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The Week Junior gets children into reading – and reading really is an enduring superpower. It makes their imagination leap and their vocabulary bound, turbo-charging their thinking, confidence and wellbeing.With each new issue delivered through their door, a child’s love of reading will only get stronger.
- Spark their natural curiosity and fill their summer with inspiring reading and irresistible activities
- Bring learning to life with news, stories and world events clearly and carefully explained for children
- Encourage them to stop scrolling and fuel fun family discussions and debate
Get 6 FREE issues worth £21 and you'll also get a voucher entitling you to 20% off children's books at WHSmith.
6 issues free plus 20% off WHSmith voucher
Take out a free trial worth £21 and we'll also send you a voucher to get 20% off books at WHSmith to inspire your child to read throughout the summer.
This summer and beyond, we pledge to get your child into reading by sharing the incredible shortlists from The Week Junior Book Awards with a chance for them to get involved in choosing the winners and win prizes themselves.
We will have dedicated book pages in the magazine showcasing the very best of children's authors and illustrators and we can't wait to share these with your child. Prepare for a summer of reading!
I wish The Week Junior had been around when I was a kid - I’d have known so much more about the world in which I was growing up.
My granddaughter Rosamund dashes in from school on a Friday afternoon, grabs her latest copy of The Week Junior & disappears for the next 3 hours. She loves this magazine!
The Week Junior is brilliant! All the news, without the boring bits. Or at least with the boring bits made not boring.
Essential skills for educational success
Cultural Capital
‘Cultural capital’, defined by Ofsted as ‘the essential knowledge that children need to be educated citizens’, is needed for children to succeed at a broad range of studies by the time they reach GCSE level. The Week Junior provides a solid, well-researched and broad offering of cultural capital, ensuring its readers – with the help of their parents – are in the best possible position to become well-educated citizens of the world.
Reading and Literacy
Even reluctant readers will find The Week Junior’s short, engaging articles digestible and enjoyable and will find themselves reading the whole magazine in a fraction of time they would finish a book; a great confidence boost whilst improving language and communication skills. Using the articles as a start point for discussions and debates at home is also an excellent way of improving children’s oracy – essential for personal and academic expression.
Skills for Learning
Being able to read and understand non-fiction texts is an essential skill for learners, one that will be relied upon throughout their education. Reading quality children’s journalism, such as The Week Junior, gives children an excellent point of reference when being asked to write articles, newspaper articles, leaflets, and instructions – all of which will be expected at some stage of their education.
Curriculum-Linked Content
The Week Junior includes a wide range of topics and features that link to the curriculum, including world geography, STEM, sport, creative industries, climate change, politics and democracy, literature, equality, history, as well as wellbeing support, too. Children will find something useful, interesting, and inspiring in The Week Junior for almost every homework project imaginable.