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After the G7 summit, the US

G7 and EU leaders in
Carbis Bay, Cornwall.
president Joe Biden and his
wife Jill went to Windsor Castle
to have tea with the Queen.
The Bidens travelled from
Heathrow airport to the castle
by helicopter. The visit began
with a guard of honour – a
military ceremony to mark
the arrival of a head of
state – and then the US
national anthem was played.
Afterwards, the Bidens and
the Queen talked in private.
Biden said that the Queen
“reminded me of my mother,”
because of the way she looked
and “just the generosity. She
was very gracious.”

G7 to work together on vaccines

L eaders from seven countries met at Carbis Bay in
Cornwall, England, from 11 to 13 June. During the
meeting, known as G7 UK, they set out how they
would like to work together over the next few years.
What is the G7?
Every year, seven of the richest and most powerful
countries in the world meet (the name G7 stands for
“group of seven”). Leaders come from Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK to discuss
important issues in what is known as a summit. They
are joined by leaders from the European Union (EU),
27 European countries that work and trade together.
This year the UK hosted the summit. Prime Minister
Boris Johnson chose Carbis Bay as the location.
What did they agree?
G7 leaders promised to give one billion doses of
coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries. A vaccine is a
medicine that trains the body to fight a disease. They
said they would either give these vaccines directly to
countries or to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to
distribute. The WHO is an organisation that looks after
people’s health all over the world. The leaders also
agreed to work together to prevent future pandemics.
What about climate change?
Climate change was another important theme at
the summit. Climate change is long-term changes
What was the response?
Charities, international organisations and
campaigners said that the promise to give a billion
in weather patterns, including rising temperatures. coronavirus doses is not enough. They point out that
Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas are a around 11 billion doses would be needed for the
major cause of climate change. Sir David Attenborough whole world to tackle the virus.
spoke to the leaders during the summit. He said, Oxfam, a charity that fights
“The decisions we make this decade are the against poverty around the
most important in human history.” The world, said the leaders
leaders promised to get rid of cars that “have failed to meet
run on fossil fuels, such as petrol, as well the challenges of
as power stations that are powered by our times.”
coal. They agreed to try and limit the Dr David Nabarro,
rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C. the head of the
Covid-19 response
What else did they promise? for the WHO, said that
The final promise was to promote G7 leaders needed
equality around the world, especially by to start a global Covid
helping more girls to get into education. Educating girls
response programme, with
The leaders pledged around £2 billion to an is a priority. more money, resources and
organisation called the Global Partnership for political support.
Education, which aims to increase the number of Meanwhile, climate campaigners have called
children in school around the world. The leaders hope for wealthy G7 countries to provide greater support
that this money will help to get 40 million more girls and money to poorer countries in order to tackle the
into education by 2026. climate crisis.

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 This week’s big news
GreatWalkforrefugees
T his year the UK marked Refugee Week from 14 to
20 June. This is an annual event that recognises
the contribution that refugees make to the UK.
A refugee is someone who has been forced to leave
their home because of war or violence, or because
it is unsafe for them to live there.
Founded in 1998, Refugee Week is run by
Counterpoints Arts, an organisation that produces
art by migrants and refugees. A migrant is someone
who has left their home country in search of a better
life. This year’s theme is “we cannot walk alone”, and
organisers say it aims to inspire people “to extend
your hand to someone new, someone who is outside
your current circle or has had an experience you
haven’t”. On 20 June, Refugee Week is hosting the
Great Walk Together, which is a series of walks across
the UK that bring people together to show support for
refugees and migrants. To find out more, have a look
at refugeeweek.org.uk
Organisers suggest eight simple things that
people can do to understand what it’s like to be
someone who has been forced to leave their home.
These include having a conversation about how it
feels to miss loved ones; or read a book such as On
the Move: Poems About Migration by Michael Rosen
with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
The Great Walk
Together is on 20 June.
IT’S AN AMAZING WEEK FOR…
AN INCREDIBLE ESCAPE
On 11 June a man called Michael Packard got
caught in the mouth of a humpback whale
near Cape Cod, in the US. Humpbacks feed by
opening their mouths to capture fish. After
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30 seconds the creature spat Packard out. He
escaped with bruising and a fractured knee.
Packard has
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left hospital.
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Christian
Eriksen
Fans and players wish Eriksen well
F ootball fans and players have sent messages
of support to Danish footballer Christian Eriksen,
after he collapsed during his country’s
Euro 2020 game against Finland. In the
Euros Europe’s 24 best national teams
compete over four weeks to be
crowned Euro 2020 champions.
At the time The Week Junior went
to press Eriksen was awake in
hospital, smiling and laughing.
The doctors are carrying out
tests to find out what made the
midfielder fall ill.
The incident happened on 12 June
as Denmark played Finland in the Euro 2020
competition. Shortly before half-time, Eriksen, who
plays for Denmark, fell to the ground. Denmark
captain Simon Kjaer rushed to his teammate and
Aika with
the sailors
A SPECIAL RESCUE
Sailors on board an ice-breaking vessel
in northern Russia have found a lost dog
wandering on ice more than four miles from
land. The sailors were able to coax the missing
pooch on board their boat and reunite it with
its owner. The dog, called Aika, had been
missing for a week, the owner said.
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gave him first aid treatment, which helped Eriksen to
breathe. Doctors arrived quickly and took over from
Kjaer. Denmark’s team doctor, Morten Boesen, said
Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest (when
the heart stops beating). Eriksen was
carried off on a stretcher and taken to
hospital. The game was restarted a
few hours later after players heard
that Eriksen was awake and stable
in hospital. Finland won 1-0.
English clubs and former
teammates sent Eriksen messages
of support, including England captain
Eriksen
in hospital.
Harry Kane. Denmark coach Kasper
Hjulmand said, “We are all reminded of
what the most important thing in life is – to have
valuable relationships, people we’re close to, our
family and our friends.”
SPOTTING A SEAHORSE
A diver has photographed a rare seahorse
off the coast of Plymouth, in England. The
protected marine animal, which is known as
a long-snouted or spiny seahorse, was seen in
seagrass meadows. Mark Parry, who spotted
the creature, said that in seven years of
working in conservation – including 700 dives
– he had never seen one of these animals.
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O n 14 June, UK Prime Minister Boris
Johnson announced a four-week
delay to lifting all coronavirus
restrictions. The delay affects how
many people can meet indoors
and outdoors in England. The
Government had said that
21 June was the earliest date that
the restrictions could be lifted.
Why is there a delay?
Johnson said a four-week pause would give
the NHS more time to vaccinate people.
A vaccine is a type of medicine that trains the body
to fight a disease. Experts are worried about a new
version of coronavirus – the Delta variant.
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Each year has two solstices: one in
winter and one in summer, when
Earth is tilted as far away from,
or as close to, the Sun as it will
be all year. The word comes
from the Latin sol, “sun”, and
stit, “standing” or “stationary”,
because during a solstice the
Sun appears to stand still.
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UK news
The delay is to allow more
people to be vaccinated.
What’s the Delta variant?
The Delta variant is a type of
coronavirus that passes
between people more easily
than other variants. However,
n most people, including
hildren, it does not lead to
rious illness. The vaccines are
still very effective, especially after
the second dose, and they give
The delay is good protection even to people who
four weeks. are at risk of falling seriously ill. This has
made the Government decide to hold off
relaxing the rules to give time for more people to get
vaccinated. The Government has set 19 July as the
date it hopes to lift all restrictions.
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
19 June 1829
The Metropolitan Police is established
Nearly 200 years ago, a new way of policing was
approved by Parliament. Before 1829 there were no
Government-funded police forces in England, just
groups of individuals solving crimes and protecting
people. In September 1829, full-time constables
began patrolling London. They were nicknamed
bobbies or peelers after the Home Secretary Sir Robert
Peel, who came up with the idea. London was the first
area of England to have an organised police force.
What are the changes
in the rest of the UK?
Scotland’s government had
hoped to lift coronavirus
restrictions on 28 June. However,
this will probably be delayed
because of the new Delta variant.
The government said it would
keep an eye on the situation
over the next few weeks. Wales
has said that on 21 June it will
look again at the rules but that it
won’t lift all restrictions. Northern
Ireland was due to look at its
rules on 17 June, after The Week
Junior went to press, and more
people could be allowed to meet.
How many people have been vaccinated?
Around 41 million people (62% of the UK population)
have had one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 29
million people (45%) have had two. During the
four-week pause until 19 July, everyone aged 18 and
over could get at least one dose and about 10 million
people could be given a second dose.
What are the restrictions in place?
The delay means limits remain on how many people
can meet, with groups of up to 30 allowed to meet
outdoors and up to six people or two households
allowed indoors. From 21 June, overnight trips for
out-of-school groups of up to 30 children can go
ahead. The previous limit was six. Football matches at
Wembley, London, for Euro 2020 will go ahead.
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It has been suggested that Grenfell Tower in London
could be turned into a garden memorial. On 14 June
2017, a fire spread throughout the 24-storey tower
Divya Chadha Manek Raheem Sterling

