Esports @ Forest Lake State High School, QLD, Australia & Importantly: Friends of Esports by MJ Raatz

MJ Raatz - Head of Department, Forest Lake State High School, Brisbane, Queensland, AU

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Esports Curriculum Creator!

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Year 9 Curriculum (Unit 1 and 2)

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Forest Lake SHS Year 9
- Year Plan
- Assessment Alignment Planner
- Assessment Task
- Unit Plan

Year 10 Curriculum (Unit 1 and 2)

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Forest Lake SHS Year 10
- Year Plan
- Assessment Alignment Planner
- Assessment Task
- Unit Plan

Year 11 and 12 ICT Esports Applied Subject Planning

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EduTech 2022 - Esports PPTX

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BRISBANE EKKA WIN!

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Esports Scope 7 - 10 (Aus Curric v8.4)

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Here is our year 7 to 10 plan. Note we have reduced criteria as we now have 2 x 70 minute lessons in year 7, and 3 x 70 minute lessons in year 8, 9 and 10.

Version 9 Planning

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Writing your Esports Curriculum to V9 of the Australian Curriculum

ChatGPT

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Writing your unit plans to an esports context.
1: Copy a content descriptor that you want to address.
2: Ask ChatGPT to create you 3 lessons that address the content descriptor (be sure to tell it how long your lessons are and the age of your students)
3: Tell it to change it to an esports context
4: Tell it to make it linked to Mario Kart
5: Tell it to add learning goal and success criteria (if it didn't already do that)
6: Tell it to produce a 10 question quiz with answers regarding the content descriptor
7: Enjoy!

Setting up an Esports Club

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Here Forest Lake SHS's basic club setup (not curriculum)

The Ideas Factory - Self Coaching Survey

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First lesson of the Term

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Use this PowerPoint as an intro to the start of the term. Great to get your students off to a start of mindfulness!

The Ideas Factory (2 days in) Data for your own ideas

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Assessment Task for Year 8 students ACv9

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Forest Lake SHS Pitch Deck

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Esports Padlet

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https://padlet.com/raatzy/esports

Aus Curric v9, Yr7, 2024 plan for Forest Lake SHS.

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Our program for esports runs from year 7 to year 12. Year 7 - 10 is a dedicated esports program. Our 2024 program for year 11 and 12 will be esports and robotics to give students a greater understanding of Digital Technologies moving forward.

Aus Curric v9, Yr8, 2024 plan for Forest Lake SHS.

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Aus Curric v9, Yr9, 2024 plan for Forest Lake SHS.

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Aus Curric v9, Yr10, 2024 plan for Forest Lake SHS.

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Esports Jerseys by Veto

raatzy — 2023-06-03 03:08:08 UTC

Thanks for all the advice and help with this - from all members of Esports Teacher. Awesome outcome.

Big thanks to Dan from The FUSE Cup who provided the best advice around charging sponsors cash money for the program as a minimum. Then services on top of the cash to any value.

E.g. $2.5k for logo on jersey, then $5k on services from the company.

Check out the pitch deck for more info on sponsorship ideas and levels.

Value proposition is the most important factor for sponsors.

Contact Sarah from Veto if you are interested in using their services.

sarah@vetosports.com

Aus Curric v9, Yr5/6, 2024 plan for Feeder Schools.

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Huge thanks to Mel from Serviceton South State School, and Nikki from Forest Lake SHS (formerly Grand Avenue State School for 17 years) for the help and support with this document. You're insights to the Primary School arena were well appreciated.

Please use this as a starting point for your primary school curriculum. If you develop from here, please share back to the community with your context and documents. And, thank you for your support.

This document is for our program for esports. It aims to guide our 5 primary school feeder schools towards a Digital Technologies curriculum that links to our Esports Program of Excellence. It's based around:

- 4 Units of work
- 2 Units for Year 5
- 2 Units for Year 6
- 40 hour total for 5/6
- 20 hours per year
- 1 hour per week for 1 semester in the year
- Understand that usually 1 semester is for Design Tech

AI in Education Discussion List

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Esports (XSP08) Unit 2

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EduTech 2023 - Building an Esports Curriculum

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Level Up - Esports Unit by Josh Barden

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Mr Joshua Barden

PDHPE Teacher & Sports Coordinator

Emmaville Central School

Navigation and Information

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Welcome to our wonderful community Padlet.

