Squiz Kids

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

'Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

Mount Everest rubbish

https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/i-discovered-a-trash-dump-on-mt-everest-and-picked-up-440-pounds-of-it/

Solar powered trees

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/30/world/solar-tree-electric-vehicle-charging-spc-intl/index.html

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/may-2023/

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If you’re keen to learn more about the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and the portrait competition, Little Darlings, check out gallery’s website and there’s a lot more than museums in Canberra. Mums, Dads, Teachers - check out the VisitCanberra for some great ways to inspire and entertain the kids on your next trip to the nation’s capital

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

https://www.squizkids.com.au/about-newshounds/

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]

Each week, we give the world globe a spin, and see where we land. Then we take the kids of Australia on an audio excursion to visit that country and its people.

LINKS:

Map of Africa: https://ontheworldmap.com/africa/africa-map.jpg

Wildebeest crossing the Mara River in the Great Migration: https://video.link/w/27bvd

Maasai women welcome song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVTP3vU9MLE

Maasai warrior jumping contest: https://video.link/w/fAbvd

Slow motion Kalenjin runners: https://video.link/w/QAbvd

Eliud Kipchoge's pace: https://video.link/w/rBbvd

Ugali recipe: https://ingmar.app/blog/recipe-the-national-dish-of-kenya-ugali-nyama-choma-na-kachumbari/

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world.  A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

Italian tightrope walk record: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/28/tightrope-walker-record-milan-loreni-js-cprog-orig.cnn

Russian spy whale?: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/suspected-russia-trained-spy-whale-reappears-off-swedens-coast

Facts about otters (for World Otter Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPGdKRxN1E

Kids + Media Survey Results: https://www.squizkids.com.au/aussie-kids-media-results/

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/may-2023/

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

https://www.squizkids.com.au/about-newshounds/

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world.  A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

Your shortcut to… Earthquakes and Volcanoes

https://www.squizkids.com.au/squiz-kids-shortcuts/earthquakes-and-volcanoes/

NASA’s Mars experiment 

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-scientist-year-mars.html

Venice canals turn green 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/venices-waters-turn-fluorescent-green-near-rialto-bridge-20230529-p5dbyc.html

Boston’s buzzer beating shot 

https://www.news.com.au/sport/american-sports/nba/absolutely-stunned-nba-world-in-meltdown-after-boston-forces-game-7/news-story/1aea3a45e1d61b60c0ff4d555f6b9e63

World MS Day

https://worldmsday.org/

Kids + Media Survey Results: https://www.squizkids.com.au/aussie-kids-media-results/

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/may-2023/

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

https://www.squizkids.com.au/about-newshounds/

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]

Squiz Kids Shortcuts give you and your primary-aged kids the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the big news stories.

LINKS:

Extinct and Enormous: The massive marsupials of Australia: https://video.link/w/bIGsd

When Giant Lizards Ruled Australia - Megalania: https://video.link/w/LHGsd

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

Sam Kerr - What more can we say?: https://wwos.nine.com.au/football/womens-super-league-2023-sam-kerr-responds-to-critics-as-chelsea-wins-fourth-successive-title/6256f107-dce6-474a-a9fa-d1fa26607c21

Service dog graduates college: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/27/1178478110/service-dog-college-diploma

Footgolf Australia: http://footgolf.org.au/

The Footgolf World Cup official site: https://www.orlando2023.com/

Barbie movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM

Dance The Night: Dua Lipa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiC1rgCPmUQ

Cheese rolling competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXoeF4NLWI

Kids + Media Survey Results: https://www.squizkids.com.au/aussie-kids-media-results/

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/may-2023/

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

https://www.squizkids.com.au/about-newshounds/

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who's been paying the most attention to the week in news.

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

National Sorry Day & National Reconciliation Week

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/national-sorry-day-2020/

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/

The Voice Referendum

https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/

https://voice.gov.au

Cow on a motorway

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65642955

Olympic ESports series

https://olympics.com/en/esports/olympic-esports-series/

Exeter Public School Podcast

https://exeterpublic.podbean.com/

Kids + Media Survey Results: https://www.squizkids.com.au/aussie-kids-media-results/

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/april-2023/

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

www.squizkids.com.au/newshounds

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]

Junior Book — Friendly Bee and Friends by Sean E Avery

Middle Grades Book — The Deadlands: Hunted by Skye Melki - Wegner

Eden's favourite books: 

The Big Book of Tashi by by Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Seamus's Crew Review:

Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Want to join Catch's crew of reviewers? Apply here!

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

‘Kid-friendly news that keeps them up to date without all the nasties’ (A Squiz Parent)

This Australian podcast for kids easily fits into the daily routine - helping curious kids stay informed about the world around them.

Fun. Free. Fresh. 

LINKS

Social media report

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/23/social-media-warning-kids-mental-health

Alien message

https://www.seti.org/event/sign-space-simulating-first-contact

Kids + Media Survey Results: https://www.squizkids.com.au/aussie-kids-media-results/

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/april-2023/

Classroom Companion:

Teachers! Want to access free, curriculum-aligned classroom resources tied to the daily podcast? Sign up to be a Squiz Kids Classroom and download the Classroom Companion each day. Made by teachers for teachers, differentiated to suit all primary school ability levels. And did we mention it’s free?

Newshounds

Get started on our free media literacy resource for classrooms

www.squizkids.com.au/newshounds

Stay up to date with us on our Squiz Kids Instagram!  

Got a birthday coming up and you want a shout-out? Complete the form on our Squiz Kids website. Link: SHOUT OUTS or / send us an email at [email protected]