Innholdsfortegnelse for 339 i The Week Junior

UEFA, the governing body of European football, has apologised to Liverpool and Real Madrid fans for their treatment at the recent Champions League final at the Stade de France stadium in Paris, France. What happened at the final? Liverpool faced Spanish club Real Madrid on 28 May in the final of the men’s Champions League, the biggest match of the year in European football. Real Madrid won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Vinícius Júnior, but it was events before kick-off that dominated the evening. The match was delayed by more than half an hour because many fans were still trying get into the stadium. People were crushed in overcrowded spaces as police officers held them back from entering the Stade de France. Tear gas (a chemical that makes your…

RUNNING A CENTURY OF MARATHONS On 2 June, Fay Cunningham and Emma Petrie, from Scotland, completed their goal to run 106 marathons in 106 days. They have run 2,777 miles in total and have raised £25,000 for charity. They are hoping their challenge will be recognised as a new world record. HELPING A GIRAFFE CALF A three-month-old giraffe calf called Msituni has learned how to walk after she was given leg braces by zookeepers at San Diego Zoo, in the US. When she was born, Msituni’s front legs were bending in the wrong direction, making it difficult for her to walk and move around. The braces have corrected the movement of her legs and she can now walk without them. THE CITY OF BRADFORD Bradford, in West Yorkshire, has been…

Last month, author and illustrator Dapo Adeola was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. He won the award for Hey You!, which he both wrote and illustrated. Hey You! is about black children in the UK who face racism (when people are treated badly or unfairly because of their skin colour, culture or nationality) as they grow up. The message of Hey You! “is one of positivity, it’s one of hope, it’s one of optimism and it’s one of celebration,” Adeola tells The Week Junior. “It’s also one of pride.” He describes the book as a celebration of the British black community, in particular its creativity. Adeola aimed to give black young people in the UK a picture book that represents them. “We didn’t have anything…

Just like humans, dolphins can suffer from skin irritations and disease – a problem that seems to be getting worse as oceans get warmer. Fortunately, they’ve found their own way of treating them and new research suggests it could amount to a form of medicine. Angela Ziltener of Switzerland’s University of Zurich leads a team studying a group of 360 bottlenose dolphins that live in the Red Sea off the east coast of Egypt. The team noticed that dolphins would often queue up to rub themselves on various corals. This could have just been a way of soothing irritated skin but Ziltener began to wonder if there was more to it. The dolphins seemed to prefer certain coral species and to single out specific corals for rubbing particular parts of…

Scientists have solved one of the oldest mysteries about dinosaurs: whether they had cold or warm blood. The temperature of an animal’s blood is linked to its metabolism – the rate at which its body extracts energy from food. Metabolism affects how much an animal needs to eat, how active it can be and even where it can survive, so understanding their metabolisms is a huge breakthrough in learning about how these extinct beasts lived. Warm-blooded animals like mammals and birds have fast metabolisms; they need to eat frequently but can be active even in cold climates. Cold-blooded animals such as reptiles have slower metabolisms and can eat less often but their activity depends on the temperatures around them and they get sluggish when they cool down too much. Some…

Money may not buy happiness but learning to save or spend your pennies wisely can help you feel more confident and secure. Stories about rising food and energy prices in the news lately show how important good money management is and what a valuable life skill it can be. What does money management mean? Have you heard words like budgeting, interest, investing and savings? These are all connected to money management, which means taking care of your cash. Kate Pentelow, a money coach who runs the Money Mindset Mother website, tells The Week Junior that managing your money involves making decisions about spending and saving your money and – hopefully – watching it grow. Why is managing money good for me? Budgeting (deciding what to spend and save) gives you…

Favourite season? Summer. Always. I live in the north, I see enough cold. Do you have any pets? Two Bedlington whippets called Nancy and Lennie, and a bearded dragon who answers to Bazzer. What’s the secret to writing a good story? Even if I knew I wouldn’t tell you, as then everyone would be at it! I do know you need to write the story you’d want to read, though. Favourite ice cream flavour? Ice cream: Phish Food. Every time. Do you have anything in common with Noah? I wish I was more like Noah. I’m not great at taking risks like him. That said, I’d do anything for our dogs……