and 72 people died in the blaze. At the moment,

Grenfell Tower is covered with a protective wrap but
authorities say it will have to be demolished. Grenfell
Next of Kin, a group that supports relatives of the
victims who died, said that the plan could turn the
tower into “a symbol of life and hope”.

Prue Leith Professor Sarah Gilbert

Queen honours a caring nation

E very year in June, to mark her birthday, the Queen
recognises people who have done outstanding
Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, was also
made a Dame, one of the highest honours. So was

A day to thank teachers things. This is known as the Queen’s Birthday

Honours List. Anyone can nominate someone for an
Kate Bingham, who was put in charge of distributing
the Covid-19 vaccine across the country in May

O n 23 June, the UK is due to mark National Thank

a Teacher Day to celebrate those working in
schools and colleges. As well as teachers, people
honour. Nominations are considered by a committee
before they are passed on to the Prime Minister and
2020. Bingham did the job for no pay. Divya Chadha
Manek was given an Officer of the Order of the
then the Queen, who makes the final deci ion riti h Empire (OBE) for helping to develop the
have the chance to thank cleaners, caretakers,
This year, the list highlights the UK as a d-19 vaccine.
school leaders and teaching assistants. Alex Sheffler,
“caring nation”. Many of the 1,129 peopl Everyday heroes” were also honoured
illustrator of The Gruffalo books, has designed a
featured on the list have worked hard by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
special e-card that anyone can send for free online to
to help others during the pandemic. These included a British Empire
a favourite teacher or staff member. To send a card,
The England footballer Medal (BEM) for Daksha Varsani.
go to tinyurl.com/TWJ-Thankyou
Raheem Sterling has been made She started a community kitchen
a Member of the Order of the in London and has served more
British Empire (MBE) for his than 200,000 meals to NHS
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efforts to fight against racism in workers and vulnerable people

sport. Racism is when people are since April 2020.
treated badly or unfairly because of There is a campaign to replace the
Lauren Child
their skin colour, culture or nationality. word “Empire” with the word “Excellence”
Lauren Child, author of the Charlie and Lola in the awards. The word “empire”, say
One of the London children’s books, was appointed a Commander of campaigners, recalls a time in history when Britain
flower flashes. the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services and its empire ruled over many other countries and
to children’s literature. Great British Bake Off judge, was involved in slavery. In The Guardian newspaper,
Flowers bloom in capital Prue Leith was made a Dame for her work in food, author Nikesh Shukla said that he had turned down

M ore than 12,000 flowers have bloomed across

three locations in London in what is known as
a “flower flash”. The idea was pioneered by Lewis
broadcasting and charity.
Professor Sarah Gilbert, who co-designed the
an MBE. He wrote, “I cannot think of anything I want
less than to be a member of that empire,” he said.

Miller, a US florist who decorates the streets of New

York during the night. His aim is to “create a positive, THE WEEK’S SILLIEST HEADLINE
emotional response through flowers”. Miller worked
with royal florist Simon Lycett. They decorated the “Runaway monkey reunited with owners after
famous Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus and asked
people to pick the flowers and take them home.
being found at Scottish train station”The Independent

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 Around the world
New York, Athens, Greece
US New path is criticised
Street named after A new concrete path around the
comic book legend 2,500-year-old Acropolis has made
On 10 June, a street people angry. The Acropolis is a fortress
in the Bronx area of with ancient temples on a rocky hill
New York, US, was in Athens. It is Greece’s most famous
renamed Stan Lee Way ancient monument and is very popular
in honour of the famous with tourists. The path has been built to
comic book writer make it easier for wheelchair users to
Stan Lee. Lee created reach the site. Those who don’t like the
The new path
some of Marvel’s path say that it covers old stones and
to the Acropolis.
most memorable has changed the historic landscape.
superheroes, such as
Stan Lee
Black Panther, Iron Man,
Spider-Man and Thor. The street is close to where Lee
grew up. “Stan Lee was a creative genius,” said politician
Fernando Cabrera at the ceremony. “He deserves to be
permanently memorialised in his home borough.”

Abuja, Nigeria
Government bans Twitter
Nigeria’s government has banned Twitter, saying it was
being used to “undermine” the country. The ban came after
Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari,
and suspended his account. Twitter said that his tweet was
“abusive” towards the Biafran people, a minority group in
Nigeria. Twitter hasn’t said how long the ban will last.

