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Dates for Your 2019 Planners
Jan 30, 2019
Dates for Your 2019 Planners

 

Teachers, we have locked in this year’s dates for some of your favourite ACTF Education offerings. Pop these dates in your calendar, and stay tuned to the Education eNews for further details! 

ALEA National Conference

9 July 2019 - 12 July 2019

The ACTF is very proud to be the major sponsor of this year’s ALEA National Conference – Literacy Empowering Voices – which will be held in Melbourne from 09 – 12 July. We would love to chat with you about our great children’s content and education resources at the ACTF stand, or in our teacher workshop.

My Place Short Story Competition: Term Three

29 July 2019 - 16 August 2019

Our 2018 My Place Short Story Competition was a huge success, with around 900 stories submitted by young writers from around the country. Due to popular demand, we will be holding this creative student competition again this year, with entries open from 29 July – 16 August.

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Little Lunch App Competition: Term Three / Term Four

14 October 2019 - 8 November 2019

Opening up last year’s Little Lunch App Competition to Year 3 / 4 students led to a record number of entries. This year’s competition will again be open to students from Years 3-6, with entries open from 14 October – 08 November.

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January 30th 2019

Where to Find ACTF Content in 2019

Our locally produced children’s series and curriculum-mapped support materials are available to Australian educators on a range of platforms this year. 
January 30th 2019

Commemorating the Black Saturday Bushfires

In the factual entertainment series, MY:24, young people share diverse and aspirational stories about the day that changed their lives forever. In this MY:24 episode, Romy reflects on losing her home and possessions to the Black Saturday bushfires, and how this impacted her life.
January 30th 2019

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Hoopla Doopla!

With Chinese language versions of all Hoopla Doopla! episodes available on ABC iView, it will be a Happy New Year for primary teachers of Mandarin!
January 24th 2019

Mustangs S2 Kicks Off an Exciting Year for OzKidsTV

Series 2 of goal-kicking comedy-drama Mustangs FC has premiered on the ABC, launching an exciting slate of new-release Australian children’s content for 2019.