How old must I be? To start a PADI Seal Team course for young beginners you must be aged eight or older. You don’t need to have any diving experience but you must be a confident swimmer and be comfortable in the water. There is also the PADI Bubblemakers taster course you could try. What about snorkelling? Snorkelling is a great way to have fun in the water, and could well encourage you to try out scuba diving. With the help of an adult, go to the British Sub-Aqua Club’s website at bsac.com to find out more about diving and snorkelling, and how to find a club near you.…

SpongeBob snares a dragon An animal hospital in the US had to deal with “the cutest emergency we’ve ever had” when a pet lizard got its head stuck inside a toy pineapple. In order to free the bearded dragon (which was called Randy), vets at the New England Animal Medical Centre had to break open the pineapple, a model of SpongeBob Squarepants’s underwater home. “We’re not laughing at you Randy, we are laughing with you,” the centre wrote in a social media post. “The pineapple didn’t make it, but Randy is back home happily laying in the sun.” Crunch time for cured crisp lover A woman who lived on cheese and onion crisp sandwiches from the age of two has finally started eating other foods. Zoe Sadler, who is now…

Since 2015, more than two million people have taken part in the Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild and it’s back again this June. If you haven’t already, sign up to undertake a “random act of wildness” every day throughout the month of June. You could walk barefoot through the grass, have a go at giving a tree a hug, listen to birdsong or do an exercise session with your friends outdoors. Find out how you can get involved with the 30 Days Wild challenge at tinyurl.com/TWJ-Gowild GET INVOLVED Email your news, views and pictures 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 if e-scooters should remain banned… “I think they’re quite dangerous.” “E-scooters shouldn’t remain banned because they barely harm people, but they use way too much electricity to work.“ “No, definitely not.” “I don’t see a problem but if you don’t know how to work one then you might lose control and hurt someone.” Tell us what you think of this week’s issue and we’ll print some of the best comments here.…

Ankara, Turkey Country changes name to Türkiye A request for Turkey to officially be known as “Turkiye” (say “Turk-eeyeh”) has been accepted by the UN, a group of 193 countries that work together. Turkey’s government has been pushing for the change since December, when President Erdoğan said Turkiye is “the best expression of Turkish people’s culture and values”. Lagos, Nigeria Virtual reality helps elderly to dance For more than a year, art teacher Kunle Adewale has been visiting care homes in Lagos to provide elderly residents with fun, entertainment and therapy. Using a virtual-reality (VR) headset, they can dance, exercise, listen to music, create art or explore new places. Adewale told The Guardian newspaper, “It’s about giving them joy.” Venezuela Oldest man marks another birthday Juan Vicente Perez Mora, who…

The beautiful pink, purple and white spires of foxgloves are a familiar summer sight across the UK. They flourish at the edges of woods, in hedgerows and on rugged heathlands, as well as in gardens. Flower spires up to two metres tall – each packed with dozens of tube-shaped flowers – rise from a rosette of oval, hairy leaves at the base. Bees are guided to their nectar and pollen by dark spots on each flower’s lower lip but humans are wise to keep a respectful distance; both the flowers and the leaves contain toxic chemicals that can be deadly if consumed. Doctors, however, have used small, precise doses of these chemicals in medicines for centuries, especially to treat heart problems.…

The landscape around the ancient monument, Stonehenge, is scattered with hundreds of pits, many of which were made long before the standing stones were put up about 5,000 years ago. The new discovery shows the area, near Salisbury, England, has been important to people for even longer than experts thought. The pits were found by a team from the University of Birmingham and Ghent University in Belgium, who surveyed the area by firing electric currents into the ground. The strength of the currents showed differences in the soil, including areas where it had been disturbed. Professor Philippe De Smedt, who led the team, explained that this technique allows researchers to “visualise what’s buried below the surface of entire landscapes”. Some individual pits were then dug out by hand and studied…

On 5 June, Wales celebrated qualifying for their first football World Cup tournament in 64 years. A 1-0 win against Ukraine in their play-off final in Cardiff gave the men’s national team a place at the competition, which begins in Qatar in November. As the Wales players and fans enjoyed their victory, it was a sad defeat for Ukraine. The Ukraine team was also desperate to reach the World Cup. They wanted to give their supporters something to celebrate after suffering such hardship since Russia invaded their country in February. Ukraine had beaten Scotland 3-1 in a play-off semi-final four days earlier to reach the play-off final. In a tense game at the Cardiff City Stadium, Ukraine had lots of chances to score but the hosts defended well. Wales’s goal…