Tigray, Ethiopia
Famine in war-torn region
A study by the United Nations (UN) has shown that
350,000 people in the Tigray region are facing a famine
(an extreme lack of food). The UN is an organisation of 193
countries that work together. Tigray has been at the centre
of fighting between government forces and a local group
who want more control over their region.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
A disease breakthrough
Mosquitoes in Indonesia have been
infected with a special bacteria that
makes it difficult for them to spread
dengue fever. Dengue is a disease
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spread by mosquitoes in some hot

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countries. There is no vaccine to protect

people from it. The trial showed that
dengue fever cases fell by 77% after
the mosquitoes had been infected with
the Wolbachia bacteria. The bacteria
does not harm the mosquitoes.

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 Around the world
Israel New prime minister Assam, India
Government is sworn in Naftali Bennett (left). Lost leopard cub reunited with mother
On 13 June, Israel’s longest-serving A leopard cub has been reunited with her mother after
prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, villagers found her stuck in a trench. A vet from the Wildlife
was replaced by Naftali Bennett after Trust of India (wti.org.in) tended to the two-month-old cub
12 years in power. Netanyahu’s Likud but left her in the trench in a cardboard box to stop her from
party was defeated by opposition escaping and so that the mother could find her. The mother
parties who grouped together to form came to get the cub 12 hours after they were separated.
a government. This is known as a
coalition. Israel’s parliament approved
the new government by a single vote.
Netanyahu will still lead the Likud
party in parliament.

The cub with

wildlife officials.

Yunnan, China
Elephant herd continues to wander
Nine drones and 76 police cars are tracking a herd of 15
elephants across southern China. The elephants broke
out of a wildlife reserve in Yunnan province more than
a year ago and have travelled more than 300 miles. The
authorities are trying to lead them back home. The herd
has become an online hit as people follow its progress.

The elephants
stop for a rest.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland is world’s most liveable city
Auckland has been named the world’s most liveable city
by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU analyses
the quality of life in different cities. Auckland was praised
for how it handled coronavirus. The EIU said the city had
“allowed society to reopen and enabled citizens to enjoy
Sydney, Australia a lifestyle that looked similar to pre-pandemic life”.
Winter weather strikes
Blizzards, high winds and rainstorms Auckland
hit the south-east coast of Australia
on 11 June. The city of Sydney
confirmed its coldest day in 37 years
with temperatures that were around
6°C below average for this time of
year. Flooding and strong winds
have caused power cuts to more than
200,000 homes. On the other hand,
skiers in the nearby Snowy Mountains
enjoyed 45 centimetres of snowfall.

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 The big debate
Should people hang portraits of the Queen?
Some say the monarch represents
the bad parts of British history.
What you need to know
● Students at a university recently
voted to remove a picture of the
Queen that was hanging in their
common room.
● The picture was removed after a vote.
The majority of students thought the
Queen represented Britain’s “colonial
history”, a period when Britain took over
and controlled other countries.
● During this time Britain was one of
the main countries involved in slavery,
when many people – mainly from Africa
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S tudents at Magdalen College, at the University

of Oxford, England, recently voted to remove a
picture of the Queen from their common room. The
students felt that the Queen represented a part of
Britain’s “colonial history” they did not agree with. This
is because the royal family and many other people at
times in Britain’s history made lots of money from
colonialism and slavery (although the Queen herself
was not involved). However, for other people the
Queen represents the values of modern Britain.
Government minister Gavin Williamson said that to
take down the portrait was ”absurd”. He said, “She
has worked tirelessly to promote British values of
tolerance, inclusivity and respect around the world.”
So should people hang up portraits of the Queen?
Yes – the Queen is an important figure
The Queen is the head of state for the UK as well
as being head of the Commonwealth (a group of 54
nations, mostly made up of countries that were once
part of the British Empire). She is an important and
respected person and the figurehead of the UK, and
represents values such as getting on with other
people and respecting different cultures. She has
reigned for nearly 70 years and during that time has
served the country. She has acted with dignity and
grace and set an example of how to behave. She is a
national treasure; many people are very proud that
she is their queen. If people find Queen Elizabeth II to
be an inspiration and a positive role model, then it
makes sense to display her portrait.
No – the royal family has links to slavery
The students were not judging the Queen personally,
they just felt that she represent periods in Britain’s
history that should not be celebrated, such as
colonialism and slavery. The Queen is only a monarch
(king or queen) because she was born into the royal
family. She has not earned her position, which some
people do not think is fair. Although some people like
to celebrate the Queen, others do not. Following a
vote, the majority of students said they did not want
her portrait. In a democracy (when people vote for
who should run their country) people are able to vote
on things and the decision should be respected. It
makes perfect sense for the students to vote to
remove the Queen’s picture from their common room.

Three reasons portraits of the

NO Three reasons why portraits of
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Junior Bex from Fun Kids radio and YES Queen should be hung up the Queen should not be hung up
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bring this big debate to life. You’ll find it
at tinyurl.com/TWJpodcast 1 The Queen is the head of state for the
UK, as well as the Commonwealth, so
she should be celebrated.
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UK’s colonial history, a time during
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Last week, we asked if villains
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heroes in books and films.
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Some people think the Queen should
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values including tolerance and getting
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of you preferred characters
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YES
treasure. If people would like to hang
a portrait of the Queen, they should be
allowed to, even if others don’t like it.
3 People should be free to take down
pictures of people they do not respect
and admire, even if others do not like it.

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 People
Full steam ahead
Lin Qi is working on a new high-speed railway.
Lin Qi

I n an exhibition at the National connecting people and that trains and

Railway Museum in York, England, Lin railways are an important part of that.
Qi is featured as one of the “railway
heroes” who helped key workers to
move around the country during the
pandemic. Qi is part of a team working
on HS2, a new high-speed railway that
will eventually connect some of the
UK’s biggest cities using trains that can
travel up to 224 miles per hour.
“The most rewarding t
about construction for
me is getting to see
a design on paper
become a physical
project,” Qi tells The
Week Junior. With
HS2, she says she also
enjoys working on a
project that is bringing Lin Qi with Prime
new opportunities and
Minister Boris Johnson.
creating new jobs.
Qi studied architecture at
university before taking a job with an
engineering company. Architecture
is designing buildings. Qi says that
in her job she feels passionate about
Engineering uses science and
maths to build machines and
other structures, such as bridges,
buildings and railways. “It’s a sector
still dominated by males but this is
changing fast,” says Qi. On 23 June,
International Women in Engineering
Day celebrates the work women are
ing with big projects such
as HS2. This year’s theme
is “engineering heroes”.
For anyone
wanting to follow
a similar career,
Qi advises, “Have
a goal in mind but
be open-minded
and flexible.” She says
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A hamster holiday haven THEY SAID IT!
A 13-year-old girl from Wiltshire, England has set
up an animal hotel to look after people
hamsters and rabbits when they go on holid
Tamzin Shipway charges £2 per pet and has
got 400 bookings. “My favourite thing so far
the guinea pigs to look after, as I’ve never
before,” Shipway says. “I want to continue d
for as long as I can.” Shipway came up with t
idea when she struggled to find a place for h
own pets to stay when she went on holiday
with her family.
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YouTube’s calm farmer

J ohn Butler, an 84-year-old retired farmer from
Bakewell, England, has become a YouTube hit
because of his gentle voice. On Butler’s YouTube
channel he helps people feel less anxious by
answering questions such as “What is my purpose?”.
Butler began filming when he was 79. In 2016, he
became popular among ASMR groups. ASMR stands “You have to fight for
for autonomous sensory meridian response, which is the people you love.”
also known as “brain massage”. It is a relaxing, tingly Georgia Laurie (right) who saved her twin
feeling that some people get from listening to soft sister Melissa from a crocodile attack when
voices or whispers. In his soft voice, he encourages his they were on holiday in Mexico.
followers to “feel your feet on the ground”.

