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.
Coal mine protests in Germany
Clampdown on UK protests
New religious centre announced in Jordan
IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…
Ozone layer continues to mend
Single-use plastic to be banned
WORD OF THE WEEK • OZONE
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Kenya’s plastic bag ban
Children’s word of the year
Stick skeleton in Cornwall
Seal pups’ record numbers
Court rules out wild camping
Around the world
Should everyone study maths until 18? • The Prime Minister wants young people to keep learning maths.
Brave Ravi has a dream for all • Ravi Adelekan shares his very special campaign.
A professional puzzler
The pair saving pianos
THEY SAID IT!
Stream “rewiggled” to help wildlife
Yew trees remain green in midwinter
How beavers rewild rivers
Gibbons can sing duets
Good week Bad week
Animal of the week • Anole lizard
Why are snakes so flexible?
Celebrating 160 years of the Tube • Dig up the story of the world’s oldest underground railway.
Three remarkable underground systems
Poo bank will preserve good bacteria
Endangered parrot’s strange gut
Body models that represent real people
Space launch from Cornwall fails
U-Scan analyses wee from inside the toilet
Photos of the week
Desert delight for Dakar drivers
THE WEEK’S WINNERS…
Fast figures
The joy of colour • Surrounding yourself with your favourite colours can boost your wellbeing.
What is colour?
Mood and colour
It’s Burns Night time • Celebrate Scotland’s beloved poet.
Three famous poems by Robert Burns
Prince Harry’s book is a bestseller
FILM CLUB • Discover a world of spirits and sorcery.
THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST
Brick day games • The best games, sites and apps for International Lego Day.
SITE OF THE WEEK
APP OF THE WEEK
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
5 marvellous new books to enjoy • This New Year brought lots of new reads, so we’ve rounded up some of the best.
All About Lunar New Year
Kevin Tsang • The author and Lunar New Year expert tells us how he celebrates the festival.
READERS RECOMMEND
Curling
HOW, WHAT, WHERE?
“I WON A CURLING PRIZE”
Create cute bunny baubles
Puzzles
Super-sized snack discovered
An incredible colour-changing car
Seal finds his “branch of Waitrose”
Robo-barista taking over
Editor’s note
CHARITY OF THE WEEK
Serene sewing
Hugh Porter 1969–2023
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