Table of contents for August 2021 in K-Zone

GET INTO 1st Friendship Day 1st Sister’s Day 1st International Forgiveness Day 6th Wiggle Your Toes Day 7th Campfire Day and Night 8th International Cat Day 9th Book Lovers Day 10th Lazy Day 12th World Elephant Day 13th Friday the 13th 13th Left Hander’s Day 15th Relaxation Day 28th International Bat Night 30th Frankenstein Day SPORT 8th Olympic Games Closing Ceremony 13th Dragons vs Panthers in NRL 24th Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony 28th Extreme E Series Arctic X Prix begins 30th 2021 US Open begins HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1st Jason Momoa, AKA Aquaman 1st K-Zoner Ange 3rd Evangeline Lilly, AKA The Wasp 11th Chris Hemsworth, AKA Thor 13th Sebastian Stan, AKA Bucky Barnes or The Winter Soldier 16th Taika Waititi, AKA Korg SCHOOL 2nd Public holiday in NT OH AND... 16th…

PREHISTORIC NEWS One of the largest dinosaurs has been found in Australia! The Southern Titan, or ‘Australotitan cooperensis’, is a new sauropod species that existed approximately 92-96 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. The Australotitan was 25-30m long (one basketball court), with an estimated height from ground to hip of 5-6.5m! Palaeontologists from Queensland Museum and Eromanga Natural History Museum have been working to confirm the new species since the fossilised skeleton was first discovered near Eromanga, Queensland in 2007! SPACE NEWS NASA has recently announced two missions to Venus from 2028-2030, and the European Space Agency announced a science mission for observations of Venus. Similarly structured to our planet (just smaller), Venus is Earth’s closest planetary neighbour. However, the atmosphere is toxic and surface temperatures reach as high…

HECTIC HOARDER OF THE MONTH Name: Cooper Collects: WWE merch Superstar stash: Cooper has been collecting awesome WWE items ever since getting his first figure in 2019! THIS MONTH’S COOL COLLECTABLE GIFT! The new and complete WWE Figure Series #121 is headed your way, Cooper! Make room in the ring for Roman Reigns, Bayley, Rey Mysterio, Kane, and Apollo Crews (Chase)! Collect something cool? Consider yourself a mega fan? Tell us all about it at…

1 BUGS BUNNY Tune Squad A natural leader with quick wit and a few tricks up his... gloves. Bugs is one of the tallest Tune Squad players, and his rabbit skills mean he has a naturally fantastic jump shot! Height: 1.04m/1.22m inc. ears 5 LEBRON JAMES Tune Squad One of the greatest basketball players of all time. Known for jumps, hang-on-the-rims and dunks. Team facing extinction? You need LeBron. Left-handed, but shoots with his right. Skills! Height: 2.06m 11 LOLA BUNNY Tune Squad A strong centre player that does not take nonsense from anyone, even a giant arachnid opponent! A leading scorer and one of the most skilled basketball players on the Tunes Squad. Height: 1.04m/1.22m inc. ears 88 GRANNY Tune Squad This is no sweet old lady; watch out…

10 LEGO BUILDER’S JOURNEY You can build a brick-load of fun right now in LEGO Builder’s Journey! Poke around in LEGO puzzles, then poke holes in the instructions to break away. You will need to use the ol’ grey matter to puzzle your way through grey bricks – and other colours. This geometric puzzle game asks you to follow the instructions and break the rules. 9 NEXT SPACE REBELS Space truly is the final (fun) frontier (or is that fun-tier?) in Next Space Rebels. Your gig? Build a space-based internet. First, you’ll need a rockin’ rocket to ship stuff to the stars. Make mountains of moolah by becoming a big, shining StarTube celebrity. You can keep your tinkering simple, or piece together a rickety rocket with toy parts.…