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in the US state of North Carolina in an attempt
to boost the population and save the critically
endangered animal from extinction. Red wolves
used to range across a wide area of the
south-eastern US. However, because of
habitat loss and hunting by humans,
the animals were officially declared
extinct in the wild in 1980.
In 1973, before the animals
were wiped out, a project called the
Red Wolf Species Survival Plan was
set up. It began with 14 of the animals
being taken from the wild and kept in a Captive-bred
zoo in Tacoma, in the state of Washington. red wolf cubs.
ECO TIP HELP SAVE THE RAINFORESTS
THEWEEK
OF
World Rainforest Day takes place on 22 June. The
aim is to teach people more about these wonderful
but endangered places and how everyone can help
preserve them.
Rainforests are areas of tall, mostly evergreen
trees that receive high levels of rainfall throughout
the year. Mostly found in the warm tropical regions
to the north and south of the equator, they cover
about 2% of Earth’s surface but are home to around
50% of the planet’s animal and plant life.
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The beautiful but
endangered red wolf.
These wolves produced cubs and, in 1987, four
breeding pairs were released into a special wildlife
refuge in North Carolina. Following this, an average
of eight wolves were released each year,
until by the late 2000s the population
of red wolves peaked at around
130 animals.
In 2015, however, the US
Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) decided to no longer
release captive red wolves into
the wild, or protect them. It said
it was not required to by law and
wanted to review the project. As a
result, the number of wild red wolves
Unfortunately, huge swathes of rainforest are being
chopped down every year, often to make way for
palm oil plantations. Palm oil is a vegetable oil made
from the fruit of the oil palm tree and it is used in all
sorts of things, including pizza and toothpaste.
Chopping down forests to plant oil palm trees
destroys the natural home of many wild creatures
and some unique human tribes. You and your family
can help to save them by checking product labels
and trying not to use anything that contains palm oil.
ment
The remarkable red wolf
The red wolf is closely related to the
larger and more common grey wolf.
In fact, it is descended from grey
wolves that bred with coyotes, a
smaller type of North American wild
dog. It grows to about 66 centimetres,
weighs up to 36 kilograms, and
usually hunts small mammals such
as rabbits and raccoons. Despite its
name, the red wolf’s coat is mostly
brown and black, with reddish fur on
its nose ears and legs
Close cousin:
the grey wolf.
dropped drastically. Several conservation groups took
the USFWS to court to try and make it protect and
release the wolves. They won, and now four adults
and four pups have been released. Including the new
arrivals, the red wolf population in the official
“recovery area” is now thought to be around 20.
The four red wolf pups were placed in the den of
a wild red wolf foster mum. Joe Madison, who runs
the North Carolina red wolf scheme, told National
Geographic,“All indications are that the pups have
been successfully adopted. Red wolves are a very
compassionate and dedicated family species.”
This summer the programme plans to breed more
cubs from 250 red wolves that are kept in captivity,
so they can be released into the wild in the future.
A South American
rainforest tribe.
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 Animals and the environment
Joshi ponders
his big move. Animal Pygmy hog
of theweek

From Kent to Congo for Joshi

J oshi, a 190-kilogram western lowland gorilla any diseases). Once he is used to his new
who was born in the UK, has arrived at a
new home in the Republic of the Congo in
central Africa. It is part of a project to
help save the species.
The 13-year-old gorilla was
born and raised at Howletts
Wild Animal Park in Kent,
England. In late May, he was
flown about 4,000 miles to
Lesio-Louna Nature Reserve in
the Congo as part of a plan by the
new home.
Aspinall Foundation, a conservation
charity trying to reintroduce gorillas to the
wild. The charity has already reintroduced
70 gorillas, including 26 from Kent.
Joshi will spend a month in quarantine
(a period of isolation to check if he is carrying
Good week Bad week
surroundings Joshi will be introduced to two
male orphan gorillas named Loukelela and
The pygmy hog is the world’s smallest pig. It was
Bomassa, who are also being
thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1971. In
prepared to live in the wild. If the
1996, conservationists started a breeding programme in
three get on, they could be
the Indian state of Assam and experts say the population
released together to meet
is now thriving, with up to 400 living in the wild.
wild gorillas living in the
nature reserve. ● LIFESPAN: Seven to eight years.
Western lowland gorillas
● HABITAT: Grasslands in north-east India.
are the smallest of the four
Joshi’s gorilla subspecies. Their numbers ● SIZE: 25 centimetres tall, weighing up to nine kilograms.
are declining because of habitat loss
● DIET: Insects, eggs and small reptiles, as well as roots
and illegal hunting, and they are classed as
and vegetables.
critically endangered. Nobody is sure how
many of the gorillas are living in the wild – ● FUN FACT: Pygmy hogs build nests by digging a small
estimates range from 100,000 to around trench and lining it with grass.
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Woolly flying squirrels
Scientists have found that woolly
flying squirrels are two species, rather
than just one as previously thought.
The squirrels live in the Himalayan
mountains and fly between rocky cliffs
using their tails as a rudder. The two
species are called Tibetan and Yunnan,
after the areas where they live.
Sri Lankan beaches
Tonnes of plastic waste have washed
up on beaches in Sri Lanka from a
ship that caught fire off the coast in
late May and sank. The X-Press Pearl
was carrying hundreds of tonnes of
fuel oil and chemicals. Officials
believe that the fire was caused by
acid leaking from the ship’s cargo.
about a third of the size of a
grain of rice into a three-
metre-long, 550-kilogram
giant that’s millions of times
bigger. Among mammals, the
record would probably go to
kangaroos. When they are
born in their mother’s pouch
they can be the size of a bean
and weigh around one gram,
The gigantic
but adults can eventually
sunfish.
weigh 80 kilograms.
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 All about esports

The sports stars o t

Find out how video games have OU
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shaken up the world of sports. KNpOorts ?overtook
, es he
I n the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, which are
due to start on 23 July, the International Olympic
In 2019 ll to become t at
footba opular sport
Committee (IOC) has organised the first-ever Olympic most p niversities.
Virtual Series. Across five events, players will compete UK u
in virtual versions of real-life sports. This is the IOC’s
first connection with esports, which is the competitive
playing of video games. Although some people don’t
consider it to be proper sport, esports continues to
rise in popularity and huge tournaments are held
around the world. Find out more about how esports
has developed and where it might be heading.

