The main story on this week’s Behind the News, a children’s current affairs show, focuses on the issue of asylum seekers, people smugglers and refugees.
Very timely as a boat load of Sri Lankan refugees sit off the coast of Indonesia with no where to go. The Australian government had persuaded Indonesia to take them. But the Governor of the Indonesian province where they are supposed to be housed, has other ideas!
Un-bloody-believable!! Is this the Ruddbot government’s Tampa???
Please watch this. It is not just for kids.
I watched this with my class (Year 6) today, then showed them the following clip from Monday’s media watch. Is a must see.
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2724620.htm
Was a bit above them at times but they got the general idea about interpreting what you see, read and hear in the media, and asking questions and viewing more than one source before forming an opinion.
I enjoy your blog, keep it up!
Cheers
Bernard