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On 12 April, lockdown rules across the UK were due to change, with most pupils allowed to go back to school. It is part of the easing of lockdown rules around the UK. What are the new rules for schools? In Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, pupils will be allowed to return to all primary, secondary and special schools from 12 April. Most Scottish secondary school pupils will return by 19 April, after their Easter holidays end. Students in England were allowed back to school on 8 March. In Wales, England and Northern Ireland, students who have been shielding because they or someone they live with are more vulnerable to becoming ill from Covid-19 can also go back to school. In Scotland, shielding pupils can return on 26 April. What…

11 April 1951 Sacred Scottish stone is discovered Seventy years ago an ancient coronation stone that had been stolen from the throne at Westminster Abbey in London was found in Arbroath, Scotland. On Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students broke into Westminster Abbey and took the Stone of Scone, a symbol of Scotland’s nationhood. It had been taken from Scone Palace in Scotland by soldiers of King Edward I of England in 1296. A major search began for the stone, and the students eventually left it at Arbroath Abbey. It was later returned to Westminster Abbey.…

Record-breaking 24-year-old jockey Hollie Doyle had a remarkable year in 2020. She set a new national record of race wins by a woman during a calendar year – breaking her own record, set the year before. Doyle’s achievement led to several awards, including coming third in the Sports Personality of the Year competition and winning the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year. Doyle’s success is the result of years of hard work and a love of horses. “I was plonked on a horse before I could even walk,” Doyle tells The Week Junior. Her father was a jockey and she grew up around horses in Herefordshire, England. She says she loves horses because they are great characters. “I like cheeky horses. For some reason they draw my attention more than…

A young male jaguar has been filmed in Sonora, Mexico, near the US border – an area where such young animals are rare. Researchers say it could be a sign that the big cats are travelling from Mexico to the US and breeding close to the border. They are calling for wildlife corridors – stretches of habitat where animals can move freely – to be built between the two countries. There are around 200 breeding pairs of jaguars in the Mexican state of Sonora but no permanent populations in the US. Jaguars used to roam in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico but by the 1960s had been hunted to extinction. In the past 25 years, seven animals have been seen in Arizona – and a few more…

Sussex kelp forests The UK Government has approved a new law to ban trawler fishing off the Sussex coast, allowing kelp forests under the sea to recover. Trawler boats drag nets across the sea bed to catch fish, harming habitats such as the kelp forests, which are home to hundreds of species. East African elephants Plans to use Kenya’s Kimana wildlife corridor for avocado plantations threaten a migration route for elephants. Each year, around 2,000 of them use the corridor to reach grazing pastures and water holes but high demand for avocados means farmers can make money by farming the land.…

At the start of April, World Autism Awareness Week took place. Autism is a lifelong condition that affects the way people feel and hear and how they see the world. It affects people in different ways. Some autistic people say that the world can feel overwhelming, and they find it difficult to understand and relate to other people. Other autistic people stick to a limited and repeated pattern of activities and interests, often from an early age. This means that their attention to detail can help them spot mistakes that others might miss. Autism has a spectrum, meaning that some people are less affected by it than others. To mark World Autism Awareness Week The Week Junior spoke to young people of various ages who wanted to share their experiences…

Great and small A giraffe in Kenya, east Africa, spots a lilac-breasted roller. Taken by Yaron Schmid. Dawn rising Paddling across a cypress swamp in Texas, US. Taken by Callie Chee. Leader of the pack A turtle and followers on a reef in Indonesia. Taken by Galice Hoarau. Feeding time Pigeons flock for food in Krakow, Poland. Taken by Dominika Koszowska. Flip, flop Crabeater seals digest a meal in Antarctica. Taken by Florian Ledoux. Harvesting the crop The Bena people of Ethiopia are skilled farmers. Taken by Mauro De Bettio. 18TH ANNUAL SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE PHOTO CONTEST 2020…

