The Millennium Kids Corner

WEEK 20 THURSDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-24T19:53:00.000-07:00

News and Views:
Today Millennium Kids Corner Announcers Kate and Sarah delved into the world of the English language and in particular swearing. This came off the back of a recent incident with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd openly using expletives in a professional setting.

The reasons behind why people swear was explored, and the MK Corner was lucky enough to hear from Daniel Midgley, Lecturer in Linguistics at UWA. (Listen to the interview below)

"Beyond angry or upset words said in the heat of the moment, swearing does a lot of work in social interactions. In the past, researchers have theorized that men swear to create a masculine identity and women swear to be more like men. More recent studies, however, theorize that women swear in part because they are emulating women they admire" (http://people.howstuffworks.com/swearing1.htm)

Thus it was come to the conclusion that people swear in some situations, as it gives them power.

The question was posed to you:
"Is it right for Politicians to swear like K-Rudd did eariler this week? Do you think they are setting good examples to Australian Youth? Leave a Comment and let us know!"
Amanda (22): "I dont think it will really make a difference what they say!! im pretty sure 99% of youth dont follow the PM!! The only time us less political minded people listen to anything he says is when he wants to offer us money or take away our daylight savings and sunday shopping!!!"
Kelly: "It's never ok! How can we expect our PM to be a good role model for our youth if he does that? As a teacher, I would never swear at work, and I would hope that the PM is a bigger influence than me!"
Lisa (22): "Until we ourselves are prepared to be perfect I believe we should stop expecting perfection from our politicians. Swearing isn't great if you want to be taken as a professional, but it wasn't in the public arena, and I don't think ANYONE can honestly claim they haven't been fired up and not said something in the heat of the moment. Lets have the ... Read Moresame about of debate about voluntary euthanasia, or climate changes, or ANYTHING other than whether or not they should be swearing. There are serious problems out there too."
Christian (25): "What difference does it make if kids swear? Its not going to transform them into monsters. Context is everything"

What do you think? Leave a comment below!

Listen Up!: NEWS FLASH!
A few months ago, students from Thornlie SHS were on the Millennium Kids Corner telling us about their rap workshop. The winners have just been announced and they are:
"Don't Smoke" Jarrahd and Michael
"Leader, not a follower" Anthony and Naomi.
Jarrahd, Michael, Anthony and Naomi will now have the chance to have their song professionally recorded and turned into a ringtone.

Congratulations guys and stay tuned for the premiere of their songs in HypeFM in the coming weeks!

WEEK 19 THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-24T19:29:00.000-07:00

Young People Doing Amazing Things:
Today Lauren Dean (20) from Girl Guides Australia joined just in the studio to tell us a little bit about Girl Guides and the upcoming Centennary Events in 2010. 2010 marks the International Centennary of Girl Guides and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that next year will be Year of the Girl Guide. There will be events all over the country and the world to celebrate. If you want to be involved check out http://www.girlguideswa.org.au/

TravelSmart EatSmart:
Eating smart is really importaint to living a healthy life. Students all over the state are getting together to hold healthy morning teas and breakfasts to celebrate TravelSmart events. For more info visit www.travelsmarteatsmart.blogspot.com

WEEK 18 THURSDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-24T19:25:00.000-07:00

2009-09-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

Young People Doing Amazing Things:

YOUTH DECIDE '09: Tristian Haberley joined Kate and Sarah in the studio to let us know about a current Australian Youth Climate Coalition event called Youth Decide. Youth Decide '09 will give 4.8 million young Australians, who will be the most impacted by climate change, the opportunity to vote on the action they want global leaders to take at the United Nations climate change negotiations to be held in Copenhagen in December. Tristian encourages you to vote online between 14-21 September. www.youthdecide.com.au

YOUTH TREE

Tim Kenworthy also popped in for a chat about an initiative that he is involved with- Youth Tree. Youth Tree is a youth-run initiative that uses creativity and innovation to get more young people into volunteering.

Youth Tree has two events coming up!

1. Day of Action - South Freo Sustainability Experience Part 2: Help build a community garden at South Freo Senior High School. Learn practical skills for your own sustainable veggie gardening shenanigans. Saturday Sep 12 at 10am. Check out the Facebook event for it.

2. Youth Decide @ TEDucation. Awesome event combining the awesome talks and discussions of TEDucation with Australia's first national youth vote on climate targets. Tuesday September 15 at 6:00pm. Check out the TEDucation group Facebook for more info.