The Space Invaders

championship of 1980.

The rise of esports

One of the first ever video game tournaments was
held at Stanford University, in the US, in 1972. It was
for the game Spacewar, in which players take control
of spaceships in battle. Something closer to today’s
esports tournaments took place in 1980, with the
Space Invaders championship. More than 10,000
people took part and the winner was 17-year-old
Rebecca Heineman. She is considered the world’s first
esports champion. Esports exploded in the 21st
century, thanks to advances in video game
technology and the growth of the internet. Many of
the top esports teams and players are South Korean.
Major events
In 2000, the government there set up the Korean
draw plenty of fans.
E-sports Association to organise national events.

Three esports st
Kyle Giersdorf Sasha Hostyn
In 2019, Kyle Giersdo Hostyn, known by her username
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from the US, won the Scarlett, is a Canadian esports

solo competition at t player. She holds the Guinness
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first-ever Fortnite World Record for the highest

World Cup. Giersdorf, earnings by a female esports
who is known online player. Hostyn has made
as Bugha, was more than £191,000 from
Esports are huge awarded a £2.4 playing popular games such
in South Korea. million cash prize. as StarCraft II and Dota 2.

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 All abou

e utur
Celebrations at the League of
Legends World Championship.

In 2018, Staffordshire University became the first

university in the UK to offer an esports degree.
Speaking to The Week Junior, Nia Wearn, the course
director, explained how the course isn’t just about
playing video games but rather teaching students
about the hard work that goes into organising
esports events. Wearn’s background is in game
design. Her favourite esports tournaments are the
more obscure ones. “I was overjoyed to find out that
there are farming simulator
esports,” she said.

The future
Today, the most
famous esport
tournaments are the
League of Legends
World Championship
and The International,
Nia Wearn
which is for players of Dota
2. Many teams from other, more traditional, sports
have also got involved with esports. Formula One (F1)
has established the F1 Esports Pro Series for virtual
car racing. Despite its popularity, many people don’t
consider esports to be a “real” sport. In issue 91 of

WO1W ! lion The Week Junior, we asked readers whether esports

should be an Olympic sport and 55% of you said
an 00 mil 9
More th atched the 201ld
no. However, at the 2022 Asian Games, esports will
w or be a medal event and there have been discussions
people of Legends W about making it part of the Olympics. Although some
League ampionships.
Ch people have their doubts, esports seems set to be
even bigger in the future.

Sang-hyeok Lee
Known by his username
Faker, Sang-hyeok Lee is
considered one of the
greatest League of
Legends players of all
time. With his team SKT1
he has won three League
of Legends World F1 Esports
Championships. Pro Series.

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 Science and technology CABLEAIN
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To lowe e Kaimei unwoht of
floor, th twice the heig tain,
cable tallest moun
Japan’sMount Fuji.

The research
vessel Kaimei.

Japan’s deep-sea drilling record

R esearchers working off the coast of Japan have set Challenger dug into the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana
a new record for drilling the deepest hole in the
sea bed. Their aim was to gather information about
Trench at a depth of about 7,000 metres (4.3 miles).
The new drilling site was chosen because the
The world’s deepest hole
The world’s deepest man-made hole lies in the
the area’s long history of earthquakes. Japan Trench marks the point where several powerful Arctic Circle in northern Russia, near the border
The research vessel Kaimei set out into the Pacific earthquakes have started. It’s where one of the rocky with Norway. The abandoned Kola Superdeep
Ocean in mid-May from the city of Yokosuka. The plates that make up Earth’s surface is being forced Borehole is only 22 centimetres wide but it is
Kaimei took up a position over an area called the beneath another. A quake in 2011 was the strongest seven and a half miles deep. Locals call it the
Japan Trench, where the water is 8,023 in Japan’s recorded history. It triggered “Well to Hell”. Drilling began in 1970 to dig out
metres (around five miles) deep. The a huge wave called a tsunami that rock samples that revealed information about
team then lowered a 40-metre caused destruction along the the inside of the Earth. However, the site was
drill called a giant piston corer Japanese coast. abandoned in 1992 and today it is only visited
into the ocean on a long The research team think by adventurous tourists.
cable. After a descent of that the new samples
two hours and 40 minutes, could reveal traces of
the corer’s hollow tube earthquakes going back
was driven into the soft thousands of years. They
sediment on the sea bed hope that a more detailed
by a heavy weight and long-term record can give
collected a 37-metre “core” them a better understanding
of material for scientists to of the giant earthquakes,
analyse. The mission broke including how often they’ve A small cap protects
a record set in 1978 for depth of Lowering the happened and how they affect the drill hole.
water, when the drilling vessel Glomar piston corer. the nearby area.

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Space trip for squid
T he US space agency NASA has sent
more than 100 baby squid and
5,000 tiny animals called tardigrades
(also known as water bears) on a trip
to the International Space Station (ISS).
They were launched into space on a
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket on 3 June and
arrived at the ISS two days later.
The animals are being sent as part
of an experiment into how spaceflight
affects the relationship between
humans and a variety of tiny organisms
called microbes. Some microbes carry
diseases but many others are good
for our health. All animals have vast
numbers of microbes living inside
and on their bodies in “symbiotic”
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relationships – meaning that it benefits
both the animal and the microbes.
Jamie Foster, who is one of the
experiment’s lead investigators,
explains, “Animals, including humans,
rely on our microbes to maintain a
healthy digestive and immune system.”
For this reason, scientists are keen to
know more about how microbes react
to the weightless conditions of space
COMPETITION
Draw a sea creature for our ocean poster
C alling all talented artists! In celebration
of World Ocean Day, The Week Junior
is running a competition with STABILO to
create an awesome poster featuring some
of the world’s coolest sea creatures, and
your artwork could feature in it.
How to enter
First, pick a sea creature from your age
category below:
Ages 10 and under: Octopus, clownfish,
seahorse, jellyfish, shark, crab, starfish, dolphin
Ages 11–14: Squid, lionfish, sea dragon, puffer
fish, stingray, lobster, sea otter, barracuda
Next, draw a picture of your chosen
creature and fill in the entry form available at
theweekjunior.co.uk/seacreatures (where you’ll
also find examples of all the sea creatures).
Finally, send your picture by email to
competitions@theweekjunior.co.uk with OCEAN
POSTER as the subject line by 10 July 2021.
Science and t
in order to keep astronauts better
protected in the future.
A total of 128 baby bobtail squid
were chosen for the experiment
because their immune system is
similar to that of humans and be
they can glow in the dark. The sq
have light-producing organs tha
activated by bacteria that they c
across in the wild. On board
ISS, squid and bacteria will
brought together to see if
squid still glow in response
The tardigrades will
be studied for their
ability to survive in
extreme environments.
Investigator Thomas
Boothby says that he
wants to see if scientists
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baby squid.
back to Earth for further study.
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 Photos of the week
High on a hill
A farmhouse in Tuscany,
Italy, in the morning light.

