Through its diverse content and curriculum-aligned teaching resources, the ACTF encourages children to explore and respond to stories representative of their own lives. We develop students’ critical viewing skills and their understanding of locally produced media, and build their content creation skills through our apps and eLearning events.
We support teachers Australia-wide in using ACTF materials through outreach to schools, regular news updates, and by providing professional learning.
Explore the elements of music as outlined in the Australian Curriculum in a fun and accessible way. ... This resource was developed through a partnership between the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and Tina Harris and Mark Harris – the creative pair behind the popular...
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Set in inner city Sydney, Ready for This is the story of six teenagers, all elite within their own field, each with a different agenda and different dreams. ...
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Fifteen year old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life is about to be spectacular. What Tara doesn't realise is how far behind she is in her training, and that there's a whole lot more to surviving the...
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Twenty-six young people from around Australia tell their story about the day that changed their lives forever and how the events of 24 hours can fundamentally change attitudes and aspirations. ...
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An imaginative children's film about a young Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. ...
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The lives of refugees and asylum seekers are depicted in a range of ACTF content. In two episodes of the factual series MY:24, Fablice and his nephew G-Storm tell us what it is like to grow up with war, live in a refugee camp, and relocate to Australia as refugees. The experience of Vietnamese asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat is represented in the My Place episode, ‘1988:...
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