News and Views:

With Tristian and Tim in the studio, the MK Corner had a chat about food gardens in schools and wanted to know what you think about food gardens in schools.

Simone (14) Heathridge: "I had a food garden in my primary school, it was so much fun!"

Daniella (13) Lathlain: "I have a teacher at my school who is so passionate about our school food garden, we grow the plants and then eat them during big cook-off days!"

WEEK 17 THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2009

2009-09-15T00:58:00.000-07:00

Young People Doing Amazing Things:

MK Corner co-hosts Kate and Sarah were lucky enough to interview long-time Millennium Kids member Tessa Moncrieff about her upcoming debut at the Perth Fashion Festival.

Tessa (25) has been involved in Millennium Kids since she was in Year 2 at South Perth Primary School. At the 2009 Perth Fashion Festival she debuted her fashion line - Plonk at the Gallery Runway Show. Inspired by her mother's childhood 1950's paper dolls Tessa's fashions are all individually handmade.

If you would like more information about Tessa or would like to check out her designs visit http://www.missplonk.com.au/

WEEK 16! THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2009

2009-09-14T18:35:00.000-07:00

Young People Doing Amazing Things:

This week Rick Newnham from the Left Right Think Tank joined us in the studio to chat about Left Right's latest project: Ennovate. Left Right is Australia's first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds. Their mission is to involve young people in public policy with their vision is for a society that seeks and embraces the ideas of young people. If you would like more information about Left Right Think Tank head to www.leftright.org.au

News and Views:

Today we posed you the question: "Should the legal age to vote be lowered?" With Rick in the studio MK co-hosts Kate and Sarah had a lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of each. The Hype Hotline was flooded with callers on 9472 1017.

Here is a sample of your opinions:

Glen (18) from Nedlands: "Absolutely the right should be lowered! I am sick of the government making decisions I dont agree with!"

Jamie (20) from Swanview: "I don't care about politics and I hate having to vote."

Annie (17) from Joondalup: "I wish I could vote - I have so much to say and as a young people I feel I don't get heard."

Let us know what you think by commenting below.

WEEK 15! THURSDAY 20 AUGUST 2009

2009-08-24T19:19:00.001-07:00

News and Views
YMCA Perth Sustainability Officer Jenny Newman joined Kate and Rachel in the Studio for a chat about the Y's new environmental initiatives!

During 2008, the YMCA Perth’s environmental initiatives, with direction from the Board, have achieved:

100% reduction in greenhouse gases (GHG) from electricity consumption at YMCA Perth head office. This initiative is saving approximately 38 tonnes of GHG per annum and has reduced head office's total emissions by 53%.
100% reduction in GHG emissions from electricity use at our seven childcare centres, saving 60 tonnes of GHG per annum. This initiative has reduced total emissions from the child care centres by 31%.
21% reduction in electricity consumption at head office through a range of targeted energy efficiency actions. Initiatives included:
reducing by half artificial lighting load;
introduction of energy efficient globes where possible;
installing timers on all hard plumbed hot water urns; and
reduced air-conditioning use by minimising running times and using optimal temperature settings.

For 2009 Jenny has implemented a Waste Wise Grant which has seen over 15 worm farms be installed in Childcare centres across the Perth Metro area.

Stay tuned for more green updates from the Y!

WEEK 14! THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2009

2009-08-24T19:18:00.003-07:00

THE BIG SWITCH EXPERIMENT:
Como Senior High School Year 10 student Luke McMillian was invited into the studio to chat to the Millennium Kids Corner (MKC) about The Bright Green Youth Conference and Climate Change.

MKC: What is the Bright Green Youth Conference all about?
LUKE: The Bright Green Youth Conference is a climate change conference for kids, where kids from all over the world come together and share their ideas with one another and make energy projects out of it. It is the youth version of the conference (COP 15) in December which has adults but has the same idea.

MKC:What are you hoping to learn from the Bright Green Youth Conference?
LUKE: We are hoping to learn about alternative energy sources and climate change and how we can use this type of technology in Australia

MKC: How are you helping the MK team in Denmark?
LUKE: I am their ground manager, I advise them on what sort of photos to take, what they need to do and I manage the blog spot which is www.thebigswitchexperiment.blogspot.com.

MKC: What is your school doing to help with climate change?
LUKE: At school we have run a few workshops on what we like about our community, what we don’t like about our community and what we want to change in our community. Also in our most recent workshop we were finding ways on how to conserve the Swan River and what we can do to help it.

