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ABC KIDS News Time

ABC KIDS News Time

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Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.Copyright 2025, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
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  • Modelling fashion and football passion
    May 29 2025

    On News Time today, you’ll hear from some impressive First Nations role models who are also catwalk models. You’ll also meet a talented athlete who’s switching between sports, and we’ll light up the sky in our Wow of the Week.

    Quiz Questions

    1. What is the name of the fashion event held recently in Sydney?

    2. What do Amina and her group do while they learn English?

    3. What is the name of Abbygail-Nigella's alpaca?

    4. How many days after her A-League win did Sarah start training for the AFLW pre-season?

    5. How big was the meteorite that Marcus found?

    Bonus Tricky Question

    Which two teams does Sarah Rowe play in?

    Answers

    1. Australian Fashion Week

    2. Sew

    3. Violet

    4. Three

    5. As big as a tennis ball

    Bonus Tricky Answer

    Central Coast Mariners (A-League) and Collingwood Magpies (AFLW)

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    13 mins
  • Waking words and problem birds
    May 22 2025

    On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about a sleeping language, we’ll head to an office building that’s been taken over by birds, and then we’ll go the distance for our Wow of the Week!

    Quiz Questions

    1. How old is Armardo?

    2. Where will the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships be held?

    3. What is the name of the 'sleeping' language being learned by preschoolers on the NSW Central Coast?

    4. A flock of which bird have taken over an office building?

    5. Which charity is Brooke raising money for?

    Bonus Tricky Question

    What is the name of the mountain that Sir Edmund Hillary described as "beautiful but unclimbable"?

    Answers

    1. 85

    2. Japan

    3. Darkinjung

    4. Pigeons

    5. Blue Tree Project

    Bonus Tricky Answer

    Ama Dablam

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    13 mins
  • Shipwreck decay and World Bee Day
    May 15 2025

    On this episode of News Time, we'll get the buzz on World Bee Day, we’ll dive to the bottom of the sea searching for shipwrecks, and then we’ll pop on a pair of wings and a beak for our Wow of the Week!

    Quiz Questions

    1. What name has the new pope given himself?

    2. How many different species of bee are in Australia?

    3. Nearly 1,000 people from which NSW town relied on a public phone box during bushfires?

    4. Which state government is looking to preserve shipwrecks?

    5. What bird did Matt dress up as?

    Bonus Tricky Question

    How many shipwrecks are along the Queensland coast, and how many have been found?

    Answers

    1. Pope Leo XIV (the fourteenth)

    2. Around 2,000

    3. Narooma

    4. Queensland

    5. (Eurasian) Curlew

    Bonus Tricky Answer

    1400 shipwrecks, with only 200 found so far.

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    13 mins
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