SCHOOL students will be asked to learn about Campbell Newman's Queensland Plan in a move the union says squeezes an already crowded curriculum.

In a letter to all MPs obtained by The Courier-Mail, the Premier has revealed how his Government's 30-year vision for the state would become a study topic for students.

In-class activities, including lesson plans and contests, will be introduced to ensure the plan is seen by more than just politicians and public servants.

Teachers have questioned whether there is enough room in the curriculum to allow time for Queensland Plan lessons and whether teaching a document produced by a government is appropriate.

However, Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek yesterday insisted the initiative was no different to the former Bligh government involving students in Queensland's 150th anniversary celebrations.

"Today's students are tomorrow's leaders - it is important that they have a voice," he said. "Schools can choose to be a part of this initiative that involves in-class activities, lesson plans and a state-wide competition."

A module for the Queensland Plan is being developed by Education Queensland for classrooms. The department is yet to decide what grades would be involved and if students would be tested.

Public schools will be strongly encouraged to incorporate the lessons into their curriculum while the independent and Catholic school sectors have been asked to involve their students. An initial summit, involving all MPs and their guests, to develop the Queensland Plan was staged in Mackay recently where six questions were developed.

Following consultation, a final summit to answer the questions will be staged in October with the final plan due for release sometime before year's end.

In the letter to MPs, Mr Newman (pictured) said the initiative would be launched on Queensland Day on June 6.

He asked MPs to promote the initiative at schools in their electorates and facilitate a primary school competition.

Queensland Council of Unions chief and former Queensland Teachers Union general secretary John Battams said topics in social studies, which is taught from Prep to Year 10, would likely have to be squeezed out to make time for the Queensland Plan.

"The curriculum is very packed now, and overlaid with that you have compulsory national testing," he said.

Mr Battams said it was "ironic" the Government was using schools to promote its plan while trying to prevent unions doing their job representing workers.

"One would have to wonder about something that will inevitably become a political document, what place it has in schools," he said.

Originally published as Newman wants kids to study state plan