Navigate by scrolling right and left. Click on the resources and use them as templates or get ideas and create your own.

Feel free to share back with this community Padlet when you can. If you're at a school, we ask you to get Principal approval first and share that with MJ: mj@eq.edu.au If you're doing a presentation, please consider uploading for all to see.

We're all here to make our community stronger!

EsportsWorld - Where are you? Please add your school or suburb to connect with others.

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https://padlet.com/raatzy/esportsworld

Esports Program of Excellence: School, Student, Parent Data - June 2024

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June 2024 Data:

School Reported: Number of Students = 146 in the Scholastic Program
- 2 lessons a week for Yr 7 (12 Year Old)
- 3 lessons a week for Yr 8 - 12 (13 Year Old - 18 Year Old)
Student Reported: 141 students responded
Parent Reported: 46 parents responded

Student Work (Check out the School FB page for more)...

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GG Engage – Bringing esports into the Classroom

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In 2024, GG Engage launched in Australia with one goal in mind: to help schools discover the power of esports for education, wellbeing, and inclusion. Funded by the Commonwealth Bank Teaching Fellowship Bursary and supported by Schools Plus Australia, this unique program gives schools the chance to explore how esports can enhance student engagement - at no cost.

What’s included? Schools selected for the program receive a GG Engage Kit featuring:
🎮 1 Nintendo Switch console
🎮 8 Joy-Con controllers
🔋 2 charging bays
🎮 A selection of pre-installed G and PG-rated games

Schools can apply to borrow a kit each year for 10 or 20 weeks (1 Term or 1 Semester), depending on their needs.

Whether you use it for lunchtime fun, classroom engagement, or to trial an esports elective, GG Engage helps you build a value case for future funding.

📊 Top Tip: Collect data! Run pre- and post-program surveys on student engagement and wellbeing. It’s essential when applying for grants or attracting sponsors—because your story needs numbers to back it up.

This is your chance to boost attendance, increase student belonging, and show what esports can really do for learning.

👉 Apply now https://forms.microsoft.com/r/6YKvxwXuFQrm to be a part of GG Engage.

Only available to Australian schools.
#MakingKidsLivesBetter #GGEngage #EsportsEd #StudentWellbeing #InnovationInSchools

Esports Service Providers

raatzy — 2025-09-11 04:08:23 UTC

If you are a service provider for Esports in Australia - please provide your details below so people can contact you.

Esports Starter Guide for Schools

raatzy — 2025-09-21 23:57:25 UTC

Our team sat down and came up with a few key items we think area good starting point. These are just bullet points, but we will expand on them over the coming months to help a little more, so check back.

Dimensions of Belonging

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Esports Program of Excellence – Student Recording Guide Sheet

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We use this little sheet to help and support students with our video content. Linked to our casting unit of work in XSP09 (our Esports Subject for 14/15 year olds based on the Digital Technologies Curriculum.

Nintendo Switch Setup Guide (unofficial) for Education Queensland

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Thanks for the guide Callum Simmons!

Sponsorship and Donations

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People ask me about how Forest Lake SHS got sponsorship as some believe that it should only be Donations that are allowed for some reason. Your school or education department will have guidelines to follow. Forest Lake SHS did it with a small team of people as a trial in Esports last year (2025) and now in 2026, we are happy to share. We have an Education Queensland, Audit Approved process that you can follow if you are from a State School in QLD.

FLSHS Website Prospectus / Value Proposition - https://forestlakeshs.eq.edu.au/our-community/become-a-sponsor

Public Link - Want to sponsor one of our awesome state schools in QLD - https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/events-awards/events/partner-qld-education

If you're from an EQ School, all the documents you need are here - https://ppr.qed.qld.gov.au/pp/sponsorship-procedure

Be sure to check out our evolving "Pitch Deck" which helps us demonstrate our program in a visual manner for our program and our community.

2026 Education Queensland Game Permissions

raatzy — 2026-07-31 02:54:35 UTC

This document provides a clear reference guide to Education Queensland-assessed esports games, including game descriptions, available platforms and whether each title is permitted or not permitted for school use, subject to principal and local school approval.