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Kids News: Aussie kids as young as seven face health risks from TikTok, X | KidsNews

Aug 19, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Iwan Jones

READING LEVEL: GREEN
Kids News: It’s game on as PM’s Spelling Bee breaks records

Aug 18, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Shona Hendley |Diana Jenkins

READING LEVEL: GREENA record number of teachers have signed up for the free, online Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee, registering a record number of students across years 3-8. Over 63,000 stand counting are currently competing in the national school round. And there is still time to enter and play – the school round ends this Friday 23 August. Run by Kids News, the Bee’s busiest day for page views coincided with the release of NAPLAN results, with the Bee clocking over 51,000 views on August 14 alone.
What is mpox and why is it now a global health emergency?

Aug 17, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Adella Beaini |Maria Bervanakis |Anthony Piovesan

EXPLAINERredREADING LEVEL: REDWorld health authorities are warning an infectious strain of mpox is on the move after it was detected outside of Africa for the first time. A more contagious variant* of mpox known as “Clade Ib” has been spreading across several countries in Africa, causing the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the outbreak a global public health emergency.
Kids News: Aussie Olympic heroes come home from Paris

Aug 13, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Aymon Bertah |Elizabeth Pike

READING LEVEL: GREENA large crowd gathered at Sydney Airport to warmly welcome home the athletes of Team Australia, celebrating their triumphant return. On a wet Wednesday morning, the Olympians made their way down the Qantas Dreamliner to a waiting sea of green and gold, with family members, friends and fans eagerly anticipating their return. AOC chief executive Matt Carroll said it was a “fantastic morning” of celebrations, which was sorely missed after the pandemic-stricken* Tokyo Olympics.
Kids News: Meet Australia’s top TikTok teacher Mr Luke

Aug 12, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Shashi Baltutis

READING LEVEL: GREEN“Do you eat rocks?” This is one of the strange questions teacher Luke Springer has been asked by his class of Kindy students. Mr Springer is a popular teacher at his Adelaide primary school – but he is also very popular online. Mr Springer has gained 1.8 million followers on TikTok, where he is known as Mr Luke, and his videos have had more than 64 million likes.
Kids News: Paris bids ‘au revoir’ to Olympic Games

Aug 11, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Hayden Johnson |Kathryn Bermingham

READING LEVEL: GREENTom Cruise took centrestage as the world said farewell to Paris after the City of Light pulled off Mission Impossible. With a spectacular blend of avant-garde* French culture, pulsing rock, heroes and crazy love, we bid France a fond au revoir* et merci* after an incredible Olympic Games. Two weeks of nailbiting and at times controversial competition ended with a moving and memorable closing ceremony at Stade de France.
Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador and Treehouse author Andy Griffiths on the Great Book Swap

Aug 6, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Vanessa Croll

READING LEVEL: GREENAndy Griffiths, the acclaimed* author behind the Treehouse series, is also a passionate supporter of the Indigenous* Literacy Foundation. In the following interview, Griffiths discusses the Great Book Swap, an initiative* that aims to raise $180,000 this year to provide 18,000 new books to children in remote* Australian communities.
Australia’s turtles love swimming, not our plastic bags in the sea

Aug 5, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Tamaryn McGregor

READING LEVEL: GREENWhile surfers in wetsuits have been braving the freezing winter water in Australia’s south, turtles off the coast of far northern NSW have been lapping up the perfect conditions. “Turt-ally awesome” temperatures of over 20C were recorded in the last week of July along most of the coast, including Cook Island — where these pictures were taken — which is off Fingal Head south of Tweed Heads.
Future fears as one in six primary kids don’t play an Olympic sport

Aug 1, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Eilidh Sproul-Mellis

greenREADING LEVEL: GREENIt’s a case of no food, no fuel and no fees for the nation’s future Olympians. Kids have found themselves priced out* of the Olympic dream as cost-of-living pressures* mean families can’t afford to pay for expensive sports programs or canteen lunches. A survey of 1000 parents shows one in three primary school kids across the country dream of being an Olympian but almost half can’t do as much sport as they wanted because their families can’t afford it.
Kids News: Should Bluey be names Brisbane Games mascot?

Jul 30, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Robert Craddock

READING LEVEL: GREENStay strong, Bluey. Brisbane may need you. There’s a lot to love about the Paris Olympics, but the Games mascot, known as a Phryge*, is a long way from receiving a gold medal in popularity. The Phryge is a red hat with legs. The design came from the headwear worn by freedom fighters* in the French Revolution* and it is seen as a sign of liberty*. It sounds inspiring, but it’s still a hat … which, in a weird way, looks a bit like a transplanted* heart.