MKC: Why are you concerntrating on Energy Projects?
LUKE: Fossil fuelled energy (electricity) is one of the worst contributors towards greenhouse gases and if we have a different, clean energy we would not make so much carbon emissions.

MKC: What effect has climate change had on Como beach and the South Perth foreshore?
LUKE: The effect of climate change on Como beach and the foreshore is absolutely massive; the foreshore is about 100 metres off of where it used to be and Como Beach has lost a fair bit of beach and water because where the freeway is now used to be all water and beach.

MKC: What can we do to help reduce our own carbon emissions?
LUKE: Cutting down your emissions can be as simple as just having shorter showers, walking more, riding your bike, turn off appliances at the wall once your finished with them, and opening a window instead of turning on the air-conditioner it is as simple as that

International Youth Day
On 17th December 1999, the World Conference of Minister Responsible for Youth recommended that 12 August be officially declared as International Youth Day.

It is meant as an opportunity for governments and others to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. Concerts, workshops, cultural events, and meetings involving national and local government officials and youth organizations take place around the world in honor of International Youth Day.

Yesterday the Western Australian Minister for Youth, Donna Faragher held a special morning tea for some WA young leaders. Millennium Kids Corner reporter Kate Laurendi was lucky enough to be invited representing Millennium Kids and HypeFM. Find out more here

WEEK 13! THURSDAY 30 JULY 2009

2009-08-24T19:18:00.001-07:00

Red Cross PROUD YOUTH FESTIVAL

Youth Advisory Council Member Breony and Red Cross Education Services Officer Mel Brewer join Kate in the Studio.

On Sunday 9 August, young people from all over Perth will descend on Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka for the Proud Youth Festival. From 3 - 6pm, Red Cross will showcase what a group of diverse young people have learnt through its World Aware program.

The Proud Youth Festival will feature an exotic blend of performances of Bollywood dance, theatre arts, a photography exhibition, recorded music production, and a short film display; the final product of what these young people have been working on for the past four weeks through the World Aware program.

World Aware is a ten week leadership program which aims to build resilience and promote well-being among refugee and migrant youth by connecting them with other young Australians from the community.

Participants explore issues like culture, self expression and communication while raising awareness about the things people can do to promote mental health through dance, photography and theatre arts. The program begins with a leadership program which engages the young leaders to develop four streams to promote these values. Through the chosen streams - Bollywood dance, drama, music production, documentary making and photography – the participants learn how to express themselves.

The Proud Youth festival is the culminating event for this program, now in its third year. As well as the performances created through World Aware, some new and emerging multicultural artists will also be performing thanks to the support of Kulcha.

WEEK 12! THURSDAY 23 JULY 2009

2009-08-24T19:17:00.002-07:00

Today Frank Macri from HypeFM's new show HyperBeam Radio joined Kate on the Millennium Kids Corner!

THE BIG SWITCH EXPERIMENT:
The Millennium Kids Corner looked into the Nuclear Power debate and checked out what Uranium is and where it comes from.

What is Uranium?
Uranium is a very dense, radioactive metallic element, naturally occurring in most rocks, soil, and even in the ocean! It is not at all rare, and in fact occurs more commonly than gold, silver or mercury. Uranium is found as an oxide or complex salt in minerals such as pitchblende and carnotite. It is formed from volcanic activity and has an average concentration in the earth's crust of about 2 parts per million.

Uranium was named after the planet Uranus, although the metal is not very common in the solar system. It does, however, provide the main source of heat inside the earth. Uranium is mined for many different purposes and has been used to produce energy for more than forty years.

When was Uranium discovered in Australia?
Although known to exist in Australia since the 1890s, uranium was first discovered at Mount Painter in the Flinders Ranges in the early 1900s. It was not until the 1930s that uranium ore was mined at Radium Hill in South Australia. Most of Australia's known uranium reserves are in South Australia. In fact, Olympic Dam is the world's largest known uranium resource. Over the past decade, Australia has earned more than $2.8 billion in income from more than 50,000 tonnes of exported uranium.

Nuclear Power and Uranium
Uranium, as it is mined from the earth's crust, is not directly useable for power generation. Much processing must be carried out to concentrate the fissile isotope U-235 before uranium can be used efficiently to generate electricity.
More so than other energy resources such as coal, oil and natural gas, uranium has its own distinctive and very complicated fuel cycle.

