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.

Three storms hit the UK

Big Jet TV takes off

Russia moves its troops into Ukraine

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

African vaccine hubs launched

Covid restrictions lifted in England

Covid-19 vaccine offered to five to 11-year-olds

WORD OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Peace walls connected

Pupils’ seed cannon on sale

Tiny frog’s “banana drama”

Coins tested at Trial of the Pyx

Around the world

Are board games better than video games? • Some people say that you can’t beat a board game for fun.

What you need to know

LAST WEEK’S POLL

YES

NO

Celebrating the magic of books • Sharna Jackson says there is a book for everyone.

The night watch woman

Senegal’s plastic warrior

“”THEY SAID IT!

Animals go wild for perfumes

ECO TIP OF THE WEEK

Sweet smell of success

Hedgehogs making more of city life

Good week

Bad week

Animal of the week

If moths like light, why not fly in the daytime?

Unmasking Italy’s famous festival • Discover the sights and stories behind Carnevale di Venezia.

Other colourful carnivals

Prehistory’s weirdest wonders

The Cambrian Explosion

Solar probe images the surface of Venus

Gene link to love of nature

The biohybrid robot fish

Photos of the week

McLaren driver’s extreme journey

Extreme Eseason starts in the desert

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The power of perseverance • Being determined to keep going can make you feel stronger.

Tips for persevering

Everybody starts somewhere

The story of Stonehenge • A new exhibition shines a light on the ancient monument.

Three stories about Stonehenge

World Book Day’s star-packed show

FILM CLUB • This hidden gem cost a fortune to make.

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

Augmented history • Learn about famous black people from the past using an AR app.

GAME OF THE WEEK

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

4 free books for World Book Day • You can get any of these great reads below for free by using the token on this page.

Goddess

Dr Janina Ramirez

Make paper daffodils

Puzzles

The dog that likes the high life

Boat travels from US to Norway

Record-breaking balancing skills

Potato perfume for sale

Editor’snote

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

Starting a Tree Town

BAFTA’s Young Presenter competition

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

THE WEEK Junior SHOW

Quiz of the week

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