Innholdsfortegnelse for No. 95 i The Week Junior

On 15 September, an explosive went off on a busy tube train at Parsons Green underground station in London. The bomb failed to explode properly, and while 30 people were injured, no one died. What happened? The device exploded early in the morning, as adults made their way to work and children went to school. Some people were hurt as passengers rushed to evacuate the station, and the heat from the blast singed some people’s hair, but nobody was seriously injured. However, people were scared. “I saw masses of people, so I started running myself,” said one witness. Armed police were quickly on the scene, with emergency services providing help to those who needed it. The explosion came as a huge shock, but many people refused to let it affect…

A RARE SIGHT Two rare white giraffes have been filmed forr the first time in Kenya, a country in Africa. The giraffes have a condition called Leucism, which causes them to have white skin. The first reported sighting of a white giraffe was in 2015, but they haven’t been filmed until now. A LUCKY FIND Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an MG J2 roadster – a classic car built in 1932. Experts say the car had a top speed of 65mph and cost around £199. This particular car was found during excavations at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, and it is thought to have been used by troops training there during the 1960s. GROWING AN ONION Proud gardener Peter Glazebrook broke his own record for the world’s heaviest onion at…

Now aged 91, Sir David Attenborough has spent more than 60 years on our screens, reporting on the most incredible wonders the natural world has to offer. When he started, back in the 1950s, he was a producer – a person responsible for getting a programme made, rather than starring in it. Back then, television wasn’t as significant as it is now; in 1952 there were fewer than 1.5 million TV sets licensed in the UK. The BBC prioritised radio, and was wary of spending too much money making television. As a result, programmes were rather simpler. Instead of the magnificent animal shows we enjoy today, the main wildlife programme consisted of a zookeeper from London Zoo showing off one of their creatures live on air. Attenborough changed everything. In…

Fluffy the shark On 12 September, a baby great white shark – nicknamed Fluffy – that washed up on an Australian beach was released back into the ocean. The 1.5-metre shark had an overnight stay in an aquarium so it could be assessed before it was returned to its natural environment. Salamis Island On 10 September, a ship carrying 2,500 tonnes of oil sank off the coast of Greece close to Athens. The black, sticky substance is now polluting the waters around the island of Salamis, covering just under a mile of coastline. It’s believed that the clean-up will take around four months.…

Lego is one of the world’s most recognisable and successful toys. Its colourful blocks can be used to build almost anything. Using just six Lego bricks, there are more than 915 million possible combinations. This year Lego celebrated its 85th birthday. It’s a company that has grown from being a small family business to a global brand. As well as toys, Lego has created theme parks, superstores, TV shows and three Hollywood films, including The Lego Ninjago Movie, which will be in cinemas in October. There has even been a TV competition to find the nation’s best Lego builders. Read on to find out how Lego became one of the world’s most popular toys. Master builder To get a job at Lego, there’s one skill you need above all else:…

Doctors and hospitals have been told to brace themselves for one of the worst flu seasons in history, following large outbreaks of flu in Australia and New Zealand. What’s happening? The chief of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Simon Stevens, has warned that there could be a severe outbreak of flu this winter, because countries including New Zealand and Australia have experienced a bad season of flu. Australia reported 98,000 confirmed cases of the flu virus between July and August – which are Australia’s winter months – more than double the rate it was this time last year. Stevens says that if there is a heavy flu season in the UK, then NHS hospitals might struggle to cope. What is influenza? Flu is the short name for influenza,…

Edge of the world A photographer trekked through freezing wilderness to capture this snap of a camp, illuminated by a natural light show known as the northern lights. Bug eyed This scary thing is a tapeworm, a type of parasite that can grow up to three metres long inside its human host. Leapfrog This American Football player bounded over his opponent to score a touchdown, during a match in Los Angeles, US. What a hoot A baby owl hangs upside down after taking its first flight, in Massachusetts, US. Festival fun Concert-goers at a music event in California, US, made an effort with their outfits. Flower power A model shows off nature-inspired clothing at London Fashion Week. Out with a bang One of the Royal Signals White Helmets, the army’s…