Have you ever been in a tricky situation when you didn’t know what to do? Life can be full of challenges, whether it’s starting a new school, managing friendships or not doing as well as you’d hoped in a test or during a game. Everyone faces difficulties, but by learning to be more resilient you can handle life’s ups and downs more easily. What is resilience? There are lots of ways to describe resilience. It can mean bouncing back from a difficult experience; giving things a go and trying your best; or staying strong inside. Resilience is something you learn as you grow. The more challenges you overcome, the more confident you will feel next time. Clare Balding, a TV presenter and author, believes resilience helps you grow stronger, braver,…

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World Available on BBC iPlayer from 13 April This three-part series is all about the year that the environmental activist Greta Thunberg took off school. During that year, she travelled around the world, exploring the challenges facing the planet and talking to world leaders. Being Sikh Available on BBC iPlayer from 13 April What does it mean to be a part of the Sikh religion at different stages of life? This programme explores Sikhism through some of the most important moments of life: birth, marriage and death. Also available in the Being series are Being Christian and Being Muslim. Earth Moods On Disney+ from 16 April Travel through deserts, glaciers and rainforests in this new show from National Geographic. Each episode takes a…

Favourite pizza topping? Easy – I love nduja sausage, chillies and pepperoni, but am super fussy about the type of pepperoni. I’m not a fan of sweet toppings like sultanas, banana or pineapple – eww! Would you rather be too hot or too cold? Hmm, think I’d rather be too hot... and if there was water nearby to cool off in, that’d be fantastic. Your favourite teacher? I had an amazing English teacher at secondary school called Mr Poole, whom I absolutely adored. He had some bottom teeth missing, laughed like Muttley (from an old cartoon called Wacky Races – Google it!) and sort of resembled a tortoise. What one object could you not live without? Probably pen and paper – or does that count as two? Otherwise, my silver…

What you need Olaf Falafel is a children’s author, illustrator, dad of two daughters and a comedian. During the first lockdown he created an online Art Club (tinyurl.com/ TWJ-olafart). Each episode is filled with jokes, useful tips, animations and facts about his favourite artists. Over to you, Olaf... M.C. Escher might sound like a rapper but in actual fact he was a Dutch artist who created some pretty mind-bending artworks – the M.C. bit stands for Maurits Cornelis. If I were a rapper, I’d probably go by the name of D.J. Chickpeas. As it is though, I have the plain old boring name of Olaf Falafel. The pieces of Escher’s work that you may well have seen before are the ones of “impossible”…

Yves Adams, a Belgian wildlife photographer, was walking on a remote island in South Georgia in the Southern Atlantic Ocean in December 2019 when he saw something extraordinary. All around him were throngs of noisy black-and-white king penguins, raucous sea elephants and jostling seals, but one unusual creature stood out from the crowd. It was an extremely rare yellow penguin. Adams couldn’t believe his eyes. “I’d never seen or heard of a yellow penguin before. There were 120,000 birds on that beach and this was the only yellow one there,” he said. “We all went crazy when we realised.” All king penguins and emperor penguins have a yellowish-gold pop of colour on their neck, but this penguin seems to have held onto its yellow feathers and lost its dark ones…

The ex-Blue Peter presenter and author/ illustrator wants to draw YOU in her new book Cookie and the Most Mysterious Mystery in the World, which is due out in September. To be featured as an illustration, tell us which TV show Konnie Huq presented. Email your answer to competitions@theweekjunior co.uk along with your name and address, and put COOKIE in the subject line. Two runners-up will win a signed set of the Cookie books. The deadline is 23 April. For full terms and conditions go to theweekjunior.co.uk/competitionterms…

Teacher’s name: Miss Cotter School: Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School, London “Miss Cotter is super fun and caring. She calls us her geese and always tries to make us smile. She dresses up as characters from our books for lessons and plays us songs like Riptide on her guitar.” Charlie If we pick your teacher as Teacher of the Week, we’ll sendyourschoolthreefreeissuesof The Week Junior. Send your nominations, along with a picture of your teacher and your school’s full name and address, to hello@theweekjunior.co.uk…

Follow The Week Junior on PopJam@TheWeekJunior. You can download the PopJam app from the App Store or Google Play. Last week, we asked you if life was better in the past... “Absolutely not!” “Yes and no. Before we had no means of virtual communication except through letters, but we do spend a lot of time on screens now.” “No because women were treated badly and if you were part of LGBTQ+ community you couldn’t be yourself.” Tell us what you think of this week’s issue and we’ll print some of the best comments here.…