Waste not, want not

An artwork in Cornwall,
England, shows the faces
of world leaders made out
of recycled objects.

The good life

Sheep waking up in
the fields of Glastonbury
Tor, England.
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Spotted
A roe deer emerges
in a barley field near
Winchester, England.

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 Photos of the week
Sky-high hats
Graduating students celebrate
the end of their studies at a
naval academy in the US.

Dinosaur at sea
A paddle boarder in Devon,
England, amuses onlookers
with his fancy dress.

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B
Team G ls at the 2016
meda Rio Storey’s success
cycling er Olympics in .
summ aneiro, Brazil
de J

Dame Sarah Storey is Britain’s

most successful female
Paralympian. She became a
Paralympic cyclist in 2005 and
before that she competed in
swimming. She won her first
gold medal for swimming in
1992, aged 14. In total, she has
won 14 gold medals, eight
silver and three bronze, as well
as lots of world titles and
records. Storey was born with
problems in her left hand.
In an interview in 2012, she
The Cycling Academy said, “I would’ve been an
trains young riders. athlete no matter what.”

Young riders are ready to race

S et up to help young women become professional cyclists,
the Skoda DSI Cycling Academy now has its newest
members. Maddi Aldam-Gates, Gwyneth Parry, Lucy Ellmore
and Olivia French, who are all under 20, recently joined the
programme. They will be mentored by legendary British
Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey.
The Skoda DSI Cycling Academy is a three-year scheme
with training and competitions to develop top-level cycling
skills. More than 100 people applied to join this year. The
four new riders were chosen from a final group of 17, who
were all put through their paces on a selection day that
involved riding and tough physical tests. “I used to run but
had to stop because of stress fractures in my legs,” Parry tells
The Week Junior. “During lockdown last year I focused on
cycling and quickly got to the point where I could race.”
Aldam-Gates’s favourite sport used to be swimming but
she switched to the bike when pools closed. “I needed to do
something else and started going out on my bike with my
dad. I have now done two bike races and the Academy is the
perfect support system,” she says.
Riders at the academy will get regular help from Storey
and will have the chance to take part in big cycling events,
such as the National Road Series, the Women’s Tour and
Tour Series.
Maddi Aldam-Gates.

THE WEEK’S WINNERS... Helen Glover

Glover has been selected to
New Zealand row for Great Britain at the
Test cricket team Olympics. She has had a lot
They beat England at Edgbaston, of time away from the sport
Birmingham, by eight wickets to after having three children
win their first Test series in since the Olympics in 2016.
England since 1999.
Carli Lloyd
Johanna Konta Footballer Lloyd scored for
The British tennis player beat the US against Jamaica to
China’s Zhang Shuai to win the become her country’s oldest
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Nottingham Open. It was ever goal scorer, at 38 years

her first title in four years. and 332 days.

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 Wellbeing

Spark your imagination

Creative writing can help your mental health. National Writing Day:
How do I take part?
DID YOU Antonia Byatt from First Story,

KNOsW ? the charity behind National

scientist
Writing Day, explains, “This
The famou once said year’s National Writing
in
Albert Einsteation is more Day activity challenges
that “imaginant than everyone to fill a box with
import a piece of creative writing,
knowledge”. such as a poem, a letter or
story, exploring the theme
of connection. Once you’ve
finished writing, share your
words with another person to
create a thread of connection.
Your voice is powerful. Use
it on National Writing Day,
and beyond.” You can find
ideas and free resources at
firststory.org.uk/writeday

Creative writing can help

us escape our worries.
Need some inspiration?
M ost of us enjoy stories – whether it’s reading a gripping
book, listening to a friend tell a joke or watching a plot
unfold on television. Did you know that writing stories is
they feel relief because they’re releasing thoughts and
emotions that they’ve kept bottled up. According to the
Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families, writing about
On National Writing Day 2020
the #247Challenge asked
people to write a 24-word
actually good for you, too? On 23 June it is National Writing a character’s feelings can make it easier to understand your story or poem starting with the
Day, an annual celebration of creative writing. It’s also a own feelings. They also say that creative writing can be a phrase “One day”. Here are two
chance to understand the benefits of creative writing useful tool for self-care, or taking care of yourself. entries from schools.
and using your imagination. Another benefit of creative writing is that it
One day,
can boost your self-esteem (how positive
on the outskirts
What is creative writing? you feel about yourself). It can help you
of town, a cardboard box
Creative writing is based on your realise that your voice is important
was shrouded in an eerie
imagination – fiction and poetry and powerful. Children’s author
mist. I waited for the untold
are good examples. Fiction is Mark Haddon says, “It’s more than
horrors to unravel.
written work that describes learning a skill. It’s about learning
– Dixons McMillan Academy,
imaginary events and people. that you, your family, your culture
Bradford
Fiction can include novels and and your view of the world are rich
short stories. However, these and interesting and important.” One day,
aren’t the only forms of creative schools will be open,
writing. Scripts (for a play, film or
The power of imagination hearts that were broken,
For many people, creative writing
TV show); fan fiction (when readers normality will be awoken,
offers a “time out” or escape from real life,
write stories inspired by their favourite Try writing
all that was broken,
including their problems and worries. This
characters); and song lyrics count. stories or poetry. one day,
space can help you to think more positively
all will be solved.
Is it really good for me? about a problem you might have, or simply allow you to
ALAMY

– Nonsuch High School, Sutton

Many people find creative writing cathartic, which means escape to a magical, make-believe world.

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 Arts and entertainment

Pixar heads to Italy

The newest film on Disney+ is a holiday tale with a difference.
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Alberto and Luca

enjoy some ice cream.

