Activate is Future Anything’s flagship in curriculum program that embeds future capabilities and integrates fully with mainstream curriculum delivery across many subject streams.

Teaching teams are supported with extensive and personalised professional development, comprehensive lesson materials, suggested formative and summative assessment tools, plus ongoing, real-time support that enriches the experience for educators, students and their school community.

Activate culminates in an exciting national pitching competition where the best student-led enterprises can win the funding and support to take their ideas out of the classroom and into the real world.

In 2024, over 7500 students in schools across Australia and NZ were part of Activate, and 2025 is shaping up to be even bigger!

Download the Activate 2025 Program Overview here to see everything that’s included

Activate includes eight engaging, curriculum aligned subject streams as well as the exciting option to create your own stream.

Enterprise Streams

Delivered most often in Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship subjects, our Enterprise Streams put students in the role of ‘entrepreneur’ and stretch them to develop financially sustainable ideas with commercial viability.

Impact Streams

Delivered in everything from Humanities and Science to Service Learning and Digital & Design Technologies subjects, our Impact Streams focus on curiosity and creativity, with optional booster modules which explore the ‘business’ side of innovation.

Click here to view our 2025 stream options.

The curricula for Activate 2025 streams are now available. Each subject stream curriculum includes detailed lesson plans, resources, bespoke case studies, assessment tools, and more and are accessed via our online platform, Thinkific.

When your school has a) completed the Teacher Contact Details form and b) paid your Activate 2025 invoice, every Activate teacher will receive an email* with their own personalised Thinkific log in details, giving you your own  dashboard through which you access all curriculum content and measure your progress through the program.

Click here to log in to Thinkific.

* If you have not received access to Thinkific, please check your junk folder for an email from “noreply@notify.thinkific.com”. If you still can’t find it, or are have issues logging in, just drop us a line to hello@futureanything.com. Please note that your school’s Activate invoice must be paid and the Teacher Contact Details form been completed to receive access to Thinkific.

Professional development and peer exchange are core elements of Activate 2025. We offer a range of professional learning experience as part of Activate 2025, and we encourage every Activate teacher, whether you’re new to the program or returning, to attend one of our Activate PD workshops.

Together, we’ll unpack the all-important program logistics and explore the key pedagogical approaches that underpin Activate. It’s also a great opportunity to network and collaborate with colleagues, hear and share best practice and to get set up for Activate success.

We know securing release time can be challenging but we strongly encourage you to attend if you possibly can. We promise this PD will be fun, interactive and, most of all, practical. If you can’t make it to this event in person, you can choose from one of five short online workshops instead

• Friday 14 February – SYDNEY   – event passed
• Friday 7 March 2025 – ADELAIDE – event passed
• Friday 21 March – BRISBANE  – event passed

• Thursday 23 January (afternoon)  – event passed
• Thursday 13 February (morning)   – event passed
• Tuesday 25 March (morning) – event passed
• Tuesday 3 June (afternoon) – read more & register here
• Thursday 12 June (morning)  – read more & register here

Special extra Activate 2025 PD event:

•  Activate 2025 Unpacking the Capabilities – Wednesday 7 May – read more & register here

Everything you need to deliver Activate can be found in your subject stream course in Thinkific or here on this info page.

However, we know sometime tricky questions occur or you just need to run through something with a real live human.

If you want to unpack a particular activity or lesson, chat through ideas for your showcase, check in on program logistics, or it’s something else altogether, our friendly team is on hand before, during and after Activate.

Meet the team and fine all their contact details here.

We invite all Activate Key Contacts to register for a bespoke induction or ‘kick off’ call with our expert Activate team.

For new Activate schools, this our chance to get to know each other and for hear about your aspirations for the program and ensure you’re across the key program logistics so you can start with a bang.

For returning Activate schools,  we’ll chat about what’s worked well for you in the past, opportunities for program evolution  and any ‘wish list’ requests for 2025!

Most importantly for all schools, we’ll explore how we can support you to make Activate the best it can be for you and your students in 2025.

While the Activate celebrates innovative, scalable, and sustainable student enterprise ideas, it’s also a platform to celebrate YOU, our Activate educators.

The Future Anything Educator Awards recognise the teachers who’ve not only led Activate in their classroom but who have lived it through their own enterprising approach to teaching and learning.

Unveiled at the high profile Future Anything National Grand Final in November, winners will share in over $10,000 of prizes to support their schools’ entrepreneurial aspirations.

We send huge congratulations to everyone who was nominated or took out a winner’s spot in the 2024 awards. It’s a wonderful achievement and is a testament to the incredible work happening in Activate classrooms across Australia and New Zealand. Read about the 2024 winners here.

