The Week Junior

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.

Climate report calls for action

Young activists make their voices heard

Elephants head home

Big medal haul for Team GB

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Covid jabs for 16 and 17-year-olds

WORD OF THE WEEK

16 August 1819 • The Peterloo protest takes place

Rules eased in parts of UK

Stonehenge date revealed

Star Wars is brought to life

Couple’s Olympic challenge

The UK’s oldest stained glass

THE WEEK’S SILLIEST HEADLINE

Around the world

Are audiobooks better than printed books? • Some say listening to a book is superior to reading it on paper.

What you need to know

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LAST WEEK’S POLL

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

The tasty art of spinning pizzas • Young chef Rocco Greene is keeping busy.

Inspired to help others

A race to save the planet

THEY SAID IT!

Giraffe families value grannies

JOIN A SCAVENGER HUNT

The grandmother effect

Alpha female is boss macaque

Good week

Bad week

Chough

How do chameleons change colour?

Winning food entries revealed • The winning entries of the Young Food Writer of the Year 2021 competition have been chosen.

The lost continent of Icelandia

Doggerland – a drowned world

Space shunt sends station into a spin

Machu Picchu gets a new age

A new kind of bridge

Photos of the week

Referee is ready to make history

THE WEEK’S WINNERS...

Refereeing numbers

The benefits of boredom • Feeling bored is natural and can be good for you.

Dos and don’ts

Boredom led me to DJing

Exploring curiosity • The exhibition that answers 100,000 questions.

Three other science centres to visit in the UK

New ways to play • Can the Playdate and Steam Deck take on the Switch?

GAME OF THE WEEK

MOD OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

5 books about magical worlds • Escape to another place with these extraordinary, mystical stories.

Happy Here

WIN! • W ’re giving away six copies of Happy Here.

Sharna Jackson • The writer who introduces Happy Here reveals some of her favourite things.

READERS RECOMMEND • Name: Emily

Fan Let your imagination go wild with… Fan fiction

HOW, WHAT, WHERE?

“I LOVE WRITING STORIES”

Make a rainbow picture holder

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’s note

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

We saved our pool!

Join our summer reading challenge

GET INVOLVED

JOKE OF THE WEEK

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

POPJAM TM

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Quiz of the week

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