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

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

WORD OF THE WEEK

Editor’s note

Listen to it!

Astronauts break space record

Building a Moon base

US and Iran agree to a pause in fighting

Pope Leo delivers first Easter speech

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Resident doctors go on strike

What is a specialty?

New bin rules for England

Cairngorms campfire ban

Marmalade labels discussed

Artist blocked from entering UK

Around the world

Do board games top video games? • Some people think we don’t need board games any more.

Young footballer gets England call • Erica Meg Parkinson joins the Lionesses squad.

Helping birds in Kenya

A champion swimmer

THEY SAID IT!

Protections for migrating creatures

Massive migrations

Look for the colourful flash of an orange-tip butterfly

Second set of mountain gorilla twins born

ANIMAL OF THE WEEK

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Little towers for mapping the UK • Discover how they helped the the UK All mega-mission to map Britain.

Dogs’ ancient bond with people

Meet the Cheddar Man

AI data centres heat up surrounding areas

Shell carvings show maths skill

AMAZING INVENTIONS

Photos of the week

Red Roses ready for Six Nations

Awesome Ellie

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Fill your life with joy • Find out why feeling joy is good for you.

“Horse riding brings me joy”

Top tips to bring joy into your life

Discover the secrets of bees •  A new TV documentary investigates these clever creatures that protect our world.

Close to home

Three types of bee that star in the show

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS A film inspired by friendship

FILM CLUB • Barry the bee makes friends with a human.

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 tales about thrilling heists • The books on this list feature lots of exciting fictional heists (robberies).

A Heist Before Bedtime

Richard Coles • The author shares his favourite fact and talks about cool kitchen gadgets.

READERS RECOMMEND

Inventing your own spy gadget • David Solomons shares some of his top secret tips.

BOOK BITES

ON MY SHELF

Build a happy town • Puzzle game Mythmatch is set in the world of ancient Greek gods.

APP OF THE WEEK

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Make delicious garlic bread • This simple but tasty favourite is a great side dish or starter.

That’s unbelievable!

Puzzles

Inspired by The Week Junior

TEACHER OF THE WEEK

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CHARITY OF THE WEEK

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Quiz of the week

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