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.

Malaria vaccine will save lives

Lebanon suffers major electricity blackout

Journalists receive Nobel prize

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Calls for biodiversity action

WORD OF THE WEEK

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Queen’s Baton Relay begins

Tiny art sells for £90,000

Porridge champ is crowned

Rosen wins poetry prize

Around the world

Should slang be banned in schools? • One school has banned certain words and phrases.

The footballing super siblings • Lauren and Reece James talk to The Week Junior.

A world made of denim

Keeping tradition alive

Otis wins Fat Bear competition

HOW TO EAT LESS MEAT

Rural bees dine further afield

Cassowary

Goodweek

Badweek

Can owls spin their heads in a full circle?

Film crew blasts off into space

Science Nobel prize winners announced

Photos of the week

Vollering wins Tour of Britain

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

The benefits of sharing • Sharing with others can build trust and friendship.

Tips for sharing your feelings with others

How sharing ideas can change the world

Breaking the rules • Beano mischievous exhibition.

Get into comics

Going bananas! • Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania rolls onto games consoles.

THE PAST AND THE CURIOUS

CRADLE OF CREATIVITY

SEASIDE STORY

5 books to put a smile on your face • Enjoy this collection of brilliant feel-good books that will brighten up your day.

Fireborn: Twelve an the Frozen Forest

Aisling Fowler • The Fireborn writer reveals a scary encounter with a tarantula.

READERS RECOMMEND

Letter to the Earth • Think about our planet’s future and write a…

HOW, WHAT, WHERE?

“SHOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE”

Create mix-and-match monsters

Puzzle

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’snote

RECOUP

A poem on hope

Win a collection of brilliant stories

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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