OLYMPIC GAMES: CYCLING – TRACK EVENT: SPRINT K-Z: Hi Kaarle! You’re heading to the Olympics, but how did you start to compete in Cycling – Track? K: My family convinced me to try track cycling, which I didn’t think was a cool sport because you ride a bike without brakes and can’t stop pedaling! I loved it and within a short time I was competitive and representing Australia! K-Z: Why do you love your sport? K: The speeds we can reach when we train on the velodrome following a motorbike! We can reach speeds of up to 80km/h! K-Z : Wow! What surprises people when you talk about Cycling for Track? K: People ask why the first rider doesn’t just ride fast from the start in the sprint race (the…

1 SAY IT LOUD The official motto of the Paralympic Games is ‘Spirit in Motion’! 2 AMAZING AGITOS The three Agitos in red, blue and green are the symbol of the Paralympic Games! ‘Agito’ means ‘I move’ in Latin, and the three Agitos symbolise movement. The colours are the most used in national flags from around the world. The Agitos encircle a central point to symbolise motion and show the role of the Paralympic Movement in uniting global athletes! The colourful Agitos symbolise how the Paralympic athletes are constantly inspiring the entire world with their performances, always moving forward and never giving up. 3 POWERFUL MASCOTS The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots, Miraitowa and Someity, both have superpowers! The Paralympic mascot, Someity, can use the cherry blossom sensors on…

4 friends can drop in and out of the co-op coolness of Pile Up! Box by Box. Think outside the box, unfold mysteries, crack puzzles, and crack up while you’re at it! 12 square kilometres of epic wilderness awaits in SnowRunner Season 4. The tough task? Lug a rocket to a starry site. It’s also on Switch! ORDER 66 sadly saw the end of the Jedi Order, but there are over 66 reasons to get psyched for Star Wars: Hunters. Pick your fave character, and hyperspace jump into battle!…

Q Why do people always tell actors to ‘break a leg’? A Every play needs a cast! Grace, WA Teacher: Why is there a sausage behind your ear? Student: Oh no! I must have eaten my pencil for lunch! Janice, SA Q When does a cat want to sleep? A Right meow! Ethan, NZ Q What part of a clothing store is never the same? A The changing rooms! Josh, NSW Q What is it called when the king flushes the toilet? A Royal Flush! Hayden, NSW Q What kind of snake lives on a car? A A windshield viper! Nathan, NZ Q Why did the student carry a ladder to school? A They wanted to go to high school! Preston, Vic Q What do you call a sick bird?…

1. SCHOOL’S OVER FOR THE DAY. WHERE ARE YOU HEADED? a. The skatepark. b. The beach or pool. c. Home. 2. IF YOU CAN ONLY WATCH ONE EVENT (FOREVER), WHAT WOULD YOU PICK? a. Definitely Road Cycling. b. I'd pick Water Polo! c. Totally Tennis. 3. I LIKE GAMES THAT ARE ALL ABOUT… a. Awesome tricks! b. Speed and skill! c. Challenging yourself! 4. WHAT WOULD YOU ADD TO THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY? a. Instead of running, everyone has to skate. b. The torch would have to be carried by a swimmer through all the seas and oceans. c. Use the torch to serve a fiery table tennis ball into the Olympic cauldron to light it. 5. WHAT’S YOUR SUPER POWER? a. Creativity b. Perseverance c. Accuracy 6. YOU’RE ON…

NAME: Ashton LOCATION: NZ WHAT DID YOU PLAY? Pokémon Battle Academy! WHAT DID YOU ENJOY ABOUT IT? It is awesome because now I know the right way to battle Pokémon! The game comes with new Pokémon, trainer cards and energy cards. WHAT IS YOUR FAVE POKÉMON? My favourite Pokémon is Charizard. SHOULD K-ZONERS TRY THE GAME? My friends and I love it! I recommend it to any kids that have Pokémon cards, but don’t know how to battle them. YOU GET IT! As the You Rate It! star this month, Ashton has scored three exciting adventure books! Head to kzone.com.au and click on Be In K-Zone to submit to You Rate It!…