For 30 years, Monster Jam has been thrilling audiences with events in which top drivers go up against each other, racing and doing tricks in spectacular 5,400 kilogram vehicles. Now, British monster truck fans have a chance to see the series for themselves, as Monster Jam is coming to London for the first time ever. A crowd of up to 50,000 people in the London Stadium will be able to watch some of the most famous monster trucks of all time, including favourites like El Toro Loco, Max-D, Megalodon and Grave Digger. The day begins with a “Pit Party”, which allows fans to get up close to the trucks and drivers. Monster Jam trucks are so big that their tyres alone are 1.7 metres high, so this is a chance…

Rumaysa Ever After by Radiya Hafiza. Illustrated by Rhaida El Touny (Macmillan Children’s Books) Rumaysa is searching for her long-lost parents in a magical version of South Asia. When she gets an invitation from the Queen of Bishnara, she hopes it will help, but instead she is pulled into a dark adventure. Will Rumaysa ever find her own happily ever after? Roxy & Jones: The Curse of the Gingerbread Witch by Angela Woolfe and Paolo Escobar (Walker Books) In the second hilarious Roxy & Jones adventure, Cinderella Jones has a new mission: to find the children who followed the Pied Piper into the mountains 30 years ago and disappeared. The trail leads everywhere from Jack’s beanstalk to the cottage of the evil Gingerbread Witch. Wilder than Midnight by Cerrie Burnell…

Did you have a good Jubilee weekend? We’ve got a report on p5 about the celebrations that happened up and down the country. I had a great time, meeting my neighbours – and sampling all five entries to the local Jubilee pudding competition. (Five helpings of pudding are too many, it turns out, although it was a delicious experiment.) I thought the Jubilee felt fantastic after the last couple of years. Socialising with neighbours at the lighting of the beacon – and then again to discuss puddings – felt like a happy follow-up to Covid, when all we could do was wave to each other during lockdown. The chance to meet and talk and have fun showed us all how important community is. According to a new study by Save…

The European Union (EU), a group of 27 countries that work and trade together, has agreed to stop its members from buying oil that Russia sends by sea. After talks in Brussels, Belgium, where the EU has its headquarters, the organisation agreed to ban all Russian oil that arrives by ship. That’s about 75% of the oil that Russia sells in the EU. However, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, persuaded the EU not to ban Russian oil that comes through a pipeline to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Poland and Germany said they won’t use Russian oil that comes through the pipeline. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, has said that the ban cuts “a huge source of financing for Russia’s war machine” against Ukraine. On 6…

On 6 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a vote of confidence. Although he won the vote with 211 Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) supporting him, there were 148 MPs from his own party who voted against him. What is a confidence vote? This was a chance for all Conservative MPs to secretly vote on whether they have confidence in Johnson as Prime Minister. The vote was announced on the morning of 6 June, after at least 15% of Conservative MPs sent letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, the head of a group within the party called the 1922 Committee. Many Conservative MPs wrote to Brady after the Sue Gray report said there were parties at No.10 Downing Street (Johnson’s home) during lockdown. The police had already punished…

Whether you’re sitting down to read one of the Harry Potter books, or a non-fiction book bursting with facts about the solar system, reading for fun is a wonderful hobby to have. Not only is it enjoyable to read about topics and stories that you’re interested in, but research has shown that reading for fun every day is also very good for mental health and helps people feel happier. However, a study in 2021 found that just over half of children (51.5%) enjoy reading, which was fewer than the year before. Other research suggests reading for fun declines as children grow up. Not everybody likes reading for fun; people may see it as hard to do in their free time when they could be doing something else to relax. What…

On 14 June, it will be 40 years since the end of the Falklands War. This was a 74-day conflict between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas as they are called by Argentina). Both the UK and Argentina believed that they should be in charge of the islands. What are the Falkland Islands? The Falklands are an archipelago (group of islands) in the South Atlantic Ocean. They are about 300 miles from the coast of South America and about 8,000 miles from the UK. People from Britain first went to live on the islands in 1765 but they only stayed for a few years. Spain then controlled the territory but in 1820, Argentina, which had recently become independent from Spain, claimed the islands. In 1833,…

