Debra-Jo can't understand how Tamara's favourite day of the year could be when the class does the beep test fitness assessment. On beep test day, Tamara is very excited, but after she sprains her ankle she can't join in.
Debra-Jo and Tamara each enter the school talent quest but discover to their horror that they are performing the same song. Scared of being outdone by the other, they ask Melanie to choose who will be better.
It's time for the seventh grade elections and CJ and the boys decide to make their voices heard. But when the kids' friendly competition turns negative, can their friendship survive?
The children discuss that Atticus has been acting strangely all week and that it might have something to do with his parents going away. Atticus confesses that he is upset because he is starving.
On a very hot day, Atticus decides to distract everyone with a joke telling competition. While everyone takes turns to take the stage and tell a joke, Melanie panics at the thought of getting up in front of everyone.
Tamara is very good on the monkey bars since she uses them every day, but Melanie is not so good as Tamara never lets her on them. When Melanie demands a proper turn, Tamara is outraged and so a battle of wills begins.
When Max and Elsa, the weird twins, suddenly leave class without a note, everyone speculates as to why they disappeared. Before long, a ridiculous rumour chain is circulating.
When Rory announces that he wants to be the Prime Minister, Mrs Gonsha suggest that they ahve their own election. Debra-Jo runs against Rory, and Tamara joins the campaign trial too.
Rory has forgotten his lunch, again, and the other children have had enough. They refuse to give him any more of their food. Rory is starving and, in desperation, decides to go to the milk bar.
Crispo has to serve as the eyes, ears, and legs for sick-at-home Fenwick, while CJ makes the most of her sick day by sneaking out of the house for a lab session with her school crush.
After Mrs Gonsha bravely rescues a tiny boy from the top of the playground equipment, she can't get down herself. The children realise that Mrs Gonsha isn't stuck, but too scared to move as she's terrified of heights.
The children face the difficult task of finding the right partner to be their walking buddy for the walk-a-thon. Tamara is determined to find the best companion who will assist her in doing the most laps.
After last year's Grandparent's Day was a disaster, Mrs Gonsha is determined to make this year's celebration a great success. She has asked Battie's grandfather, a renowned inventor, to be the guest of honour.
Little Lunch is a mockumentary comedy series that takes place during fifteen highly significant minutes of a child's life; that of snack time in the primary school playground. Adapted from the popular books written by Danny Katz and illustrated by Mitch Vane, Little Lunch is a vibrant and truthful character comedy for the small screen.
Tamara unexpectedly wants to play kiss chasey but the only person she wants to chase and kiss is Battie. When Battie refuses to play, Tamara tries to find a different way to get his attention.
The gang each sets out to conquer their fears, but when CJ is faced with talking to her eighth grade crush, she needs the help of Fenwick and Crispo to cross this item off the list.
CJ is determined to fix Principal Hader's Halloween-hate in time to rescue the school's cancelled Halloween festivities, while Crispo and Fenwick deal with costume-related crises.
The kids are ready to redeem their rewards for school achievement for a trip to the water park. Their Pootybucks go missing, sending the entire seventh grade on a quest to save the trip.
Melanie think she discovers a possum's head in the sand pit, and refuses to believe that it's actually Rory's craft project made out of a pine-cone and toilet paper.
When Melanie decides to have a cake stall to raise money for homeless puppies, she asks Debra-Jo and Tamara for help. After Mrs Gonsha rewards the girls, Atticus gets jealous and sets up a rival fundraiser.
Battie loeves the old climbing tree in the playground where he goes to site and think. Debra-Jo thinks it's dangerous and should be chopped down. The children are divided and form camps to embark on a campaign to get their way.
Melanie is very upset when Tamara 'germblocks' Melanie, the rule that forces fomeone to be isolated if they have done something disgusting. Tamara has accused Melanie of not washing her hands after going to the toilet.
CJ and the boys decide to change up their wardrobe and try out new looks. They soon realise there is a lot of power in the clothes you wear and you cannot judge a book by its cover.
When CJ and her friends find themselves at home alone for the night, they discover the challenges of taking care of themselves and realise that having mum and dad around isn't so bad after all.
Why exploration flourished, how maps were made up and all the wonderful tastes, sights and smells that went global thanks to explorers. Plus, how lemons really could save your life
Shot entirely on location in Valencia, this lively programme follows a group of children involved in a range of activities. It includes sequences about fruit picking; karting; the city of arts and sciences; a day at the beach and cultural traditions. It highlights key language points and has many touch points with other areas of the school curriculum.