More than 20 world leaders have called for an international treaty (plan) to deal with future pandemics. A pandemic is an infectious disease that spreads across countries. In a joint statement, they said, “Nobody is safe until everyone is safe,” making it clear that countries must work together to prevent future global outbreaks of disease. They said, “At a time when Covid-19 has exploited our weaknesses, we must come together as a global community for peaceful co-operation that extends beyond this crisis.”…

A FOSSIL FINDER A six-year-old boy has found a fossil that is around 480 million years old in his garden in Walsall, England. Sid Jhamat discovered the horn coral fossil while he was digging for worms. A fossil is a trace of an ancient plant or animal that has been preserved in rocks. A SANDCASTLE FOR BIRDS Sand sculptors have built a 20-metre sandcastle to encourage sand martins to nest at a nature reserve in Surrey, England. Sand martins are birds that migrate to the UK from Africa in the summer. The sculptors hope that the 400-tonne castle will attract hundreds of the small birds to nest there. FINDING REALLY OLD CHOCOLATE A 121-year-old chocolate bar has been found in the attic of a country house in Norfolk, England. The…

The Olympic and Paralympic Games are among the most exciting and important sporting events in the world. The Games are a festival of sport that celebrate athletes’ ability to push themselves to the limits and extend the boundaries of what humans can do. Yet the Games are not all about winning. They also emphasise fair play, friendship and respect. China, the host nation, has been criticised recently for not treating certain people, in particular, Uighur Muslims, with respect. China is accused of denying them and others their rights and freedoms. As a result, many human rights groups and politicians have called for a boycott of Beijing 2022 to punish China and make it treat the Uighur people better. So what do you think? Should athletes boycott the Winter Olympics? Yes…

“Butterflies, bagels, worms, waffles, toads and toast”, are all on the menu for the Big Wildlife Breakfast on 1 June. The idea is to observe nature over breakfast outdoors, kicking off a month of activities called 30 Days Wild. This annual event is organised by the Wildlife Trusts, a group of 46 conservation charities from across the UK. During June, there are lots of ways to celebrate the simple joys and benefits of nature. There will be online events and technical tips – such as how to set up a wildlife webcam at home or at school. Participants are encouraged to perform a “random act of wildness” every day for the month. Last year, around 6 0,000 people in the UK took part. Sign-up begins on 14 April but anyone…

Anew study suggests that life could once have existed inside a crater on one of Saturn’s many moons. Researchers say that tiny life forms could have thrived in Menrva, a 264-mile-wide impact zone formed when a huge meteor from space smashed into Titan about a billion years ago. Titan is the largest of Saturn’s moons and the second-largest moon anywhere in our solar system. Mostly made of ice and rock, it’s cloaked in a thick orange atmosphere of nitrogen and methane. Its surface temperature is a chilly -179° C but scientists believe that a deep ocean of liquid water lies about 60 miles beneath its outer solid crust. Alvaro Penteado Crósta, from the University of Campinas in Brazil, wondered if a big enough impact could break through Titan’s crust and…

During the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Fiona Crackles watched the women’s hockey final on a small TV on holiday with her family. She remembers the joy of seeing Great Britain win gold. This summer in Tokyo, Japan, Crackles has her own chance of Olympic hockey success. The 21-year-old from Lancashire, England, tells The Week Junior, “Back then I never thought that in a few years I could be at the Olympics too. No way. I played my first senior Great Britain game last October, which was completely unexpected. Then in January I joined the full-time squad that’s training for the Olympics.” Becoming a professional hockey player this year also meant Crackles had a tough decision to make. “I am currently studying sport and exercise science at Durham University, so I…

Ideas for building resilience from Clare Balding, TV presenter and author of Fall Off, Get Back On, Keep Going: • If you’re trying your hardest, the chances are that at some point you will fall. Resilience is about being tough enough to get back up, get back on and keep trying. • If you’re saying or thinking negative things about yourself then stop, take a breath and reset. Being kind and positive about yourself instead will change the course of your thoughts. • Write down one thing you’re grateful for every day and put it in a jar. When you’re feeling short on resilience, go back to your jar and remind yourself of some lovely things.…