I n an Italian seaside town 13-year-old Luca and his

best friend Alberto are soaking up the summer. They
eat ice cream and pasta, ride around on scooters and
leap off cliffs into the sea. There’s just one catch – a
tightly held secret. Luca and Alberto are, in fact, sea
monsters in disguise as humans.
Luca is an animated film by Pixar, the film studio
that made Soul and Onward. The director, Enrico
Casarosa, said that for him, “There was something
interesting about having a kid that age with this secret
– the fact that he can’t show himself.” This theme was
important to Casarosa because he remembers his own
teens as “the years when you feel odd in your own
body and you don’t fit in for many reasons.”
Pixar’s artists try to make their locations look as
real as possible, so the whole Luca
team went to Italy on a research
trip. “Watching it, I felt like I
and Alberto’s transformation from monster to
human look realistic. They found out that
squid have special body organs called
was there,” said Jack Dylan chromatophores, which allow them
Grazer, who provides to camouflage themselves. With this
Alberto’s voice. The town biological information, the team worked
and scenery were designed on creating an artistic version. They
by Pixar’s animators, and wanted it to look as though Luca turns
Casarosa himself drew the into a human from the inside out, rather
character of Luca. He said he than putting on a human suit.
Luca is secretly
wanted someone “with big eyes to In his human form and with his best friend,
a sea monster.
take in the human world”. Luca can try new things, meet new people and
The animation team studied experience a summer of adventure. “Summer isn’t
fish, marine iguanas and plants to create the sea just the season,” said Casarosa, “but a state of mind.”
monsters. The biggest challenge was making Luca Luca premieres on Disney+ on 18 June.

Three great stories set in Italy Neapolitan Mouse

n this 1954 short cartoon, the famous
The Thief Lord by trega Nona by at-and-mouse duo
Cornelia Funke omie dePaola om and Jerry travel to
Orphans Boniface and et in Calabria, which he city of Naples on a
Prosper run away to Venice the toe of Italy’s boot ruise ship. Jerry mee
where they join a group of n a map, this famous n ally in Topo, an
street children living in an olk tale is about Strega alian mouse who
abandoned cinema. The ona, a good witch who elps defend him
group is led by Scipio, also wns a magic pasta pot om Tom the cat.
known as the Thief Lord, ne day her helper, Big hen Topo and Jerry
and together they nthony, uses the pot elp save Tom from
discover the mysteries nd almost floods the ome not-very-clever
and magic of the city. own with spaghetti. ocal dogs.

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 Arts and entertainment
ENTERTAI
The UK’s mos
D ua Lipa has topped a chart of the UK’s
most-played artists of 2020. This means
she had more of her songs played on radio
and TV than anyone else last year.
Her album Future Nostalgia was
one of the biggest-selling albums
of 2020 in the UK and won British
Album of the Year at the Brit Awards.
This is the first time since 2017 that
Ed Sheeran hasn’t been the UK’s most-
The Weeknd
played singer. He came second on the list,
FILM
dog saves
he day in
CLUB his Disney
nimation.
Bolt (2008)
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Amazon Video, Disney+, DVD
Here’s one of Disney’s first digitally animated
films, made at a time when the company had
recently merged with Toy Story creators Pixar. It’s
a fun film, opening with an incredibly dramatic
sequence that nicely sets up the rest of the story.
Our hero is Bolt the dog. He’s the star of a
fictional science-fiction/action TV show – but
Bolt thinks that his character’s powers are real.
Bolt accidentally gets sent to New York from the
studio in Hollywood and has to set off across the
country to get back. Unfortunately, the film
didn’t do well enough at the box office to
persuade Disney to make a follow-up. A pity: at
the very least, it would have been worth seeing
more of Rhino the hamster.
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riana Grande was third. Others in the top
ncluded Little Mix and Justin Bieber.
However, despite being the most-
layed artist of the year, Dua Lipa didn’t
have the year’s most-played song.
Blinding Lights by The Weeknd was
the UK’s most-played song in 2020,
with Don’t Start Now by Dua Lipa the
second most popular. Of the top 10
most-played songs of 2020, six of them
were first released in 2019.
THIS WEEK’S
WATCH LIST
Dogtanian and the
Three Muskehounds
In cinemas on 25 June
This animated film is based on a TV cartoon from
the 1980s, which was itself based on the classic
novel The Three Musketeers by French writer
Alexandre Dumas. The film tells the story of
Dogtanian, who wants to be like his father and
become one of the king’s guards.
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Disney+ on 25 June
Four gifted orphans are recruited by the
mysterious Mr Benedict to infiltrate the L.I.V.E.
Institute and stop a global crisis called The
Emergency. This new TV series on Disney+ is
based on the book series of the same name by
author Trenton Lee Stewart.
Space Jam: A New Legacy trailer
Watch now at tinyurl.com/TWJ-spacejam
Watch the new trailer for this upcoming film in
which basketball player LeBron James finds
himself in the world of Looney Tunes. This film,
which combines live-action scenes with different
types of animation, is inspired by the 1996 film
Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan.
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Switch’s game change

Nintendo’s new release turns you into a developer.
H ave you ever wanted to make your own game?
There are several releases that can help, such
as Dreams on Sony’s PlayStation consoles and Super
Mario Maker 2 on Nintendo’s Switch.
Now the Switch has a new option:
Game Builder Garage. It’s designed to be
a way to help you make games in all kinds
of genres, such as space shooters or 3D
action adventures.
Don’t worry if you haven’t done any
coding before. You’ll start with a series of
lessons teaching you “programming logic”
presented by a friendly pair of
robots called Bob and Alice. Build a world on your Switch.
They’re not the only characters you’ll meet as you
learn to build games. Rather than typing in code,
Game Builder Garage uses lots of cartoon characters
called Nodon, each of which controls a certain action
or effect in your game, such as bumping into enemies
or playing music. You decide what kind of game
you’re making, build its levels and characters, and
then use the Nodon to make everything work.
Once you’ve got to grips with all this, you can
use the “Free Programming” mode to work on
your own ideas. If you’re proud of a game you’ve
made, you can send its “Game ID” to your friends
so they can download and play it too.
Game Builder Garage is a fun way to start
(or continue) to explore programming and game
design – and perhaps take a step towards doing
more of that in the future with the more powerful
tools used by professional games developers.

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TWJ-minecrafted
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explores spooky stories. There are all sorts If you use the educational version of Minecraft for
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clowns, creepy barns, time travel and more. The to get you for things to build and do. Through information
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detecting kit for beginners could
cost £30–£50. Most full-sized
detectors will be well over £100. At
a club you should be able to borrow
or hire equipment. A pin pointer,
which is a small device used in a
hole to help home in on metal
objects, starts from about £25.

Can you detect in water?

Metal detecting is a great
way to explore the outdoors.
Yes, although not all metal
detecting equipment will work and
you will need waterproof footwear
and clothing. With the right gear
and help from an experienced
person, you could detect through
puddles in fields and shallow areas
by rivers and beaches.

