click below to download all worksheets in a combined PDF file. 

Thalu Resource Worksheets

(zip 4 MB)

Watch

Thalu  is currently available on ABC iview and SBS On Demand. The series can be purchased as a digital download for educational use from the ACTF Shop.

Feedback 

The ACTF would like to understand how teachers use our classroom resources. We welcome feedback from teachers who have delivered and adapted our resources. Please reach out to education@actf.com.au with questions, comments and suggestions. 

Soundtrack available on Spotify

Lessons

Year 3 

Year 4 

Year 5 

Year 6 

ENGLISH 

AC9E4LE03 

AC9E6LE05 

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING 

Inquiring  

Questions developed support the process of improving knowledge and understanding about a topic or investigation. 

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources. 

Questions developed focus on improving understanding about a topic and clarifying information about processes or procedures. 

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources. 

Generating 

Create possibilities by connecting or creatively expanding on new and known ideas in a variety of ways. 

Put ideas into action by predicting an outcome, trialling options and assessing their effectiveness. 

Create possibilities by changing, combining, or elaborating on new and known ideas in a variety of creative ways. 

Put ideas into action by predicting potential or future outcomes and systematically testing a range of options. 

Analysing 

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using observation and prior knowledge to provide reasons and construct arguments for choices made. 

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions. 

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using discipline knowledge to provide reasons and evaluate arguments for choices made. 

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions. 

Reflecting 

Select, describe and reflect on the thinking and learning strategies and processes used when completing activities and drawing conclusions. 

Use aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one setting to inform learning in a new setting or context. 

Identify and reflect on thinking and assumptions when completing activities or drawing conclusions. 

Apply aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one context to a new or unrelated context to achieve a specific purpose. 

MEDIA ARTS  

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIGHT ISLANDER CULTURES AND HISTORIES
Country / Place	A_TSICP1 A_TSICP3
Culture	A_TSIC2 A_TSIC3
People	A_TSIP3

Watch

Feedback

Soundtrack available on Spotify

Lessons

Australian Curriculum Links

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

ENGLISH

Language

Literature

Literacy

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING

Inquiring

Questions developed support the process of improving knowledge and understanding about a topic or investigation.

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources.

Questions developed focus on improving understanding about a topic and clarifying information about processes or procedures.

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources.

Generating

Create possibilities by connecting or creatively expanding on new and known ideas in a variety of ways.

Put ideas into action by predicting an outcome, trialling options and assessing their effectiveness.

Create possibilities by changing, combining, or elaborating on new and known ideas in a variety of creative ways.

Put ideas into action by predicting potential or future outcomes and systematically testing a range of options.

Analysing

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using observation and prior knowledge to provide reasons and construct arguments for choices made.

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions.

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using discipline knowledge to provide reasons and evaluate arguments for choices made.

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions.

Reflecting

Select, describe and reflect on the thinking and learning strategies and processes used when completing activities and drawing conclusions.

Use aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one setting to inform learning in a new setting or context.

Identify and reflect on thinking and assumptions when completing activities or drawing conclusions.

Apply aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one context to a new or unrelated context to achieve a specific purpose.

MEDIA ARTS

Exploring and responding

Feedback 

Year 3 

Year 4 

Year 5 

Year 6 

ENGLISH 

Language 

Literature 

Literacy  

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING 

Inquiring  

Questions developed support the process of improving knowledge and understanding about a topic or investigation. 

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources. 

Questions developed focus on improving understanding about a topic and clarifying information about processes or procedures. 

Identify and examine relevant information and opinion from a range of sources, including visual information and digital sources. 

Generating 

Create possibilities by connecting or creatively expanding on new and known ideas in a variety of ways. 

Put ideas into action by predicting an outcome, trialling options and assessing their effectiveness. 

Create possibilities by changing, combining, or elaborating on new and known ideas in a variety of creative ways. 

Put ideas into action by predicting potential or future outcomes and systematically testing a range of options. 

Analysing 

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using observation and prior knowledge to provide reasons and construct arguments for choices made. 

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions. 

Draw conclusions and make choices when completing tasks, using discipline knowledge to provide reasons and evaluate arguments for choices made. 

Evaluate the effectiveness of a course of action or the outcome of a task, including using a given or co-developed set of criteria to support decisions. 

Reflecting 

Select, describe and reflect on the thinking and learning strategies and processes used when completing activities and drawing conclusions. 

Use aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one setting to inform learning in a new setting or context. 

Identify and reflect on thinking and assumptions when completing activities or drawing conclusions. 

Apply aspects of knowledge and skills gained in one context to a new or unrelated context to achieve a specific purpose. 

MEDIA ARTS  

Exploring and responding  