Zirkos Kids Episode Listing

Sent to planet Earth by their leader, Skylus, to learn the ways of humans, the Zirkos Kids experience the fun and excitement of a picnic. With music and dance they play games, meet a horse they mistakenly assume is a human, enjoy picnic food and have some interesting adventures. Much learning about concepts such as counting, colour and shape takes place.

The Zirkos Kids find out what humans do when they go camping. They learn about tents, blow-up mattresses and sleeping bags as they try to follow the complexities of instructions. Experiencing echoes, reflections and campfires are all part of the subtle learning process as well as an encounter with a strange bird called a kookaburra. Lots of music, dancing and poetry add to the enjoyment of the episode.

Amazed at the differences between the beaches on Earth and Zirkos, the Zirkos Kids experience for the first time the uses of beach balls, skin cream and umbrellas. They discover a sea creature called a crab and have great fun playing beach volleyball and building sand-castles. They also learn about water safety.

The Zirkos Kids have a wonderful time as they enjoy a human party. They discover unusual things such as bon-bons, streamers, balloons, party hats and cup cakes. They also have fun with very strange party games, including Stick the Tail on the Donkey and Pass the Parcel.

As well as entertaining children, this episode teaches them, in a most subtle way, about fishing. Through discovery, The Zirkos Kids find out how to use fishing rods and how to catch different kinds of fish, including an eel. They find out what fishing nets are used for. A group of ducks is mistaken for a group of humans and the fact that ducks lay eggs causes much amazement.

Animals abound as the Zirkos Kids meet a dog, a cow, a calf, goats, sheep and chickens. Their encounter with each animal is adventure-filled with music, dance and minor drama. The Zirkos Kids familiarise themselves with farm machinery such as a tractor and a hay trailer and have much fun playing on them. Feeding the animals with different animal food is a new experience for everyone.

The basics of gardening are introduced to the Zirkos Kids amid much laughter, drama, music and dance. The use and care of garden tools is conveyed through a number of activities associated with the weeding, digging, planting and watering of garden beds. An unfamiliar animal, the tortoise, is discovered moving slowly through the rocks and plants in the garden.

Children are always keen to paint pictures. The Zirkos Kids are no different. They experience a number of different painting implements used by human children. These include the use of brushes and paint, crayons, glue, aprons and art paper. The setting for this episode is a human school and the Zirkos Kids marvel at the size of the small human chairs. So far, no human has been seen.

In this action-packed episode, the Zirkos Kids enjoy the human game of tennis. They learn about the court, net, tennis racquets and tennis balls and many mistakes are greeted with lots of laughter. A most extraordinary meeting with a camel takes place and a delicious new fruit, the banana, is introduced.

The Zirkos Kids visit a human house, hoping to meet a human at last. They explore a number of rooms in the house, including the bathrooms and bedrooms. They mistake a teddy bear for a human and are scared by a flashlight beam. One of the Zirkos Kids gets stuck in a bath tub. A piano is discovered and the Zirkos Kids make great music to which they sing and dance happily.

A visit to a fire station proves most exciting for the Zirkos Kids. The whole episode is filled with marvellous adventures as the Zirkos Kids discover the use of the tools and equipment used by fire fighters. Fire hoses spurting foam and water cause much merriment and a drive in the fire truck is the highlight of the day.

The Zirkos Kids find a very green sporting field on which to play their ball games. Many different ball games are played with lots of mishaps, laughter and discovery. Soccer, hockey and basketball are just three of the games they play during their day out. There is a lot of movement and colour in this episode and much learning about sportsmanship, sharing and caring.

All children love playgrounds and the Zirkos Kids are no exception. They find a climbing frame in the shape of a pirate ship and pretend to have lots of sea adventures as they climb, twist and twirl. They next discover some wooden equipment which they clamber all over as they outdo each other in climbing and swinging higher and higher.

The Zirkos Kids are asked by Skylus to find out what humans do when they have a sports carnival. They have a great deal of fun competing in 3 legged races, sack races, tug-of-war, hoop and obstacle races.

Skylus asks the Zirkos Kids to find out how humans keep themselves fit. The Zirkos Kids discover that keeping fit the human way can be fun as they move around a gymnasium on space hoppers, jump up and down on trampolines, jump high into the air from springboards and try their luck at rope skipping.

This episode begins with the Zirkos Kids space dog, Comet, trying to hitch a ride under the back seat of the buggy. At the library, the space children soon discover books, not ordinary books, but ones that make quite unusual sounds and noises. The Zirkos Kids are introduced through books and song to a variety of new Earth animals they have never seen before. The episode is not without drama, however, as a bean bag explodes with Zubba’s weight.

This is a fast moving, highly adventurous episode as Skylus provides the Zirkos Kids with an old map which will lead them to a treasure chest full of gold coins and jewellery. Following clues and signs to the treasure involves several dramas and adventures. The Zirkos Kids meet up with geese on the way to the treasure. They find a clue to the whereabouts of the treasure in a sealed bottle. On the way they discover a small steam train, a pipe which produces an echo and finally discover a huge treasure box in a most unusual place.

This is a most exciting episode in which the Zirkos Kids come face to face with many live animals that humans look after in parks. The Zirkos Kids take buckets of animal food and experience no problems in attracting kangaroos, koala bears, horses, sheep, lambs, peacocks and talking cockatoos.

Wait, watch and walk are the key words for bus safety. The Zirkos Kids find out how to board, travel and alight from a bus. They are happy to find out how to behave on board a bus as Zubba drives them around. Going through the bus wash scares them at first but they learn so much that they are awarded certificates for their knowledge.

Space children love steam engines in the same way that Earth children do. The Zirkos Kids visit a rail museum and are fascinated by Marjorie the steam engine and Kermit the diesel engine. They have lots of fun on rail trikes and trolleys as they whip around the railway tracks. Zubba’s train driving is the highlight of the day.

Caring for planet Earth is something which the Zirkos Kids learn as they visit the Wetlands. They feed the protected birds, skim ponds for water creatures, watch egrets nesting and even plant a tree. They make the acquaintance of frogs, freckled ducks and magpie geese.

The Zirkos Kids make beautiful music as they learn to play the castanets, trumpet, trombone, tuba and drums. They learn that if they play together, they can form a mini-orchestra and entertain themselves and eventually the children on Zirkos.

Forced by the weather to stay inside the shuttle Mercury, the Zirkos Kids pretend to be on a pirate ship and decorate the shuttle accordingly. They dress up and pretend to have adventures on the high seas before putting on a pirate show for each other. The rain is forgotten in all the excitement.

Magic is in the air as the Zirkos Kids prepare and perform tricks for each other. They vie for the title of the best magician but Zol finds that making magic isn’t as easy as he thinks. Some real magic is performed and the Zirkos Kids put a magic ball on the shuttle shelves to remind them of the day.

The Zirkos Kids have a special treat when their leader, Skylus, sends them on a holiday to a beautiful forest. They marvel at the huge trees, green ferns and clear streams as they go bird-watching and bush walking before spending the night in a forester’s hut.