ABC Listen. Hello there my friends, it's Ruby here and you're listening to a very special episode of NewsTime.
Hello Ruby. Hey there Ruby.
This week we're going to count down five stories about awesome kids doing amazing things.
We'll hear about kids who've been awarded for their clever ideas to help the environment and we'll meet a bunch of classmates who wrote a book, then we'll hit a bullseye for our Wow of the Week.
What do you think? Are you ready to start Term 2 by getting inspired?
Shall we get into it?
I'm ready. Story number five.
Whether it be a trombone, a violin or a triangle, learning a new instrument can be a lot of fun.
I play clarinet, recorder and ukulele.
Also, I used to play drums. I play guitar with my dad and I'm learning it, and it was a very recorded.
You're never too young to pick up an instrument and learn to make a big sound.
And in Tasmania some young musicians are learning a few tricks from people who've been playing instruments for decades.
They can learn how to play an instrument, like say the kid didn't know how to, she could teach him or her to play like a simple song like hot crust buns or something.
But overall when they get the hang of it, it must be really fun.
Zoe Williams is 12 years old and she's joined a community brass band.
Brass instruments are shiny and loud, like a trumpet, trombone, or a tuba.
Zoe plays an instrument called a barytone horn.
It's not very well known but it makes a beautiful noise.
It sounds like this.
Zoe's band buddy is a 73 -year -old brass player named Richard. It would be fun teaching little kids about stuff.
The incredible thing is that Richard says he's learning from Zoe, too.
She'll tell him if he's doing something wrong.
Sometimes you make mistakes with instruments, but it feels really good playing in a group and a band.
You're not alone. The band is hoping the Mini -Muso Zoe will keep the brass band trumpeting loud and proud for years to come, and that it might even encourage more kids to pick up a brass instrument and give it a blow.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...
Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop...
Blah, blah, blah...
Blah, blah, blah...
Oof, that is a delightful racket!
Story number four. In Northern New South Wales, there's a pair of six -year -old twins whose names are Nikita and Aleah, and they're very good at communicating.
That's because their mum, Kirsty, is deaf and their dad, Jex, is DeafBlind.
How they talk to each other?
Well like many of us, the twins speak English, but they also know tactile sign interpreting to communicate with their dad, and Auslan to communicate with their mum.
So you could talk another way and you could even be, like, special.
It's a language where you use your hands.
That's right. Auslan is Australian Sign Language.
It's a great way to communicate with people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
They can actually communicate to their Mum and Dad and it's, like, the best idea ever.
so their parents know what they're saying and what for dinner.
Nakita and Aaliyah aren't the only kids in their community who know Auslan.
Their whole class at Ukai Public School has been learning it together and from next year, Auslan is becoming part of the New South Wales school syllabus.
So if that's the state where you live, you might be learning Auslan soon as well.
Mum and Dad are pretty proud of their kids for learning 3 languages so fast...and they're thrilled to be seeing the classmates learning Auslan too.
It means that they can be more involved in the school community because they'll understand what the kids are talking about.
So they can talk to people that are and then they can make friends with them.
Great work leading the way Nikita and Aaliyah!
Alright, it's time for a brainstorm.
What's an idea that you've had to help out our planet?
I would dig a hole to the centre of the earth and put all the rubbish in so it burns it up and it doesn't go to waste.
And invent animal homes like possum boxes, bat boxes to protect all the stray animals.
I would make a machine that can go around all of the earth in one second and collect all the rubbish.
I would invent a gym.
Everyone that does exercise will help them run around the world to collect bits of rubbish.
They are some very creative ideas.
And what if I told you that your invention could win you a big prize?
Whoa. The Earth Prize is held every year.
It invites teenagers to think about projects that could solve environmental issues.
It recognises that young people like you, care about our planet and have ideas about how to make a difference.
The 2025 winners have been announced and this year young people in the Philippines have created an app to reduce food waste.
Teenagers in India invented a fridge that doesn't need electricity and that is able to transport medicines to remote areas.
And three American school kids want to cut down on plastic pollution by inventing eco -friendly packaging that's inspired by origami.
Good job! Thanks for taking care of the vitamins!
I'm really proud of you.
Keep up the good work to make this planet a safe and healthy world.
It's so good to see kids finding amazing ways to solve big problems. Keep dreaming big.
Story number two! What does the word home mean to you?
It means the place where I belong and where I live and where I eat cereal.
It means like the place where I live and where I see my family.
Home means different things to different people.
Up in the Northern Territory, there's a school named the Darwar Boarding House where students from diverse communities learn and also live So, school is a home away from home!
I would like both, because at home you can also see your family, but you can also see your friends at school and stuff.
I think they have similar ideas of living in a home because they're like one big family, even though they're from separate families.
28 students at the Darwir Boarding House spent a lot of afternoons together thinking about ideas of what home means to them.
The school's English teacher wanted the students to be proud of where they come from and know that home and family is always where the heart is.
The students worked really hard writing their stories down.
I like writing stories, yes, it's just, it's the inspiration and the thought that counts in a story.
These kids' stories were so great that they were made into a book.
It's called Sweet Home – Stories of Country and Family, and now everyone can read and learn about what home means to these awesome kids.
I'm very proud of you for making this book at such a young age, not many people can really do that.
There you go, that's a great story.
The students are very excited to see who's going to read their book.
One of the young authors says they'd like the Prime Minister to read it, another one and just wants their grandad to read it and feel proud of them.
I think they felt like, amazed, proud and shocked, all squished into one emotion.
I would like to say...
And now, my friends, it's time for...
Wow. How much do you know about the sport called darts?
You have these, like, dart things and there's, like, a circle and there's different colours on it, and if you hit one part, then you get a specific number of points, and if you hit the middle, then you'd probably get 10 or 100 points.
I like when you have to throw darts at a wall and it has to hit the middle.
Bullseye. That's what you call it when you throw a dart right into the middle of the board. It's not very easy to hit a bullseye, But when you do, it feels really good because it's hard. Do you need precision?
Darts is not often a sport that kids get into, but one 13 -year -old is giving experienced dart players a real challenge.
Sara Papina lives in a country called Papua New Guinea, also known as P &G, and she's been playing darts since she was five years old.
Earlier this year, Sarah made history as the youngest player ever to represent PNG in darts when she competed at the South Pacific Darts Championships in Fiji.
Strength to throw it far and get the aim right.
If she won, she'd be really proud because she'd beat all these other people.
Sarah did very well.
She was the only young competitor at the championships, so she had to play against senior women.
But that didn't stop her finishing ninth overall.
That's a pretty impressive result.
Go, Sarah. Soon, Sarah gets to compete against players closer to her age at the Youth World Darts Cup in South Korea.
You've hit the mark, Sarah.
You never know who you might be inspiring to take up the sport.
Try hard, work hard, do your best, don't give up and keep doing what you do.
Go, Sarah! And with that my friends, we cannot dart around the fact that this awesome kids edition of News Time has officially come to an end.
Thanks Ruby. Thank you, Ruby.
You're very welcome.
I'll catch you next week with five more fantastic stories.
See you next time! See you later.
See you later, or as they say in Papua New Guinea, luki mjubihan.
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