PLUS: Compared to coal power, Nuclear power does not emit hardly as many CO2 Emissions, it is a much cleaner form of energy.

MINUS: Nuclear energy has a great amount of radioactive waste that is produced as a by product of the processing of the Uranium. This waste is very toxic to humans and needs to be stored.

YOU DECIDE: Should we use Nuclear Power to solve our Greenhouse emission problem at the sake of a mass Nuclear Waste issue?

Millennium Kids Corner would like to thank Uranium South Australia for the facts about Uranium http://www.uraniumsa.org/about/what_is_uranium.htm

WEEK 11! THURSDAY 16 JULY 2009

2009-08-24T19:17:00.001-07:00

WEEK 10! THURSDAY 2 JULY 2009

2009-08-24T19:16:00.000-07:00

WEEK 9! THURSDAY 2 JULY 2009

2009-07-02T02:59:00.000-07:00

THE BIG SWITCH EXPERIMENT:

Our Australian representatives to the UN Birght Green Youth Conference will be telling the world all about the BIG Switch Experiment- and we need your help to do it! Each week the Millennium Kids Corner will be asking you a question that you need to help us answer! The answers to these questions will be tabled at the Bright Green Youth Conference!!

This Weeks Question: WHAT CAUSES CLIMATE CHANGE?

Kennah Parker joined us on the show today! Kennah is a Millennium Kids Youth Board member and she attends Gilmore College in Kwinana. She came in to chat to us about the Youth Board's current activities and to raise awareness about Turner's Syndrome.

WEEK 8! THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2009

2009-06-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

The Big Switch Experiment Update!
MK REPRESENTS AUSTRALIA AT CONFERENCE!!

On the 6th August 2009, four young West Australians will be travelling to Sonderberg in Denmark to represent Millennium Kids at the Bright Green Youth Conference - UN Youth Climate Change Conference 2009. Bright Green Youth is the youth counterpart of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen in December. During the Conference, the young people attending will come up with ideas and suggestions for what we can do to solve future climate challenges.

Our Australian representatives will be telling the world all about the BIG Switch Experiment- and we need your help to do it! Each week the Millennium Kids Corner will be asking you a question that you need to help us answer! The answers to these questions will be tabled at the Bright Green Youth Conference!!

This week's question is:

Answer this question by commenting below!

If you would like to find out more about The Big Switch Experiment head to www.thebigswitchexperiment.blogspot.com !!

News and Views!

This week we wanted to hear about the issues that you are currently facing in your neighbourhood. We heard from a range of people aged 13-17 from the southern suburbs. (listen below) In the coming weeks the MK Corner is going to be delving a little deeper into these issues and providing you with some advice from knowing adults who can help you through your situation.

Listen Up!

For some kids a Saturday night leaves them with nothing to do and no where to hang out. As a result they may get caught up in acts of antisocial behaviour like roaming the streets, binge drinking, graffiti and vandalism. To combat this, the Office for Crime Prevention, WA Police, Midland PCYC and the City of Swan have banned together to bring Midnight Basketball to Midland. A fabulous program that gives at risk young people somewhere safe to hang out and have fun on a Saturday night. The Millennium Kids Corner went down to the Swan Park Leisure Centre to check out the program and had a chat with Project Coordinator Ian Westmore from the Office of Crime Prevention, Robyn Cottman WA Police and some of the kids participating!

WEEK 7! THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2009

2009-06-25T19:41:00.000-07:00

Listen Up!

This week Naomi and Anthony (Year 10) from Thornlie Senior High School joined Kate on the Millennium Kids Corner! We talked about Thornlie and the surrounding suburbs as well as what it is like to live in the area. They said that although their school had a bad stigma attached to it, it isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is. "There are great things about Thornlie, our school, sporting facilities, public transport, and good places to hang out with their friends." said Anthony.

Naomi said "Unfortunately, there are people around in Thornlie who hang around in gangs and make us locals feel uncomfortable." Anthony and Naomi said that they would like to see more art facilities in their area and would like to feel safer when they walk around the neighbourhood.

When the Millennium Kids Corner visited Thornlie SHS to run a Hip Hop battle, the students wrote songs about the dangers of smoking, being themselves, and the importance of staying in school. Anthony and Naomi said that the message in their song - being yourself - was important to get out into the community because they find that people become unhappy when they think they are not as people think they should be.

The students are excited that their songs have gone into the draw to be professionally produced and played on HypeFM!!

