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Good News Friday
Good news for kids this week.
5 classroom stories from 5 places, across 5 sections. For Friday, October 23, 2026.
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Teacher note
Plan on 10 to 15 minutes with ages 6 to 11 (about grades 1 to 6). An adult reads aloud. Show the photo, read one story, ask one discussion question, and point to the place. If you have time, read another story or do the kindness challenge. The rest of the pack can wait. Skip any part a story does not include.
In this pack
- A neighbor in Bauang moved a 110-egg olive ridley nest into a hatchery · Barangay Pudoc, La Union, Philippines
- Year 4 students in Broulee planted about 1,000 native plants for a school microforest · St Peter's Anglican College, Australia
- A helicopter crew finds a hiker after seven days in flooded country · Yavapai County, United States
- A 6-year-old finds Nebraska's first conulariid fossil in 55 years · Schramm Park, United States
- A Mines-born wristband that lets people feel a smile is a TIME Best Invention · Golden, Colorado, United States
AnimalsStory 1 of 5
A neighbor in Bauang moved a 110-egg olive ridley nest into a hatchery
Where in the world: Barangay Pudoc, La Union, Philippines
Oct 25, 2026
Read aloud
Ages 6 to 11. An adult reads this.
The Philippine Star reported on October 25, 2026, that a man named Steve Llabaya was out early on October 24 and saw sea turtle tracks on a beach in Bauang, in the Philippines. He told the local captain right away. The nest held 110 olive ridley eggs, and people moved it into a hatchery so the eggs can be watched. Olive ridley eggs usually take about 60 days to hatch, so these hatchlings may reach the sea around December 24. Another nest found nearby on October 13 held 114 eggs.
Discussion
- Why did it matter that someone reported the tracks before the nest was left on the open beach?
- What is one way beach visitors can keep a nesting beach quieter and darker at night?
Source: Philippine Star · Full story
CommunityStory 2 of 5
Year 4 students in Broulee planted about 1,000 native plants for a school microforest
Where in the world: St Peter's Anglican College, Australia
Oct 25, 2026
Read aloud
Ages 6 to 11. An adult reads this.
ABC News reported on October 25, 2026, that year 4 students at St Peter's Anglican College in Broulee, Australia, spent a week planting about 1,000 native plants. The bare patch of playground is meant to become a small forest that gives shade and a home to local plants and animals. The plants belong to a rare kind of coastal rainforest. Students visited real rainforests first, learned which plants need which conditions, and used maths to plan the mulch. Their teacher said the work is also about learning to help one another when a job gets hard. The school hopes other schools will try the same idea.
Discussion
- Why would a school plant a forest in the playground instead of only reading about one?
- What school subject, besides science, did these students use while they planned the planting?
Source: ABC News · Full story
HeroesStory 3 of 5
A helicopter crew finds a hiker after seven days in flooded country
Where in the world: Yavapai County, United States
Oct 24, 2026
Read aloud
Ages 6 to 11. An adult reads this.
A hiker spent seven days near Sheeps Bridge in Yavapai County, Arizona, after floodwater swept away his supplies while he crossed creeks off Bloody Basin Road. He sent one message before his phone died. Early Saturday a Yavapai County sheriff's helicopter found him. He was exhausted and scratched, and he had reached his limit, but he was in good health. The crew brought him out.
Discussion
- Why did one text message matter so much?
- What should a hiker do when a creek is running higher than expected?
Source: Arizona's Family · Full story
ScienceStory 4 of 5
A 6-year-old finds Nebraska's first conulariid fossil in 55 years
Where in the world: Schramm Park, United States
Oct 23, 2026
Read aloud
Ages 6 to 11. An adult reads this.
Leo Youngdahl is 6. He was looking for crinoid fossils, sometimes called sea lilies, in the rocks at Schramm Park State Recreation Area near Gretna, Nebraska. He turned over a rock and found a herringbone pattern 2.75 inches long. He took it to Kelly Ekue at the park's education center. She did not know it, so she sent photos to experts. They said it was a conulariid, an ocean animal that lived 200 to 500 million years ago and looked a bit like a jellyfish shaped as an upside-down pyramid. Nobody had reported one in Nebraska for 55 years. Leo agreed to leave the fossil at the park so other kids can see it in class. He is still hoping to find a whole crinoid.
Discussion
- What was Leo looking for, and what did he find instead?
- Why did he leave the fossil at the park instead of taking it home?
Source: The Nebraska Courier · Full story
Health & TechStory 5 of 5
A Mines-born wristband that lets people feel a smile is a TIME Best Invention
Where in the world: Golden, Colorado, United States
Oct 22, 2026
Read aloud
Ages 6 to 11. An adult reads this.
Students at the Colorado School of Mines helped build a wristband called ALEYE. Smart glasses notice a smile, a wave, or a handshake. The band then buzzes in a pattern so the wearer can feel which one it was. It is meant for people who are blind or deaf, and for people with autism who find faces and gestures hard to read. Bryan Duarte, who is blind, started the company with Jack Walters after a student design project. TIME named ALEYE one of its Best Inventions of 2026. The band does not give someone sight. It passes along a cue they might otherwise miss.
Discussion
- What can the wristband tell a person without using words?
- Why might a buzz help if you cannot see that someone is smiling?
Source: Colorado School of Mines · Full story
Kindness Challenge
This week's stories are about animals, community, heroes, science, and health & tech, from Barangay Pudoc, La Union, St Peter's Anglican College, Yavapai County, and 2 more places. After the read-aloud, ask the class what happened in one story. Stay with what they just heard. Then choose one small kind act the class can do at school before next Friday.
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