Since her reluctant racehorse, Noble Warrior, won the Derby, things have been looking up for Charlie. Noble Warrior’s winnings have helped get the family farm back on its feet, and at long last, life is returning to normal. Then disaster strikes – thieves break into the farmyard, and steal Noble Warrior. The police are baffled, and with no sign of the racehorse anywhere, it’s down to Charlie to launch her own investigation to find her friend – and bring him back home. The sequel to TV presenter Clare Balding’s first children’s book, The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop, this story is partly inspired by the real-life kidnapping of Derby-winning racehorse Shergar. It’s a funny, exciting and heartwarming read – and you’ll be cheering Charlie on every step of the way. READERS…

Star Trek: Discovery New episodes every week from 25 September After years of silence, war has broken out between the Federation, a union that promotes peace and exploration, and extraterrestrial humanoid species, the Klingon Empire. Will the Federation be able to restore peace once again throughout the universe? The Invictus Games 5.35pm on 24 September, BBC One Every day through the week, catch all the action from this year’s Invictus Games direct from Toronto, Canada. Starting with the opening ceremony, the Invictus Games is an international sporting event for injured and ill servicemen and women from around the world. Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family Available on Sky and Now TV from 27 September Follow biologist Patrick Aryee as he travels through the canine family tree. From jungle dogs that track…

How should I start? Make things easy for yourself by starting with a rhyming, easy-to-learn poem that you can have some fun with. Esiri recommends On The Ning-Nang-Nong by Spike Milligan or The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear. Who can help me? For some extra help, download iF Poems app from the Apple App Store. It has 270 poems and audio readings by actors including Helena Bonham-Carter. You can search by author or theme, and record yourself and hear your voice played back. What should I read? Allie Esiri’s A Poem for Every Day of the Year has 366 great poems, whether a funny one for April Fool’s Day, a festive one for Christmas or a moving one for World Refugee Day. It also teaches you about important…

This year, National Poetry Day will be celebrated on Thursday 28 September. The aim of this annual event is to encourage more people to  enjoy poetry. Every year, the event has a loose theme – this year’s is “freedom” and we have chosen that as the theme of our very first poetry competition. We’re challenging our readers to write a poem of no more than 100 words, and the winning entry will be published in the magazine. Find out more about the competition, and the brilliant prizes on offer, on page 25. Writing poems can be great way to explore ideas and to express your feelings about things – but if writing poetry isn’t really your thing, why not mark the day by learning and performing a poem instead? We…

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Follow The Week Junior on PopJam @TheWeekJunior You can download the free PopJam app from the App Store or GooglePlay. The Cassini spacecraft spent 13 years orbiting Saturn. Last week, it exploded in Saturn’s atmosphere. “What a journey” @Emoji_Puppy996 “My teacher loves space and told me all about it” @eyesboomwow “It has done us humans proud” @lovelaughlive1980 Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian tomb filled with artefacts in the Valley of the Kings. You said… “I love the Egyptians, and that tomb looks cool” @fluffyowlpig “Wow, that must have been amazing to find” @12jamier “OMG, my topic at school is ancient Egypt” @MiraculousLadybug21 “I can’t believe it” @supergamerl Tell us what you think of this week’s issue. We’ll give you a shout-out if your post is printed here.…

Introducing the pudding pizza Which dish do you prefer to dig into – a big Sunday roast or delicious slices of your favourite pizza? One restaurant has put an end to this difficult decision by offering its customers the Yorkshire pudding pizza – a humongous Yorkshire pudding filled with sausage meat and tomato, topped with a layer of cheese. The entire dish is cooked upside down to avoid the Yorkshire pudding base becoming soggy. Rebels’ Smokehouse in East Yorkshire has described its 1,500-calorie creation as “so right, but so wrong”. Would you eat it? SPECIALPUD Traditionally, Yorkshire puddings are made in rectangular tins and cut into squares before being served. The round ones commonly seen today were originally known as “Yorkshire puffs”. Is this story barking mad? Campaigning to become…