Search for interesting objects under the ground and have fun…

Metal detecting
“I FOUND SILVER
ROMAN COINS”
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detecting with my
dad. We attend
metal detecting

D oes the excitement of finding treasure

and ancient objects interest you?
Armed with a metal detector, a tool
to dig with and a large open space,
you could strike lucky and discover
amazing things buried below
the surface.
A metal detector is a hand-held
device with a disc-shaped “search
head” attached to the bottom of a pole
and a control box at the top. A detectorist
(the person doing the detecting) walks slowly
over a piece of land and waves the head close to
or maybe just a piece of worthless metal.
Be patient. It could take hours to trigger
a beep and perhaps you will find
Name:
Lewis
gs with clubs. I’ve
found a range of
items, like nearly
nothing. In metal detecting you
2,000-year-old Roman brooches,
need luck, as well as advice from
silver Roman coins and medieval
experienced detectorists who can
silver hammered coins. We also find
suggest where to investigate.
lots of junk! This year, I entered two
Joining a local metal detecting
finds into competitions and won
club is the best place to start. They
two out of the three categories.”
hold organised events, called rallies,
where groups of people will search land Lewis and
Rare coins can be together. Getting permission to search from his dad.
found in the ground. the landowner is very important. There are
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the ground. If the machine detects a metal object, the control strict rules on reporting what you find and any money you
box will beep, which you can hear through headphones. The might make. A club will arrange all of this.
spot that’s triggering the beep can then be carefully dug with If allowed, metal detecting can be done in lots of places,
a spade or small trowel to uncover what’s there. including beaches, fields and parks. If you can, start with
A good detector can usually pick up a signal from a metal a bit of practice in yours or someone else’s garden. Ask
object as deep as 20 centimetres under the surface. You someone to bury some small metal objects so that you can
might unearth an interesting rare coin or a piece of jewellery, use your equipment to track them down.

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they might collide. Paeng said he invented the Third Eye as a warning for
people to examine their own behaviour, not as a real solution to the problem.
“As we cannot take our eyes off our smartphones, the extra eye will be needed
in future,” Paeng told the Reuters news agency.

The device is worn

on the forehead.

Parking spaces can

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A very expensive parking space

A parking space in Hong Kong has sold for £930,000, which is a new world record.
It was in a luxury housing development in an area called The Peak and was one of
several sold in the area. Parking spaces in Hong Kong are hard to come by because
the city is so crowded. The city is also one of the world’s most expensive places to
live. The previous record for the world’s most expensive parking space, which was
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A McDonald’s chicken nugget, which looks like one of the characters from the gratin.
video game Among Us, has sold online for almost £70,000. The strangely shaped
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in online Belgian law database
A lawyer has discovered an asparagus recipe in an online version of the laws
used to govern Belgium. Lawyer Morgan G. Moller found the instructions for an
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and the recipe will not appear in the official printed version of the law.
a legal document. The mistake has since been removed from the online database
*Real! It is thought someone made a mistake and copied in the recipe instead of

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Editor’s note
With the uncertainty of whether or
not we’ll be able to go on a foreign
holiday this year, I find myself more
and more drawn to the Around the
World page of the magazine. I’m
fascinated by what’s going on in other
countries and love trying to imagine myself some place
else. The story of Greeks being outraged over the new
concrete path that has been put down near the
Acropolis had me imagining myself in sunny, hot Greece
this week, wandering around the ancient ruins. In stark
contrast is this week’s story from Australia, where winter
has truly arrived, and the temperature in some parts of
the country has plunged more than 10°C below average
for this time of year. It’s hard to imagine such chilly
weather when London is currently sweltering in a
heatwave. I also quite like the idea of coming across the
roaming herd of elephants who are on the move in China
right now. That would be quite a sight to see!
That’s the beauty of our imaginations – if we close
our eyes, we can transport ourselves anywhere we wish.
Which country would you like to visit right now? Where
will your mind take you?
Editor
CHARITY WEEK OF
THE
The Donkey Breed Society
The Donkey Breed Society aims to help people
understand more about donkeys and their needs.
The charity offers lots of activities where people
can ride and get to know donkeys. It also arranges
events where people can bring their
own donkeys along for training
classes or special donkey
competitions. Learn more at
donkeybreedsociety.co.uk
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Over to you James at
the march.
My Science
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posters
Name: James
“ I am lucky enough to have
all my climate change posters
on display in the Science
Museum’s Our Future Planet
exhibition. It started when I
went on a climate march in ,
Year 4, skipping Friday’s s compensated because in issue 283
school lessons to attend the WJ my poster was illustrating the Our
march. The rally took me from ure Planet article. I thought I would end
Parliament Square in London feature on why, exactly, I am
to Buckingham Palace. I was sionate about climate change. I feel
so enjoying it, I even had a go at leading the that this planet is the only one we will ever get
catchphrase “We want climate justice NOW,” which (unless Tesla gets to Mars) and we must look after
was quite cool. Here are some photos from my this unique, once-ever planet. I have a fear that
time on the march. At around 11 (I had been there humans will become the only people on this planet,
since 9am) a Science Museum representative hoarding it until all the innocent animals
approached me, offering to have my posters on die out. You would not like that,
display at the museum. When all the papers were would you? See you at the JOKE
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signed, and I had my posters in the Science Science Museum!
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Design a garden for bees
BBC Radio 2 and the Royal Horticultural Society (a
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people between the ages of six and 12 raising
awareness about the importance of bees. Your
challenge is to design a garden that will attract b
and other pollinating insects. The lucky winner ll
have their design brought to life and they will be
invited to open the garden on a radio broadcast. Each
shortlisted finalist will also receive an array of bee-
themed goodies. To enter, you’ll need to download a
garden design entry and provide a few sentences
about your design and why you want to help bees.
Bees pollinate
The closing date is 5 July. You can find everything flowers.
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“I am concerned about climate change “Another day
and cunning and
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and the impact on wildlife so I decided to passing the see what they
walk/run 350km in April for WWF. In the sunflower
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end I did 380km (236 miles) and raised patch.” “Yes! I totally
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1 Where in Cornwall did
world leaders meet?
■ a) Land’s End
■ b) Carbis Bay
■ c) Falmouth
2 True or false? A Flower Flash
appeared last week in Manchester.
■ True ■ False
3 Who was a street named
after in New York?
4 Who is the longest-reigning British
king or queen?
■ a) Henry VIII
■ b) Elizabeth II
■ c) Charles I
5 True or false? In 1976, the
first woman graduated from
university with a degree in
engineering.
■ True ■ False
6 What is the name of the
world’s smallest pig species?
7 What is the most popular
sport at UK universities?
■ a) Football
■ b) Badminton
■ c) Esports
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NASA has sent more than 100 baby
squid into space.
■ True ■ False
9 In Cornwall, what was used
to make an artwork showing
the faces of world leaders?
10 How many cycling medals did
Team GB win at the 2016 Olympics?
■ a) 10
■ b) 11
■ c) 12
11InwhichcountryisthefilmLucaset?
12InwhichyearwasNintendo
founded?
■ a) 1889
■ b) 1929
■ c) 1989
13 True or false? Author Efua Traoré’s
favourite animal is a cockerel.
■ True ■ False
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