Disney has revealed the cast for its next Star Wars TV show Obi-Wan Kenobi. The series follows the adventures of a Jedi master who first appeared as an old man in the original 1977 Star Wars film. Ewan McGregor, who played the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three Star Wars prequel films (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith), will return as Kenobi. The show will be set 10 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. He’ll be joined by Hayden Christensen, who starred in the films as Anakin Skywalker. In Revenge of the Sith, Skywalker, who was Kenobi’s apprentice and best friend, turned into the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Also in the cast is Kumail Nanjiani, whose character name has yet…

Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow by Benjamin Dean. Illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) In this warm-hearted and funny story, Archie wants his family to go back to normal. His mum and dad are separating and he’s sure they’re keeping a big secret from him but he can’t work out what it is. Luna Rae Is Not Alone by Hayley Webster (Nosy Crow) Luna Rae has moved to a new house and a new school. It’s hard fitting in, especially when weird things are going on at home. Dad is behaving strangely but worse than that, her mum has disappeared. Luna longs for her return – and when her new school announces a baking competition, she decides this will be the best way…

Martin House offers family-led care for babies, children and young people who are suffering from life-shortening illnesses. The charity works across Yorkshire, providing care in its hospice and help in the community. This includes specialist medical care from experienced professionals, as well as short respite breaks, activities like art and music therapy and free meals for families to enjoy together. To discover more about Martin House’s work and the people it helps, head to martinhouse.org.uk…

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1 Through which Egyptian city were mummies paraded? a) Cairo b) Alexandria c) Luxor a □ b □ c □ 2 True or false? A baby goat, emu and goose have made friends on a farm in Wiltshire. 3 What is the name of the wealthy businessman who has been convicted of unlawful assembly in Hong Kong? 4 Where are the 2022 Winter Olympics due to be held? a) Beijing b) Tokyo c) Moscow a □ b □ c □ 5 True or false? The jockey Hollie Doyle won more than 150 races in 2020. 6 Australia’s Olympic surfing team is named after what creature? 7 How many people in the UK are autistic? a) 70,000 b) 7000 c) 700,000 a □ b □ c □ 8 True or false?…

Campaigning has begun for elections in Scotland and Wales on 6 May, when voters will decide who they want to form their next government. Why are elections happening? Since 1999, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all had their own devolved parliaments. This means that each country has power over some of their own affairs, and the UK Parliament in Westminster has power over England and the UK as a whole. Each nation’s parliament makes laws and decisions on issues such as education, transport and health. Nicola Sturgeon is currently Scotland’s First Minister and the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Mark Drakeford leads the Labour Party in the parliament of Wales, which is known as the Senedd Cymru. How does voting work? Voting takes place every five years.…

The University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, will return a Benin Bronze from its collection to Nigeria. The announcement comes after years of people questioning whether UK museums and galleries should give back historical artefacts to countries where the items were made or found. The Benin Bronzes are some of the greatest works of art from west Africa. They were made from around the 16th century onwards for the oba (kings) of the royal court of the Kingdom of Benin. This was a powerful kingdom from about the 13th century to the 19th century, in what is now southern Nigeria (not to be confused with a modern country called Benin, which borders Nigeria). The bronzes were taken in the 19th century when the British attacked and burnt Benin City and made…

• The next Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are due to be held in Beijing, China, next year, from 4 February until 13 March 2022. • More than 180 organisations have called on athletes to boycott (not attend) the Games because they believe that China has been treating certain groups of people very badly and unfairly. • The claims include the brutal and unfair treatment of Uighurs (a group of people who live in China and many of whom follow the religion of Islam), Tibetans and people in Hong Kong. • China rejects the claims and says it has not treated anyone unfairly.…

A Belgian photographer who took photos of a rare yellow king penguin says he feels like he won “nature’s lottery”. Yves Adams recently posted the photos on social media. They went viral, triggering a discussion among scientists about what may have caused the penguin’s unusual colour. Adams took the photo in 2019 when he was on an expedition to South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. He was photographing a colony of around 120,000 king penguins when, among the black-and-white birds, he spotted a pale yellow penguin swimming to the shore. He said it was a beautiful sight that lasted less than a minute before the penguin disappeared into the crowd. At first Adams and his colleagues thought the penguin was an albino. Albinism is a condition that…