When Crispo joins the school's most popular club and Fen joins the genius group, CJ is left without her pals. Realising it's more fun when they are together, she works to create a club that will reunite the group.
Follow Kayne Tremills for an intrepid journey to Antarctica, to thaw out the most remarkable, jaw-dropping secrets this giant freezer has been keeping.
Determined to leave a mark on their middle school years CJ, Fen and Crispo try to find their own unique ways of creating lasting mementos of their time at Pootatuck.
When a simple lie morphs into an out of control event, CJ and the boys discover the power of words and the messy business surrounding lies, truths and the consequences of telling both.
Speaking in sign language Native American style and making a dream catcher from wire, beads and feathers. Plus toys made from corn, and making a coup stick or story stick from feathers and wood.
With the pressures of high school in their near future, CJ and her two best friends decide to embark on a series of middle school adventures while they can still take risks and have fun.
CJ believes she is responsible enough to have a pet, but before she can get one, Mum challenges her to take care of a flour baby in order to prove she's ready to look after a living creature.
Our friends set out to meet their idols, but when their carefully laid plans begin to unravel, they realise the importance of patience and recognising the idols in your everyday life.
When Atticus' mother gets a job overseas, he discovers that the day of the Halloween school play will be his last day of school. Suddenly Halloween doesn't seem scary, but leaving his friends, especially Rory, is terrifying.
Santa's image is almost universally recognised as one of our most enduring and popular legends. Yet the holly old gentlemen with his bag full of toys, steering his reindeer and sliding down the chimneys is a relatively modern one. The festive documentary, The Legends of Santa shows how today's Santa is a fusion of cultures and traditions associated with the Christmas season.
Looking at the life and times of William Shakespeare, from his humble beginnings in Stratford, through his time as a jobbing actor in London, to his success as the country's most respected and financially savvy writer.
A cowardly boy who buries himself in accident statistics enters a library to escape a storm only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster.
On the night of September 2nd, a spark from a baker's oven in Pudding Lane ignited a fire which roared through the tightly packed streets of London, destroying up to a third of the city.
Wildlife expert Steve Backshall goes in search of the fiercest animals on the planet. This episode, he travels to the wild islands of Indonesia and has a close call with the legendary Komodo dragon.
This program decodes mysteries and combines scientific investigations with CGI animation to reveal the secrets of structures and monuments from around the globe.
Over one year at a central Victorian primary school a group of typical, but also amazing, 10-12 year olds met in a once weekly class to discuss issues concerning their relationships both at school and at home. And Cath South and Stewart Carter filmed this process. The resulting film Kids' Business is a moving account of the kids' struggles over that year.
After attempting to climb through several different terrains in a regular ATV (quad-bike), the inventors realise that the wheels are not sturdy enough and cannot negotiate the many obstacles they come across in the wilderness. They must redesign the legs so they can withstand the weight of the aluminium chassis as well as the driver of the machine. After hours of gruelling tests of different materials, there is only one material that can support the weight while still allowing the vehicle to 'walk' over any surface.
The team of inventors takes-on the future of thrill rides by attempting to build a waterslide simulator that lasts three times as long as an amusement park waterslide while also combining all the twists, drops and turns of several slides into one simulator. The prototype grows to three stories tall with almost five tons worth of materials. Can the guys complete this engineering feat in only two weeks?
Join Dr Rob as he runs, jumps, throws and scientifically proves his athletic ability and also SCOPE's out all the science behind track and field events.
This series profiles Australia's leaders, featuring career highlights and giving insights into the different eras in which they lead the nation. This episode features Paul Keating.
This series profiles Australia's leaders, featuring career highlights and giving insights into the different eras in which they lead the nation. This episode features William McMahon.
This series profiles Australia's leaders, featuring career highlights and giving insights into the different eras in which they lead the nation. This episode features Billy Hughes.
Who doesn't love a whodunit? We've turned this week's show into a mystery and we're going to use all the different kinds of science that are used to analyse clues found at the scene of a crime to solve it.
This series of short documentaries presents biographical accounts of Australian personalities, both past and present, drawn from various facets of Australian life. Today: Edith Cowan.
Beneath our wide brown land lies another amazing world - a labyrinth of tunnels, caves and chasms - some towering as high as cathedrals, others claustrophobically small chinks in the rock. Follow our team underground to places of wonder and adventure.
This series aims to encourage the development of mathematical ideas, generate enthusiasm and curiosity for maths, encourage discussion, and investigation and show maths in the real world. In this episode, links between perimeter, surface shape and size.
