Eight-year-old Aboriginal boy Eddie and his two best friends Lottie and Tal navigate the complex waters of playground life with the help (and hindrance) of the kids from the ‘hood and liberal doses of comedy, rap music and of course, kindness.
Eddie’s Lil’ Homies
Eddie’s Lil’ Homies joins Eddie and his ragtag group of friends on their playground adventures as they navigate the fun and challenges of friendship. Outside of home and away from school their friends are family and the playground their universe. It’s a word of competition, imagination and fantasy, where anything and everything is possible, where imaginary friends can be real, games of rock paper scissors can take on stupendous importance, and kindness, empathy and a good rap can help put anything right.
Episodes
Episode 1 Yoinks
When the kids fall under the spell of Yoinks, a hand-held computer game from the olden days that
Tal found in the hard rubbish, it’s up to Eddie and Junior to try and rescue them – before they all
become ‘Yoinkified’!
Episode 2 Rock Paper Eddie
With Tal having to face-off against reigning playground Rock Paper Scissor champion Lachie, former
champ Eddie is forced to make a tough decision – does he let Tal lose, or does he face his past and
come out of retirement to help his friend?
Episode 3 The Dawg
While Eddie and the kids are trying to build a clubhouse, Lottie is looking after her Auntie’s dog Champ.
Champ loves everybody – except Eddie! With Eddie too busy trying to impress Champ to concentrate
on the clubhouse, things soon go wrong – with disastrous results!
Episode 4 Dial M for Mayhem
When Shanti loses her Monitor badge and the playground descends into chaos, it falls to her friends
to restore order, and Shanti’s confidence.
Episode 5 Big Junior
According to Junior his imaginary friend, Big Junior, is great at everything – he’s smarter than Tal,
funnier than Lottie, and even better at sport than Eddie! What? Taken aback, Eddie challenges him
to a series of sporting challenges, but can he beat an imaginary competitor?
Episode 6 Pling Plong
When Eddie returns from his Nan’s house he finds the entire playground obsessed with ‘Pling Plong’
- a new game that he doesn’t understand. With Shanti by his side they race to work out the rules,
or bring an end to the game, so everything can return to normal.
Episode 7 Eddie in the Middle
Lottie and Tal are working on a sculpture together for the Community Art Show, and as usual they
can’t agree on anything! Usually it’s up to Eddie to keep the peace, but this time he’s had enough,
so he decides they’re going to do things a little differently
Episode 8 Yarn Storming
Lottie has a new ‘thing’ – yarn storming – covering objects in the playground with brightly coloured
patches of knitted wool, and she’s enlisted everyone else to help. But will Eddie and the Kids be able
to stop her before she yarn storms EVERYTHING?!
Episode 9 The Talented Mr Lachie
It’s time for the annual talent show and everyone is entering with their special talent – everyone
that is, except Lachie, who claims he doesn’t have a special talent! Not believing that for one minute,
Lottie decides to take it upon herself to help Lachie find his talent.
Episode 10 Messy Mystery
Something or someone is making a mess in the playground, and Shanti won’t rest until she works out
who, or what, is doing it! Meanwhile Junior’s quest to become a Big Kid comes under threat when the
culprit decides to reveals itself.
ACTF Education
Meet the characters in Eddie’s Lil’ Homies and learn how they navigate the fun and challenges of friendship. Each character brings unique skills and perspectives to the playground: embracing and respecting these differences makes the gang stronger!
Students in Foundation to Year 2 are invited to join the ACTF, ACMI and AFL legend Eddie Betts in this engaging virtual workshop. Eddie will discuss the characters in the new children’s series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, and what we can learn from their interactions. Students will apply their learning by designing a fictional character based on their qualities and skills. Follow-up activities for the classroom will also be provided to teachers.
This resource centres on the personal and social skills and understandings that are explored in each episode of the children’s series, Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. It includes concepts, discussion starters and hands-on learning tasks that support Foundation to Year 2 students to understand themselves and others, supporting them to navigate relationships in the classroom and beyond.
This resource provides a series of curated, age-appropriate screen stories, with a discussion point and creative response for students in Foundation to Year 10. Invite culture leaders and knowledge holders featured in these screen texts into the classroom for NAIDOC and beyond – to celebrate the resilience, generosity, creativity, and enduring strength of the oldest living culture in the world.
This clip collection is designed to help students understand and practice respectful communication, focusing on concepts of consent, bodily autonomy and personal boundaries. Using clips from Australian children’s television content, students work through activities that build their awareness of how to ask for, give, and deny permission.
Get ready for an exciting ride into the world of animation with Eddie’s Lil' Homies! In this fun workshop, we'll go behind the scenes with the creators who'll show you how your favourite characters are developed for the screen, from first sketches to final product.