1Popstar Selena Gomez recently received what organ from her best friend? a) A heart b) A kidney c) Part of the intestine 2In which year was author Jane Austen born? 3True or false? The Elgin Marbles were removed from Athens, in Greece, during the 19th century. 4What was the name of the first life-size robot to respond to human emotions? a) Pippa b) Pepper c) Penelope 5True or false? Sir David Attenborough convinced the BBC to fund a trip to South America in 1954. 6What kind of beans are used to make chocolate? 7Lego was named after the Danish words leg godt, meaning what? a) Brilliant bricks b) Play well c) Cool creations 8Where did Britain’s biggest rocket, Skybolt 2, recently take off from? 9What colour helmets are worn by…

It has been revealed that people’s love of all kinds of chocolate is wiping out forests in Ivory Coast, in west Africa, at an alarming rate. An environmental group called Mighty Earth believes that if the demand for the treat continues, there could be no more forests left in Ivory Coast by 2030. Up to 40% of the planet’s cocoa comes from Ivory Coast where, since 1960, primary forest (a forest that is untouched by humans) has shrunk by more than 80%. Chocolate is made out of cocoa beans, which have been fermented, dried and roasted before being crushed into a liquid. Cocoa beans are grown on big areas of farmland, known as plantations. Many of these plantations have been built illegally within national parks or protected forest areas in…

1949 Lego created the first Automatic Binding Bricks in four colours. They didn’t have the interlocking tubes on the inside, but they still work with modern bricks. 1968 The first Legoland theme park opened in Billund, Denmark, in June 1968. The park was a miniature world of Lego models and more than 3,000 visitors came on the opening day. 1975 The first Lego Minifigures, created in 1975, had no moveable arms or legs, and no faces. They didn’t get arms and legs until 1978. 2000 Lego was named “Toy of the Century” by the British Association of Toy Retailers in 2000, beating Barbie, Action Man and the teddy bear. 2001 Jitter, a Lego robot, was built to collect rubbish using light sensors. It went to the International Space Station in…

Most people will catch flu around once every five years. There are a few things you can do to avoid getting it and prevent it from spreading. Wash your hands Clean your hands with lots of soap and warm water, so you can get rid of any flu virus that might be lurking there. Cover your mouth Cover your mouth and nose when you cough and sneeze, to prevent germs from spreading. Also make sure that you put dirty tissues straight into the bin. Clean surfaces Make sure the surfaces at home are nice and clean. Keep your distance If someone you know has flu-like symptoms, then it is best to stay away from them. If you do touch them, wash your hands after to stop the virus spreading.…

What is your favourite animal? I do like donkeys because they’re gentle, loyal and loving, but it’s easier to have a dog in the house. What was your first job? In the school holidays, I tried to be a waitress but I was hopeless. Luckily, the restaurant had a sandwich bar too, so I worked in there. What’s your favourite sport? I will always be completely immersed in whichever event I’m covering , so I like loads of sports from tennis to golf to snow-boarding, but I have a real soft spot for eventing (also known as horse trials, eventing includes cross-country and showjumping) as that’s what I’d have loved to do. Home-cooked food or takeaway? I’m not the best cook, but if my mum or sister-in-law are cooking then…

Pixel Android / iOS (Free) What better way to practise your programming skills than by giving your own personal robot a personality? That’s the idea behind Pixel, with the twist that this robot lives in your smartphone or tablet. It’s not very interesting when you start; it’s nothing more than a floating pair of eyes and a mouth. Your job is to drag and drop coding commands to tell your bot what to do – if you have used the Scratch system at school, it’ll feel familiar. For example, you can program it to say anything you like; you can make it look angry when you poke its forehead; or you can make it change colour. You don’t get a tutorial or instructions when you start using the app, so…

What you need to know ● Empathy means the ability to understand other people’s emotions, and to imagine how they are feeling. Actions like hugs are how we show empathy – they’re signs that we can recognise how someone feels. ● Robots are incapable of empathy because they don’t have feelings, but researchers, engineers and scientists have been working on creating robots that appear to show they care about human beings. ● Many of the robots that appear to have feelings are being sold as toys for children. They’re set to be among the most popular presents this Christmas. Robots from films are famously loveable; from WALL-E to BB-8 from Star Wars, they often upstage the humans they appear alongside. In real life, robots are a different matter. Robots don’t…

