Newsround

Other episodes of Newsround

View program details

• Special exploring the issue of bereavement and the effect it has on children's lives, telling the story of four children, all of whom have lost someone they love.
• Celebrities including champion boxer Joe Calzaghe and JLS pop star Aston share their tales of childhood bullying. A drama tells the story of a young boy who witnesses his friend being bullied: will he take advice from the celebrities and do the right thing by his mate?
• In this modern-day fairytale, `Caught in the Web' explores the dangers of the internet. Lost Princess is on a virtual and real-life journey to meet a boy she has been chatting to on the internet.
• Ore heads to Iceland to check out the volcano that caused chaos across Europe - meeting the children who live with the constant threat of eruptions, and finding out if the ash clouds that stopped international air travel could appear again.
• World Cup Special Topical news magazine for children.
• Living with Alcohol Barney Harwood presents a special programme looking at how children's lives are affected by alcohol. As the summer party season gets underway, it investigates children's attitudes towards adults drinking around them. Alcohol addiction is also explored, as the documentary hears from two boys whose parents have struggled with drink problems.
• Sonali Shah shows how the lives of children in Afghanistan are affected by war in the first of two special `Newsround' programmes.
• Children of Kabul: Afghanistan Away from the fierce fighting in the south and high-profile foreign aid projects across the country. `Newsround' finds out what life is like for the children of Kabul. Some have grown up in a city shaped by war, others are coming back to the city for the first time after years as refugees in neighbouring countries. How do they make sense of what they find?
• Growing up in a War Zone Sonali Shah shows how the lives of children in Afghanistan are affected by war. The presence of foreign troops has brought some benefits, such as foreign investment and lots of new charities, but while foreign troops are the targets of attacks, Afghans, including children, can also be victims.
• Life on the Front Line In late 2010, `Newsround' travelled to the Afghan capital Kabul to find out what it was like to grow up in a country scarred by war. Now, Ore Oduba has journeyed to the heart of the warzone - the southern province of Helmand, where British troops are stationed along with the Americans - to find out why we are there, and what we are doing in the country. In this film, Ore experiences life in the main British base of Lashkar Gah.
• The Real Tracey Beaker Dani Harmer, who plays Tracy Beaker, examines what it is really like to grow up in care. How does it feel to have to pack your bags and leave your family? What is it like to live apart from your brothers and sisters, and to make a home with strangers? This film gives voice to children who have had incredibly tough starts in life - and discovers why, in spite of that, they have great hopes for the future.
• Living with Cancer CBBC actress Dominique Moore takes a personal look at how cancer affects the lives of children and young people. Last year Dominique was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma during the filming of `Hotel Trubble', and after nine months of chemotherapy has been told she is free of the disease. One in three people will develop cancer at some stage in their lifetime, and around 1,700 children are diagnosed each year in the UK.
• Children of the Drought News magazine keeping young viewers up to date with the latest stories and events happening at home and abroad.
• My Autism and Me In this Newsround Special, 13-year-old Rosie takes viewers into her world to explain what it's like to grow up with autism - a condition which affects how children see life, and the way they relate to others around them. With the help of beautifully crafted animation, Rosie introduces other children who have the condition.
• Welcome to My World One London neighbourhood, two totally different kids. They live streets apart but their lives have never crossed. What happens when they have to spend a week living in one another's shoes? Twelve-year-olds Sachin and Patric from Lewisham in south London are thrown into one another's hectic lives - to do each other's chores, hang out with each other's friends, and live with each other's families.