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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.

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ACTF Books in Premiers’ Reading Challenges

The ACTF has a number of books listed for the 2017 Premier’s Reading Challenges in New South Wales and Victoria. These annual reading challenges aim to encourage a love of reading in students, enable them to experience quality literature, and to improve literacy levels.

The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge lists Paper Planes and My Place for Years 5 and 6 students. In the Victorian Premier’ Reading Challenge, the Little Lunch series and My Place are listed for Years 3 and 4 students, and Paper Planes is listed for Years 5 and 6.

The ACTF has a range of great support materials available to scaffold and extend the understandings of individual students or classes who are reading these texts. These include our:

Paper Planes Novel and Film Comparison resource, and template for The Circling Clive plane;
Q&A Webinar with Little Lunch author Danny Katz and illustrator Mitch Vane;
And the external My Place for Teachers website.