Nominations for the 2025 Educator Awards will open here  in Term 2 2025.

A School Showcase is every school’s own ‘shark tank style’ pitching and/or trade show or marketplace event held at the conclusion of their Activate program.

These events are fantastic for engaging your local community in your incredible classroom work, and it also breaks down the transactional nature of assessment – allowing students to celebrate their final product and share their learning with a broader audience.

Check out our Showcase Resource Pack here (PDF) for ideas, inspiration and templates! 

You can arrange your own Showcase at a time that works for your students and your school community.

Most schools run it either in the last week of the Term they’ve delivered the program in, or the first week of the following Term while it’s fresh in students’ minds.

No, each school runs their own event at a time and with a format that works for them. But, we’re here to help!

Use the tips and templates in our Showcase Resource Pack and, of course, reach out if you’d like to chat your ideas through, we’d love to help out and hear what you’re planning!

You can email us at hello@futureanything.com or contact your school’s Future Anything Program Manager.

Check out our Showcase Resource Pack here (PDF) for ideas, inspiration and templates! 

Do reach out to the Future Anything team when you start planning your showcase. We’d love to chat through your ideas and support you in your planning. We’ll also come along on the big day if we can!

You can email us at hello@futureanything.com or contact your school’s Future Anything Program Manager.

The Unit Overviews for Activate 2025 streams will appear here soon.

The curricula for Activate 2025 streams will be available soon.

Each subject stream’s curriculum includes detailed lesson plans, resources, bespoke case studies, assessment tools, and more and are accessed via our online platform, Thinkific.

When your schools has a) completed the Teacher Contact Details form and b) paid your Activate invoice, every Activate teacher will receive an email* with their own personalised Thinkific log in details, giving you your own  dashboard through which you access all curriculum content and measure your progress through the program.

Click here to log in to Thinkific.

* If you have not received access to Thinkific, please check your junk folder for an email from “noreply@notify.thinkific.com”. If you still can’t find it, or are have issues logging in, just drop us a line to hello@futureanything.com. Please note that your school’s Activate invoice must be paid and the Teacher Contact Details form been completed to receive access to Thinkific.

We send regular updates and key program info to all Activate teachers by email in our Activate Update emails.

We know inboxes get busy and it’s easy to miss important info, so copies of all Active Update emails will also be posted below.

If you’re not receiving emails from Future Anything, please check your junk folder (they’re sent from ‘hello@futureanything.com’) or shoot us an email to hello@futureanything.com and we’ll re-add you to the Activate mailing list.

• Activate Update 01 – Get Set 🚀 (sent 20/01/25) –  view here
• Activate Update 02: PD coming your way (very) soon! (sent 21/02/25) – view here
• Activate Update 03: Lifting Engagement 🚀 (sent 12/03/25) – view here 
• Activate Update 04: Last chance for an Activator 🦸‍♀️ (sent 25/03/25) – view here
• Activate Update 05: It’s all about the capabilities (sent 28/04/25) – view here
• Activate Update 06: Are you joining us this afternoon? ⏰(sent 07/05/25) –  view here
• Activate Update 07: From Beige to Brilliant (sent 12/05/25) – view here
• Activate Update 08: Celebration Mode: Final Pitches & Showcases Ahead 🎉 (sent 30/05/25) – view here
• Activate Update 09: Winding down or ramping up (sent 17/06/25) – view here

We ask all educators (new and returning) delivering Activate to complete a short survey prior to commencing and after completing delivery of Activate.

We very much value input from educators. Your responses will help inform the development of the program in future to ensure it is as relevant and targeted as possible, and enable us to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the program.

• Click here for the Activate 2025 Pre-Program Teacher Survey
• Click here for the Activate 2025 Post-Program Teacher Survey

We ask all schools to have their students complete a short survey prior to commencing and after completing of Activate 2025.

This data is used to compile bespoke Benchmark (pre-program) and Impact (post-program) reports so that every school can see where their students started (and gain an understanding of which core competencies may need extra focus) and the change/impact Activate has has on their levels of confidence in the core competencies.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS:

• Click here for the Activate 2025 Pre-Program Student Survey (Primary)
• Click here for the Activate 2025 Post-Program Student Survey (Primary)

SECONDARY SCHOOLS:

• Click here for the Activate 2025 Pre-Program Student Survey (Secondary)
• Click here for the Activate 2025 Post-Program Student Survey (Secondary)

UPLOAD ACTIVATE 2025 TEACHER CONTACT DETAILS HERE