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! • This week Bex, Eve and Joe remember their favourite event at their school sports days.

Help arrives in Venezuela

A history of powerful earthquakes

Rescue of stranded sailors forced to stop

Eastern Europe’s heatwave

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Ideas to help struggling pupils

What is an apprenticeship?

Doctors go out on strike

Winning children’s books

Zoo welcomes grumpy cat

London’s youth climate summit

Around the world

Should schools have sports days? • Some children say competing puts them under pressure.

Qualifying for a bright future • Bahrain Mujagata is London’s youngest cabbie.

Making music for crowds

The boy who loves trees

THEY SAID IT!

Rare sea star discovery offers hope

Precious underwater forests

NATURE SPY • Spot a hummingbird hawk-moth sipping nectar

The start of the United States of America • Understanding one of history’s most important documents.

Tiny find solves ancient mystery

The Sutton Hoo treasures

A good laugh could help ease lung conditions

Puffy planets discovered

AMAZING INVENTIONS

Photos of the week

Tug-of-war teams tussle

Numbers to know

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

The power of thank you • Showing gratitude to the people who support you feels good.

Readers share their teacher thank you notes

Ways to show gratitude

Discover awesome automata • This new exhibition celebrates brilliant and strange moving machines.

The home of automata

Three amazing machines from the exhibition

New look at upcoming Pokémon show

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 perfect summer holiday reads • Kick back and relax with these great books, all set during the summer holidays.

The Week Junior Awesome World Puzzles

WIN! • We’re giving away five copies of Awesome World Puzzles

TEST YOUR PUZZLE SKILLS • Try these puzzles from the book. Unscramble the letters in each word of the sentence to learn facts about India.

READERS RECOMMEND

Hobbies and interests • These non-fiction books, shortlisted in the Hobbies and Interests category of The Week Junior Book Awards, help readers explore favourite pastimes.

Daring adventures in space • Star Fox brings a famous game series back for 2026.

APP OF THE WEEK

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Make a summer scrapbook • Gather your precious holiday memories in one place.

That’s unbelievable!

Puzzles

Trying out to be a Laver Cup ballkid

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

TEACHER OF THE WEEK

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Quiz of the week

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