BOXING BATTLES Speaking of combos, you’ll wanna pack plenty of punches in a pinch in Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise. Master the moves, or make your own gold medal routine with your faves. Lob a Joy-Con to another player to also see which boxer boxes best to the beat! GOLDEN GOLFING It's time to totally tee off in the tee-rific Mario Golf: Super Rush. You can hit the green alone, or combine sprinting with multiplayer mayhem in Speed Golf. Basically, pitch and putt your way to the tippy top of the podium. That faraway fairway fanfare never sounded so sweet! AWESOME ARCHERY Trade a hole in one for a lot of fun in Minecraft with your own awesome archery range – it’s all the rage. Just pop lecterns on…

THE CAPTAIN  Frank Wolff, skipper of the riverboat La Quila, is a wisecracking and cynical captain who runs a private jungle cruise that... adjusts the truth – you might even call it a scam. He has looked for the mythical Tree of Life, but never found anything. The last thing he wants is a quest facing deadly animals and supernatural forces. THE PRINCE Prince Joachim is an ambitious German aristocrat who has also been hunting for the Tree. He leads a military expedition to claim the magical Tree’s powers for himself, and will stop at nothing to reach it before anyone else. THE SCIENTIST  Researcher and adventurer, Dr. Lily Houghton, has travelled from London to the Amazon jungle in her search for an ancient tree with incredible healing abilities. Finding…

1. TOKYO IS HOSTING THE SUMMER OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. True False 2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN SEEN FROM TOKYO’S TALLEST BUILDINGS? 3. WHICH OF THESE SPORTS WILL BE PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO? 4. THE OLYMPIC MEDALS WILL BE MADE FROM RECYCLED ELECTRONICS. True False 5. MIRAITOWA AND SOMEITY, THE OFFICIAL OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC MASCOTS, ARE WHICH COLOURS? 6. ROBOTS WILL SHOW SPECTATORS TO SEATS. True False 7.TOKYO HAS OVER SUSHI BARS! HINT: IT’S BETWEEN 2000 AND 6000! 8. TOKYO IS WELL KNOWN FOR WHICH MACHINE? See if you scored the gold, silver or bronze trivia medal at…

PARALYMPIC GAMES: PARA-ATHLETICS EVENT: 100M T38 K-Z: Hi Rhiannon! You’re headed to the Paralympics to represent Australia in the 100m, but how did you start competing in sprint events? R: I started competing in sprints when I was 12. I went to a Para Athletics come try event and have enjoyed running and competing ever since. At 15 years old, I competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and I won a silver medal in the T38 100m. K-Z: Why do you love your sport? R: I love the feeling of sprinting because it feels like you’re running on clouds. I love wearing the green and gold and competing for my country. Competing allows me to meet new people from around Australia and the world. K-Z: Do you have any pre-competition…

HELLO HYRULE Start slashing through waves of wild and wacky weirdoes in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity on Switch. You will battle through the best bits of the epic backstory to K-Zone fave Breath of the Wild. Also, liven up the legend of Link in Hyrule Warriors Legends on 3DS! SLEEPY LINK Link’s nodded off in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening for Switch. Wake up our iconic hero from a nap on an island filled with kooky characters and quirky quests! Otherwise, connect cool worlds in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on 3DS. Get the best of all worlds! LEGENDARY BREATH Get lost in the legendarily massive landscape of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch. There are so many fantastic beasts to…

THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY STREAMING NOW ON DISNEY+ Four gifted orphans are recruited for a dangerous mission to save the world after winning a scholarship competition. Brought together by the peculiar Mr. Benedict to stop a global crisis known as The Emergency, Kate, Reynie, Sticky and Constance must infiltrate a mysterious institute to discover the truth. When the institute’s headmaster appears to be behind the worldwide panic, the kids must devise an extraordinary plan to defeat him. WATCH OUT FOR: DR. CURTAIN! JURASSIC WORLD: CAMP CRETACEOUS STREAMING NOW ON NETFLIX In the third season, the teen campers are still stuck on Isla Nublar and must keep working together to escape the island of free-roaming dinosaurs. The new episodes begin with the campers catching a lift to Lookout Point, looking for…

WEE-LLY FUNNY One time my sister was commentating a soccer game between my brother and I in our backyard; she was so funny that I wet my pants! Rory, NSW UNLUCKY! LEGO LANDING I was spinning around in the kitchen with my sister when I tripped on LEGO. I hit the pointy end of the kitchen bench and cracked my head open! I was in hospital for the rest of the day. Cameron, Qld HEAPS UNLUCKY! PANTS PROBLEM My friends and I were playing at the skate park and I slid down this really rough hill. Later, I went to my aunt’s house for dinner and everyone was looking at me weird. At the end, I realised that there was a giant hole at the back of my pants! Tyson,…

1. WHAT INSPIRED THE ORIGINAL SPACE JAM MOVIE WITH MICHAEL JORDAN? a. A Nike commercial with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. b. A Looney Tunes episode with a special guest appearance by an animated version of Michael Jordan. c. A charity basketball game with Looney Tunes mascots. 2. LEBRON JAMES PLAYS FOR WHICH TEAM? a. Miami Heat b. Los Angeles Lakers c. Cleveland Cavaliers 3. THE ORIGINAL SPACE JAM MOVIE WEBSITE FROM 1996 IS STILL UP AND RUNNING. a. True. b. False. c. That’s a fake website. 4. WHY IS LEBRON PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH THE LOONEY TUNES CHARACTERS? a. To stop his son joining the Goon Squad. b. To stop the Server-verse taking over Earth. c. To save his son from Al-G Rhythm. 5. WHAT SIGNATURE ITEM WILL LEBRON DEBUT…

HANDBALL HERO Name: Immanuel Heroic feat: Winning a Camp Australia x Handball Australia National Handball Championship and becoming one of only 12 winners across Australia! FAST FIVE WITH IMMANUEL K-Z: Hi Immanuel! How did you find out about the National Handball Championships? I: I was talking to a Camp Australia staff member at my school, in March or April. I decided to enter as it was my dream to play in a handball competition. I play handball every day, and the sport is so fun. K-Z: From 13,600 participants, around 400 kids made it to the national finals! How did you feel on the day? I: Before starting to compete, I felt a bit nervous, but tried to hold my emotions in. I felt over the moon when I won…

DeadlyScience founder Corey Tutt loves sharing cool science facts! DeadlyScience sends science books and equipment to remote schools in Australia. For more information, visit www.deadlyscience.org.au! CANE TOAD CONUNDRUM The cane toad has been an invasive pest species in Australia since 1965, and has spread around the country while wreaking havoc against the mammal and reptile populations. Cane toads have a toxin that is poisonous to most animals; however, the keelback snake and the crow have developed special ways to avoid the poison when they eat cane toads. Other animals have not been so lucky. With the help of DeadlyScientists, mammals are starting to fight back. Scientists are training some species, like the Northern Quoll, to avoid cane toads and focus on other prey. The scientists do this by providing cane…

PLAYER PROFILE Team: LA Lakers Country: USA Height: 2.06m Weight: 113kg Born: 30/12/1984 Age: 36 Experience: 17 years BY THE NUMBERS 23: His current jersey number. 18: Age when he was drafted into the NBA. 17: All-Star games. The most recent was 2021 (70th edition)! 4: NBA championships and Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. CAREER STATS PPG (points per game): 25.0 RPG (rebounds per game): 7.7 APG (assists per game): 7.8 PIE (player impact estimate): 19.1 FIRST HOOP LeBron learned to play while he was a toddler with a DIY hoop. The hoop was made out of a milk crate attached to a telephone pole. MEGA MEMORY The star has a photographic memory and uses this skill to remember where every player is on the court, plus how they react…