Jim Mackie, keeper at ZSL London Zoo A study has revealed that the striking black and white markings are for camouflage and communication. Pandas have white fur to help them hide in snowy habitats, black shoulders and legs for shady environments, black ears to signal aggression and dark patches around their eyes to help recognise other pandas. Do you love animals? ZSL London Zoo’s Junior Zoo Academy is a great way to learn about creatures from all over the world. Find out more at zsl.org/experiences…

World’s tallest Lego tower Standing at a gigantic 35 metres, the tallest structure built with interlocking bricks was created by Lego Italia in 2015. It took 18,000 workers five days to build, and is made up of around 550,000 bricks. Woolly mammoth Created for a special Ice Age exhibition at ExCeL in London in 2015, this Lego woolly mammoth was made out of 400,000 bricks. The masterpiece took the Lego builders nine weeks to finish. McLaren 720S The real McLaren 720S is a supercar with a top speed of around 212 mph, but the Lego version is made from 280,000 bricks. The lifesize Lego car weighs a whopping 1.6 tonnes.…

F2: Football Academy by the F2 Freestylers (Bonnier Publishing) In their brand new book, footballers and YouTube stars Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch – otherwise known as the F2 Freestylers – show you how to take your skills to the next level. Find out about great players and learn tips, tricks and hacks; and then get out on the pitch to put your new skills into practice. The Beautiful Game: The Infographic Book of Football by John Andrews. Illustrated by Daniel Nyari (Aurum Press) Ever wondered which player has received the most red cards? Or which goalie has the safest pair of hands? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this bright and bold book packed with facts, stats, player profiles and infographics. Keeper by Mal…

The Mighty Ducks (1992) Disney Life, DVD, Amazon, iTunes Films about ice hockey have never enjoyed much success in the UK, which helps account for why The Mighty Ducks movies – hits in the US – have struggled to get a UK audience. The first film is 25 years old this month, although few at the time thought it would kickstart an eventual trilogy (a set of three films). It tells the story of a man forced by a judge to train a terrible ice hockey team, and audiences lapped it up. The films were so popular that Disney named a professional team after the film: the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. WOW! The film was originally called Champions in the UK, which accounts for its muddled…

Pokkén Tournament DX Nintendo Switch Pokémon may have taken mobile phones by storm in the last two years, but now Nintendo’s beasties are ready for their debut on the company’s Switch console. Pokkén Tournament DX isn’t a traditional adventure-style Pokémon game. Instead, it’s all about one-on-one battles between creatures, with more than 20 to choose from, each with spectacular special moves. Although it’s great to practise alone, the game is at its best when you detach the Switch’s controllers and hand one to a friend or family member. Multiplayer matches are excellent fun, with a choice of battle modes to suit the toughest Pokémon trainers.…

Have you ever had to learn a poem for school and recite it in front of your friends? If so, well done – you’re already a pro at performing poetry. Performing poetry is simply learning a poem and reading it aloud, whether in front of friends, family or a bigger audience. It can be a poem you’ve written or learnt. The main thing is that you enjoy it, whether you’re learning a nonsense poem, a rhyme to make a friend laugh or a more serious piece to commemorate an event. “Choose a poem you like, and it will be a lot more fun to learn,” says Allie Esiri, poetry expert and editor of A Poem for Every Day of the Year. “When starting off, you could choose a poem with…

It’s Recycle Week from 25 September to 1 October, a week in which the public are encouraged to recycle more at school, work and home. The planet’s resources are limited, so in order to conserve as much as possible it is important that we recycle items such as plastic, metal, waste food and paper. This year, families can get involved in the Home Recycling Challenge. All you need to do is make a poster listing all the things in your home that can be recycled, take a photo of it and upload it to the website for your chance to win prizes, such as an iPad. Visit homerecycling.wastebuster.co.uk to discover more about the challenge and how to take part. JOKEOF THEWEEK Why can’t you give Elsa a balloon? Because she…

Teacher’s name: Miss Haynes School: Godolphin Prep School, Wiltshire I look forward to my lessons with Miss Haynes. Now, that is really saying something because she teaches MATHS!! I used to hate and dread maths lessons at my old school. Miss Haynes helps me and is so kind when she explains anything I can’t understand. I like maths now and I’m getting better at it. Thank you Miss Haynes. Lauren, Year 5 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…