The Week Junior

"When you are young, you’re naturally curious about the world and everything in it. But the world seems made for grown-ups; complex and unknowable. That’s why we’ve created The Week Junior. It explains the news and events in ways that children understand; immediate, colourful, exciting. From news to nature, science to geography, and sport to books, The Week Junior explores an extraordinary array of topics from around the globe. Written to engage a young person’s point of view, without spoon-feeding or patronising, it explains events in a safe, accessible and inspiring way."

Israel urged to protect civilians

Dutch Court rules to protect Palestinians

2024 Paris Olympic medals unveiled

Lunar New Year celebrations

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

New plans to remove problem concrete

RAAC around the UK

WORD OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

City bans pavement parking

Special gas lamps protected

Penguins become besties

Help take care of bumblebees

Around the world

Should all pupils play an instrument? • Some people say it’s good for you, so all students should play.

Bringing magic to children in hospital • Nick Lee is making memories for sick children.

Annie Nightingale 1940–2024 • The first female DJ on BBC Radio 1 who loved to share new music with fans.

THEY SAID IT!

Sea otters save marshes

Another animal engineer

Stinking hellebore flowers

Napping polar bear wins award

Pink fairy armadillo

Good week / Bad week

What is your most unusual animal?

Smart shopping could help Earth • What we wear has a massive impact on the environment.

What you can do to help

Saturn moon’s hidden ocean

Shrinking Moon causes problems

The Romans gave us bedbugs

The rise of fake scientific papers

A prosthetic hand that senses hot and cold

Photos of the week

Ivory Coast’s football party

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Qatar win Asian Cup

The power of hope • Keeping a sense of hope helps you to feel calm and happy.

Create a hope cloud

Happiness habits

A funny Peter Pan panto • The silly stage show is touring the country.

Two classic Peter Pan film adaptations

Gru and the Minions are back

FILM CLUB • A brainy supervillain must save the day.

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 brilliant graphic novels • These books deal with lots of topics using pictures to help power their storytelling.

Aliya to the Infinite City

Laila Rifaat • The author tells The Week Junior why she would like a hieracosphinx.

READERS RECOMMEND

YOUR TURN

Discover an underwater realm • Siobhan McDermott was told ancient tales as a child.

BOOK BITES

ON MY SHELF

Platform power! • Mario vs. Donkey Kong swings onto Switch consoles.

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Go beachcombing

Puzzles

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’s note

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

Keely’s Lunar New Year

GET INVOLVED

YOUR PHOTOS

Teacher OF THE WEEK

READERS RESPOND

THE WEEK Junior SHOW

Quiz of the week

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