Iga Świątek & Rafael Nadal Świątek the women’s singles title and Nadal took the men’s crown at the French Open tennis competition. Nadal has won the event a record 14 times. England men’s cricket team They beat New Zealand by five wickets in the first Test. In the match, Joe Root reached 10,000 career runs for England. Minjee Lee The 26-year-old Australian golfer won the US Open by finishing four shots ahead of American Mina Harigae. Manchester Thunder Thunder’s 60-53 victory against Loughborough Lightning gave them the Netball Superleague trophy for the fourth time. Manchester won every game this season.…

Soccer Aid 12 June at 6.30pm, ITV The charity football game is back. Two teams (England XI and World XI) made up of former footballers (including Mark Noble), as well as celebrities and sports stars (such as Usain Bolt), will compete and raise money to help young people around the world. The 15 Billion Pound Railway 12 June at 8pm, BBC2 The fourth and final series about the making of London’s new underground line. This series reveals how the project became more expensive, eventually becoming the recently opened Elizabeth Line, which cost £19 billion to make. Construction on the railway started in 2009 and the first series was shown in 2014. Dead End: Paranormal Park Available on Netflix from 16 June Two teenagers and a talking pug join forces to…

by Phil Earle (Andersen Press) It’s 1939 in London. The Second World War has just broken out and the Government is advising people to have their pets put down because of the feared chaos ahead. Noah could never do that; he and his best friend Clem can’t bear the thought of losing their beloved dogs. Instead, they set out on a bold adventure to save their pets – and as many other animals as they can. They have some unlikely new allies, too: the school bully, his pet snake and a donkey with a hat. Author Phil Earle won lots of awards for his previous wartime adventure story, When the Sky Falls, including the Book of the Year: Children’s Fiction prize at the British Book Awards. This, his latest book,…

Scuba diving is a world of underwater adventures and fun. If you enjoy swimming in pools and the sea, it will give you the chance to see wonderful things. Scuba diving lets you move and breathe below the water. Unlike snorkelling, where a mask and basic breathing tube helps you swim just under the surface, special breathing equipment allows you to spend time several metres down. It requires training, instructions and strict safety guidance from qualified divers, but once you have been taught you can begin exploring deep down. The equipment includes a cylinder, which is the tank of air you carry on your back and a regulator, which has the tube and mouthpiece through which you breathe. A wetsuit keeps you warm in the water and fins go on…

Name: Amara “I love writing because it is a good way to let my ideas flow and I get transported to a world with no limits. Writing helps me unblock all my thoughts, it is as if I’m talking to myself! I also like getting into the minds of my characters and giving everyday objects emotions. Sometimes I find it hard to continue writing a story without getting distracted by other ideas for a new story, so I end up writing more than one story at a time. My favourite books are The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Raúf, and Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend. Nevermoor inspired me to start writing fantasy stories. When I am older, I would like to write novels and poetry. I would like my first…

Teacher’s name: Mr Hague School: Wilthorpe Primary School, Barnsley, Yorkshire “We would like to nominate Mr Hague for Teacher of the Week. Mr Hague is really nice and he has been (due to the pandemic) our teacher for two whole years. Also, he makes every lesson fun.” Emily and Hanna If we pick your teacher as Teacher of the Week, we’ll send your school three free issues of 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 Please include your full name and address so that we can send you a Roving Reporter badge if your contribution makes it onto the page. We will only use the details you provide to arrange delivery of badges, and we…

1 Where did the EU meeting to talk about banning Russian oil take place? ◻ a) Brussels ◻ b) Berlin ◻ c) Bradford 2 True or false? Trevor and Cheryl Lee found out their car was owned by the Queen’s uncle. ◻ True ◻ False 3 Which birthday has the world’s oldest man celebrated? ◻ a) 100,000 ◻ b) 1.5 million ◻ c) 130 million 5 True or false? Dapo Adeola won Illustrator of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards. ◻ True ◻ False 6 What do female dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, use as tools to dig out fish from the sea floor? 7 Who was Prime Minister of the UK during the Falklands War? ◻ a) Tony Blair ◻ b) Margaret Thatcher ◻ c) William Ewart…