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It's National Recycling Week! Time to reduce, reuse, and recycle.  Plus, as the weather heats up around the country, we'll meet a student making sure more Aussie kids can safely play in the water.  Quiz Questions1.Finish this phrase... reduce, reuse, re....2.What did Archie do with the money he raised?3.Is Kurrajong originally an English word, or a Darug word?Answers1.Reduce, reuse, recycle!2.Pay for his fellow students to get swimming lessons.3.DarugNews NoodlerArchie raised money to help his fellow students get swimming lessons. Can you think of a problem at your school or preschool that needs solving? And can you think of a solution? It can be a sensible solution, or a silly one! 

Right now, in Far North Queensland, there’s a pair of cows stranded on a tropical island! You'll hear all about that in our Wow of the Week... Quiz Questions1.Which instrument does winning musician Charlotte play?2.Diwali is the Festival of what?3.How might the cows have gotten to the tropical island? Answers1.The cello2.Festival of Lights3.They might have been swept there by a flood.  News NoodlerWhat do you think should happen next to the cows? Should they be left there, or brought back to live on a farm? Why?

Kids are awesome, but I don't need to tell you that, you already know! To celebrate some courageous kids, today's episode is all about young people making big impacts.  Quiz Questions1. What's the sort of competition that Blake won called? A poetry slam, a poetry smash or a poetry pulverise?2.What's the word for lots of different plant and animal species living in one area? Hint: it starts with the letter B3.What sort of birds did the students have to mimic?Answers1.A poetry slam2.Biodiversity3.Native Australian BirdsNews NoodlerIf you were to write a poem about something important to you, what would you write it about? Maybe you could even start to write one for real... 

Australia has a brand-new airport and it's already causing commotion... Plus, some ancient Egyptian artefacts are being removed from displays overseas, I wonder why? Shall we find out together? Quiz Questions1.Where was the person in the story trying to fly to when they accidentally ended up in Western Sydney?2.What's being taken off display at some museums in Scotland?3.What's the name of the chaotic seal? Hint: It's a rhyming name.  Answers1.Western Australia2.Mummies!3.Neil the Seal! News Noodler, a question to ponder by yourself or with others.  What do you think of the mummies being removed from display? Can you see the arguments on both sides of the story?

Today's show features snail shells that can decode the past, rugby players representing their nations and youth protests that have spread across Europe.Quiz Questions1.Where is the Rugby League World Cup being held this year? 2.Who started the protests happening in Europe at the moment? Was it school students, or office workers?3.What might spaced out rings indicate on a snails shell? Answers1.Here, in Australia. 2.School Students3.Lots of rain! News NoodlerIt's pretty cool that we can learn about the past from a snails shell... can you think of other ways we can learn about the past? What other clues are out there?