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."

The big picture

Something worth talking about • Lost for words? Try starting a conversation with one of these questions, inspired by stories this magazine.

Editor’s note

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

WORD OF THE WEEK

Listen to it! • This week Bex, Eve and Kaye discuss which object from a film they would love to have.

Ethiopia launches huge dam

The Nile in numbers

France’s PM resigns after losing vote

A blood Moon lunar eclipse

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Deputy PM steps down

Who is David Lammy?

Serving meals to kids in need

Flowers to colour costumes

Queen’s letter to hero pup

Half marathon’s great success

Around the world

Should the Bayeux Tapestry be moved? • It is an important artwork but some say it is too fragile to travel.

Helping people with good food • Ayman and her friends wanted to support others.

Hitting the perfect note

A lifetime of loving work

“” THEY SAID IT!

Children help boost harvest mice

The harvest mouse

Spot blackcaps tucking into juicy berries

Shark teeth at risk in changing sea

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

The food that powers up learning • Get a flavour of some of the meals that pupils used to eat.

A very clever new stethoscope

Inventing the stethoscope

Scientists create plants that glow like lights

Armoured dinosaur discovered

FIND OUT MORE • Get inspired with the NEW issue of The Week Junior Science+Nature. It’s a World Space Week special, so you’ll find lots of out-of-this-world facts and activities!

Photos of the week

WSL gets off to a super start

Stars to watch

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Everyone makes mistakes • Being easy on yourself means you’re more likely to get things right next time.

Top tips for dealing with mistakes

Be kind to yourself

Growing into her big role • Priya-Rose Brookwell, the star of new film Grow, explains how she got the part of Charlie.

A real mega pumpkin

Meet some of Grow’s star cast

Paddington musical cast confirmed

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 books to make you hungry • These popular stories all include mouthwatering descriptions of delicious meals.

10 Children Who Changed the World

Paterson Joseph • The author talks about how acting taught him how to tell stories.

READERS RECOMMEND

Conjuring fantasy worlds with words • A.F. Steadman shares her top tips for writing fantasy.

BOOK BITES

ON MY SHELF

Learn to code •  Popular coding tool Scratch will soon have its own AI helper.

APP OF THE WEEK

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

GAME OF THE WEEK

Do a beach clean • Take part in the Great British Beach Clean and help the UK’s marine life.

That’s unbelievable!

Puzzles

Running for Gaza’s children

TEACHER OF THE WEEK

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

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YOUR PHOTOS

Quiz of the week

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