The Week Junior

The Week Junior is a brilliant current affairs magazine for children aged between 8 and 14. It’s filled with fascinating stories and information, written to engage curious young minds and encourage them to explore and understand the world around them.

Amateur astronauts return home

Behind the scenes

Girls banned from school in Afghanistan

Angela Merkel to stand down

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Government tries to fix gas shortage

Carbon dioxide shortage

WORD OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Education minister named

Two new tube stations open

First autumn flower show

Samurai armour restored

Around the world

Should selfies with wild animals be banned? • Some say they can harm wildlife.

The pleasure and power of books • Serena Patel says readers must be seen as heroes.

Animals adapt to warm world

A shape-shifting frog

GO BLACKBERRY PICKING

Learning to live with wolves

Kea

Do llamas really spit?

Let’s go to the movies together • Grab some popcorn to visit the cinemas of the past, present and future.

A mammoth project

Endangered ferret’s DNA hope

Ig Nobel prizes reward unusual science ideas

The Accident is a cosmic mystery

Spinning spiders’ silk

Photos of the week

First top “GameZero”kicks off

Crisp packet pitch

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Tune into your feelings • It’s important to trust yourself and be honest about your feelings.

Top tips for getting to know yourself

To thine own self be true

Merlin weaves his magic • A new ballet production depicts an epic tale.

Three other ballets to catch this year

Microgames madness • WarioWare: Get It Together Keeps you entertained with a few seconds of fun.

5 stories with a STEM theme • Bring science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to life with these fun tales.

Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City

Rob Biddulph • The Peanut Jones writer reveals how he came up with the idea for his book.

Witch Wars

Lifesaving • Learn important water skills when you have lessons in…

HOW, WHAT, WHERE?

“IT IS VITAL TO RAISEAWARENESS”

Make a hedgehog pen holder • Keep your pens and pencils tidy in this colourful hedgehog.

Word fill in • All these words fit in the grid. Can you work out where each word goes to complete it?

Wordsearch • Can you find all of the UK animals listed here? They are hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally and may read forwards or backwards.

Word jumble • Rearrange the scrambled letters to form four words connected with jobs.

Number tower • Place a number in every circle to complete the tower. The value in each circle is the sum of the numbers in the two circles directly beneath it.

Spot the difference • These two pictures appear to be the same, but take a closer look. There are actually five differences. Can you spot them?

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’snote

The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares

Rosh Hashanah

Have your voice heard

YOUR PHOTOS • We’d love to see your snaps. Send them to us at hello@theweekjunior.co.uk Don’t forget to tell us why you took them.

Teacher OF THE WEEK

POPJAM

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Quiz of theweek

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