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."

Space dust brought to Earth

What are asteroids, comets and meteors?

Thousands flee to Armenia after attack

Big climate court case begins

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Girl has special kidney transplant

A hospital for children

WORD OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Sunak delays petrol car ban

The welcome picture book

Gorilla celebrates birthday

Celebrating black women

THE WEEK’S SILLIEST HEADLINE

Around the world

Should we learn to love spiders? • Some say spiders are creepy but others think they are helpful.

What you need to know

LAST WEEK’S POLL

Three reasons why people should love spiders

Three reasons why people should not love spiders

Looking after our precious woods • A forester explains why she loves her job.

Mimi’s flag challenge

Dancer feels the music

“”THEY SAID IT!

Musical birds with a unique style

The family-loving birds

Wasps seek out sweet things

Protection for sponsored sea

Animal of the week

Sharing words to bring people together • Lots of people write and share poems on National Poetry Day.

Want to get involved? • Use the space below to come up with your own poem

New software predicts disease

Helping the medicine go down

Photos of the week

Ramsey keeps improving

Awesome Earps

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Open your mind • Being curious about the world around you can boost your confidence.

Tips for being curious and open-minded

Understanding bias

Celebrating local histories • Young people are making art to mark people and places.

Discover history around the UK

An egg-cellent new film trailer

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 books to help discover poetry • These books open up poetry through Greek gods, pet fleas and talking turkeys.

Foxlight

Katya Balen • The author tells us about the fox that sparked the idea for Foxlight.

READERS RECOMMEND

YOUR TURN

The poet who plays with words • Roger McGough, one of the UK’s best-known poets, talks to The Week Junior.

BOOK BITES

ON MY SHELF

Get your boots on! • Football fans are saying goodbye to FIFA and hello to EA Sports FC.

APP OF THE WEEK

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Follow the countryside code

Puzzles

Doggy paddle at Saltdean Lido

A biggest and best furry friend

A masterpiece restored

The art show of empty frames

Editor’s note

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

Free kick marathon

GET INVOLVED

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

READERS RESPOND

THE WEEK Junior SHOW

Quiz of the week

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