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."

Rocket attack on Golan Heights

What’s happening in Gaza?

Bangladesh officials turn internet back on

Olympic Games opens in Paris

IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…

Reeves reveals spending plans

What about junior doctors in England?

WORD OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Welsh Labour’s new leader

Hope for third national park

Boop enters the dictionary

Plastic bag beach pollution falls

THE WEEK’S SILLIEST HEADLINE

Around the world

Do sandy beaches beat pebble ones? • Some people love sand, others enjoy crunching on shingle.

What you need to know

LAST WEEK’S POLL

Three reasons why sandy beaches are better

Three reasons why sandy beaches aren’t better

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

A champion of comics culture • Bobby Joseph is the UK’s Comics Laureate.

Sir Jack Petchey 1925–2024 • The businessman who transformed millions of young people’s lives.

“” THEY SAID IT!

Human stress passes to dogs

Super sniffers

Flying ants swarm in the warmth

Discovering dinosaurs • Meet one of the greatest-ever fossil hunters.

Three more amazing fossil finds

Deep-sea oxygen source found

What is deep-sea mining?

Heavy cats could help overweight humans

Photos of the week

Junior orienteering joy

Map it out

THE WEEK’S WINNERS…

Slow down • Taking things gently makes you feel good and is a useful habit to learn.

Noticing nature

5 tips for slowing down

A celebration of books • Edinburgh International Book Festival is packed with activities.

A city comes to life

Shrek returns to the big screen

THIS WEEK’S WATCH LIST

5 magical, mystical new reads • Meet mysterious creatures and discover strange worlds in these fantastic tales.

The Super Sunny Murder Club

ASK THE AUTHORS

THE WEEK Junior SUMMER OF READIND 2024

Fact-filled books • The five shortlisted titles for our Children’s Book of the Year: Non-Fiction award offer readers fascinating facts about our wonderful world.

YOU choose!

THE JUDGES

Fast fingers! • Nintendo’s new game has lots of retro speed challenges.

APP OF THE WEEK

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Draw a very hairy Hagrid

Puzzles

That’s unbelievable!

Editor’s note

CHARITY OF THE WEEK

Camden’s new Bike Bus

GET INVOLVED

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

READERS RESPOND

THE WEEK Junior SHOW

Quiz of the week

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