Zoe Sweetman Team manager of parrots and penguins, Chester Zoo. Parrots are birds who love to stay “clean” so they will often go out in the rain on purpose to take a bath. However, they do not want to get soaked to the skin as this can cause them to chill. So, like any animal, when they have had enough of being out in the wet they will find a nice sheltered spot to preen and dry off. Do you have a question about an animal you would like answered? We’d love to include it in the magazine. Send your question in an email to hello@theweekjunior.co.uk…

Cambridge University Boat Club They won the annual rowing races against Oxford University, in both the men’s and women’s events. Molly Taylor & Johan Kristoffersson The pair, who drive for the RXR team, won the first Extreme E race for electric-powered off-road cars, which was held in Saudi Arabia. Beth Potter The Scottish runner won a five-kilometre (3.2-mile) road race in just 14 minutes, 41 seconds. It’s the second-fastest time ever recorded by a woman. England women’s rugby union team They beat Scotland 52-10 as the Women’s Six Nations event started on 3 April. France beat Wales 53-0.…

Meet Arlo, a young boy who is half human and half alligator. When he finds out that his father is living in New York City, in the US, Arlo leaves the safety of his swamp to go out and find him. This is the story behind Arlo the Alligator Boy, a new animated musical coming to Netflix. Arlo the Alligator Boy is directed by Ryan Crego, who came up with the idea for the film nearly a decade ago. “I set out to create the most joyful, positive character that I could dream up,” he says. “I was curious to see what would happen when a character so positive and pure of heart went out into a world that was gritty and real. Would he bend, would he break or…

H Is For Happiness Google Play, Prime Video This is a really funny, and sometimes sad, live-action family film. It is based on a book called My Life as an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg. Made in Australia, it’s about a young girl named Candice, played wonderfully by newcomer Daisy Axon. Candice is dealing with the loss of her sister, the sadness of her parents and a new friend at school called Douglas Benson From Another Dimension (yes, really!). It could have been quite a downbeat film because of its sad elements but this is very funny and really quite special, with a hilarious big finale. It deals with serious issues, yet with Candice plotting at the heart of it, it’s a film that finds a lot of joy…

Amber Undercover by Em Norry (Oxford University Press) Amber is just an ordinary teenager with a completely ordinary life. All she has to worry about are the usual ups and downs of school, friendships – and the occasional unexpected bombshell from her parents. That’s until a visit to an escape room and a session on a virtual-reality game leads to her being recruited as a secret agent. Suddenly, Amber is a real-life spy working for a mysterious organisation called The Agency. Does Amber really have what it takes to complete a dangerous undercover mission to infiltrate a group of hackers? How can she keep her new double life a secret from her parents and her best friend Vi? With lots of entertaining twists and turns, this is a fun, fast-paced…

How do I do a plant swap? Depending on lockdown restrictions in your area, you could arrange a plant swap with your classmates or with neighbours on your street. Why not make a poster to advertise the date and time of the swap? On the day, it’s a good idea to set up a table so the plants are easy to see, and ask swappers to put the name of each plant on a label. What are the best plants to swap? Succulents (a group of plants that store water in their stems, roots and leaves) are good because they’re easy to grow. They don’t mind if they’re not watered often and they come in lots of shapes and sizes. Cacti are a type of succulent.…

Name: Naureen “Inspired by the book series Murder Most Unladylike, my sister, two best friends and I started a detective society – The BFFs. Not only does BFFs stand for Best Friends Forever, but also the Brilliant Fearless Four. We were really enthusiastic to get started and immediately assigned roles and code names to everyone. We gathered information from books and the internet and learnt different codes (shorthand, Morse Code and Pig Latin). We have gathered the equipment needed for investigations (magnifying glasses, casebooks and fingerprint kits) and set up our meeting place. We Zoom each other for our meetings and to test our detective skills. We eagerly wait for lockdown to end, so we can meet and solve mysteries. Starting a detective society is exciting and it’s the best…