MOST MEMORABLE NINJA MOMENT EVER “Making history and becoming the first female to beat Stage One of the Grand Final. I trained so hard for years and that buzzer proved to myself and many others that anything is possible if you work hard and never give up.” IMPORTANT PREP “We compete between 8pm and 4am, so a few weeks before the show I start sleep training! I’ll start going to bed later and later, and try to do my workouts at midnight so my body gets used to that schedule!” TRICKIEST PART OF MT MIDORIYAMA “The strength and power needed to get up the mountain in the time limits is the trickiest part. It’s harder to develop the same strength as the men as my anatomy is different, so I…

OLYMPIC GAMES: BASKETBALL EVENT: WOMEN 5X5 BASKETBALL BOSS Position: Centre Current Teams: Australian Opals and the Las Vegas Aces (WNBA) Olympic History: London 2012, Rio 2016. At London 2012, Elizabeth became the first woman to dunk at the Olympics. The Opals won bronze at the London 2012 Games! How It Started vs How It’s Going: Elizabeth started playing when she was 10, after her mother suggested trying it to make friends. Elizabeth was 1.8m tall at the time, and was teased about her height in school. At 16, Elizabeth was playing professionally in Australia and by 18, was averaging 22.3 points per game (leading the WNBL points score). Now, she’s 2.03m tall and a legend! Records: Holds the WNBA single-game scoring record with a 53-point performance against New York Liberty…

OTHER CHILDHOOD SPORTS GROWING UP, I LOVED PLAYING ANY SPORT THAT I COULD FOR THE SCHOOL – SOCCER, TOUCH FOOTY, VOLLEYBALL, TENNIS, SQUASH, CRICKET, BASKETBALL. WINNING REACTION IN EMOJIS IF IT EXISTED, A DOUBLE-ARMED FIST IN THE AIR EMOJI - BUT I’LL SETTLE FOR THE BICEP CURL. OTHER OLYMPIC SPORTS OF INTEREST I LOVE TUNING IN TO WATCH SWIMMING, GYMNASTICS, ATHLETICS AND BMX RACING. THERE ARE NEW SPORTS THIS YEAR TOO, LIKE SURFING, SKATEBOARDING AND SPORT CLIMBING; THESE WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH!…

THE UNDERDOGS RUFF AND READY TRACEY WEST ILLUSTRATED BY KYLA MAY At Barksdale Academy, the pressure is on for one pup to be named Best In Show. Nova, Duke, Harley and Peanut have never won (which is fine) but this year, they must work together to pass the Agility Exam, which determines if the pack passes or fails. Will they make the grade? READ IT... TO BE THE BEST! THE BIG BOOK OF FESTIVALS JOAN-MAREE HARGREAVES AND MARITA BULLOCK ILLUSTRATED BY LIZ ROWLAND Ever wanted to attend a tomato-throwing party? How about a crying baby competition? Why not the biggest bathing festival on Earth – probably a good idea after a fire-walking ceremony! Our beautiful planet has a lot of big celebrations that bring people together for important moments. You’ll…

FLASH MOB When friends visit, make a flash mob. Prepare a song everyone likes on your phone to play via Bluetooth speaker. Surround an unsuspecting adult with loud music, singing and dancing. Keep your performance short and enthusiastic, then run away. Hank, SA LIFT LAUGH LOVE If a friend is getting a lift home, put a wet towel on their car seat. Walking to the car, apologise for the smell and mention you took your pet to the vet earlier. Watch their face when they sit down! READY, SET, GLOW Teach an annoying sibling a lesson with this prank. Draw a scary monster face on A4 paper with glow-in-the-dark marker. Stick your glowing artwork onto a wall near the head of their bed, at their eye level when they lie…