Jonathan Beninca also visited the MK Corner this week! He has been travelling all over the Perth metro area this week talking to kids about the dangers of playing on the rainlines. 10 Years ago Jonathon lost his arm, leg and two fingers after being run over by a train at the end of a big night out on the town. Every year there is a staggering amount of people that are involved in accidents on Australian train lines due to risk taking behavior like trespassing. Something as simple as taking a short cut across the train tracks, jumping off the platform to pick up your newspaper or sunglasses or as dangerous as playing on the tracks with your friends can all lead to serious consequences. For some people the result of this risk taking behavior is death as a train may hit them. But for the lucky ones they are left to live with the scars of their past mistakes. If you would like Jonathan to come and speak about keeping safe on public transport you can visit the Right Track website http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/

WEEK 6! THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2009

2009-06-16T20:43:00.000-07:00

News and Views:

This week we were extremely lucky to have the Commissioner for Children and Young People Michelle Scott join us in the HypeFM Studios!

The Commissioner talked about her new Complaints Guidelines "Are You Listening?"and what she learnt from children and young people to help develop the guidelines. She even answered questions from HypeFM listeners!

The Commissioner said her favourite part of her job was travelling throughout the Western Australia and meeting children and young people to learn about all the great things they are doing in their community.

For more information about the Commissioner for Children and Young People visit www.ccyp.wa.gov.au

Top 5: This week's Top 5 came live from Wesley College Year 10 Community Serviec Students!
1. Hey Boys and Girls - Evermore
2. Dead and Gone - Justin Timberlake and TI
3. Day and Night (Remix) Kid Cudi
4. Never Miss a Beat - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

WEEK 5! THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2009

2009-06-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

Listen Up!

In light of a local news story of the day - the MK Corner decided to look at your views of Graffiti and Urban Art.

News Article Courtesy of the ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/04/2589225.htm
"West Australian councils are pushing for tough new laws to force graffiti vandals to pay clean-up costs. The President of the WA Local Government Association (WALGA), Bill Mitchell, says graffiti costs ratepayers and taxpayers more than $30 million a year.
Mr Mitchell believes councils should be able to recover the entire clean-up cost from vandals, or their parents if the offender is underage. He says many vandals are not being held financially accountable for their actions.
"If they get work orders, no on turns up," he said.
"If they are fined, no one pays the fine and it in some ways goes back to the Juvenile Defenders Act whereby people are caught between a juvenile and being an adult and seem to slip through the cracks in the system."
Representatives of WALGA hope to meet the Minister for Police and the Police Commissioner to discuss the issue."

We asked Hype listeners if they think there is a difference between graffiti and urban art? There was a whole range of responses flooding in on the Hype Hotline: 9472 1017
Carrie (14) from Spearwood: Graffiti is Vandalism. Urban Art is Art.
Simone (19) from Beeliar: I don't think it is fair that parents should have to pay for a kids crime... Why is it their fault?
Jeremy (15) Joondalup: I think we need some more places for kids like me to do graffiti. Why doesnt the goventment put up Urban Art Walls for us?

If you have something to say let us know by commenting below!

We were also lucky enough to hear from some young people about their opinions on graffiti and why they do it. If you would like to listen to the package check out the MK Corner Blog side bar as it will be posted soon->

TOP 5 This week's Top 5 came live from Erika (18) from John Septimus Roe Anglican College

5. Trent Williams- the times

4. Woah- Wes Carr

3. India Arie- Wonderful

2. Put your number in my phone- Trey Songs

1. Summer- Microwave Jenny

WEEK 4! THURSDAY 28 MAY 2009

2009-06-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

Animal of the Week: This week we hear from Bob the volunteer snake handler! He gave us an insight into what it is like being a volunteer snake handler and removing snakes from people's homes.

The Big Switch Experiment Update: Actress Cate Blanchett spoke to world Business Leaders about Climate Change. This lead to the announcement of the banning of plastic bags by a major Australian retailer.

Top 5: This week came from Gilmore College!

1. I don't hook up - Kelly Clarkson

2. Jai Ho! - Pussycat Dolls

3. Princess - Shortstack

4. Don't Trust Me - 3oh!3

5. Boom Boom Pow! - Black Eyed Peas

News and Views: The Curriculum Council announced that Community Service was no longer complusory for high school students to graduate. What do you think about this? Is it a good thing? Or a bad thing? What are some of your memorable community service moments? Let us know by commenting below!

WEEK 3! THURSDAY 21 MAY 2009

2009-06-16T00:45:00.000-07:00

ANIMAL SPECIAL!

This week's show is talking all things 'animal'!

Animal of the Week:

Kimberly from South Perth Primary School told us all about her favourite animal - the Numbat!

News and Views:

Children's Author Frances Maber joined us in the studio to have a chat about her favourite animal - the Wombat! Her passions for wombats began sometime ago, and she felt the best way to express that was through writing a children's book thus 'Willit the Wombat' was born with her first book Willit's Friends. Following Willit's Friends, Frances wrote Willit the Amazing Wombat and Willit Grows Up. A percentage of the book's sold is donated to wombat research. If you would like more information about Frances and her books visit http://www.willitthewombat.com/

The Big Switch Experiment Update:

On Sunday 19th April MK Corner Reporter Kate Laurendi visited Native ARC as part of a release mission. A number of black swans had become ill in November due to photosynthesis, a blistering illness that affects their beak and skin. The swans were housed at Native ARC and treated by the Native ARC volunteers for a three month period until they were relocated back to Lake Monger on Sunday 19th April. All the swans were banded so their progress can be tracked on the lake. Millennium Kids reporter Kate Laurendi was on site to interview the volunteers on the day. When the wetlands start to dry up we see the black swans and other bird life getting sick’ said Annie, a swan volunteer. “ We did not know about this disease until 2005 and we are seeing it more frequently: she said.”

If you see a bird with a blue band on its leg that is sick or dead please call the Wildlife Carer Hotline 08 93340333 in Western Australia to report it so we can follow up and do more research on the illnesses.

WEEK 2! THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009

2009-06-16T00:35:00.000-07:00

The Big Switch Experiment Update!

Kimberly and Abbie from South Perth Primary School joined me in the studio to talk about the Big Switch Experiment (BSE). The BSE is a campaign run by kids all over Perth to help people switch their thinking and their attitude about climate Change! To do this young people have been doing some research to find out how the area in which they live may be affected by climate change.

Kimberly and Abbie tol us all about their research trip with the South Perth Sustainability Ambassadors to New Norica to find out more about the Swan and Avon Rivers. If you would like more information about the BSE and their trip to New Norica visit www.thebigswitchexperiment.blogspot.com.

TOP 5!

South Perth Primary School's Top 5 Songs:

1. Boom boom pow – Black Eyed Peas
2. Beautiful – Akon
3. Revelry – Kings of Leon
4. Hey boys and girls – Evemore

5. Jai Ho! - Pussycat Dolls

WEEK 1! THURSDAY 7 MAY 2009

2009-06-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

LISTEN UP!

Leading the Listen Up Segment this week are three extraordinary students from the City of Stirling, Ashton (Year 11), Susie (Year 7) and Hussine (Year 7) who in November worked with a students from schools all around the area (including Mirrabooka SHS, Nollamara SHS, Chisholm College, St Stephens and Warriapendi Primary school) and the Public Transport Authority and Millennium Kids to develop ideas to discover their freedom using public transport.Now to do this, the kids firstly highlighted a whole series of issues in their community and these related to things they liked and things they didn’t like about their community. Some things that they liked about their community included the beach, sporting grounds and friendly people, however, they didn’t like racism, fights in the street, bullying and that public transport was sometimes not safe to go on.

From there, Ashton, Susie and Hussine worked with professional marketing people to help them develop a sign that would be placed on the buses and trains that promoted the positive things they do on public transport. Ashton’s sign has an Andy Warhol theme, its brightly coloured and with the slogan – ‘Discover your freedom’. Susie’s sign is cute as could be - its pink with a little cartoon girl starring out the window. Her slogan was ‘With out public transport I would be stuck at home’. Hussine’s slogan is “Public Transport helps me have fun in many ways’ and his sign has a cartoon of him kicking a soccer ball!

ANIMAL OF THE WEEK!

Emily (Year 3) told us all about her favourite Australian Animal - the Banicoot!

THE BIG SWITCH EXPERIMENT UPDATE!
St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls - "One of the biggest areas of concern for kids in Mosman Park is climate change. So St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls Junior school is tackling it head on by adopting a piece of land right next to their school. I caught up with three Year 5 students to explain their plan for the coming months.
Congratulations Sascha, Allie and Isobel for all the hard work you have done so far! I’ll be sure to keep you posted on their bush land adoption and what the girls will be doing over the next term.