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Bewithnature

Did you know that the moretime you

spend with naturethe morelikely you

aretotakeactionforthe environment?

To encourage people toconnect with the

natural world,the NationalTrust hascome

up with nine weeks’ worthofways

forpeople toconnect with nature,

including how to spot butterflies and

bees, grow plants onawindowsill

and buildahomeforanimals. The

Trust says that doing activities like

thiscan benefityour own wellbeing.

Download its helpfulresource at

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CHARITYOFTHEWEEK

Writer’snote

This week, our podcast,TheWeek
Junior Show,had its100,000th
download. Hurray!It’sgreat fun
putting ittogethereach week,
allowing usto discussour favourite
stories from the magazine and hear
your opinions on the Big Debate.You
canlistentoepisodes at tinyurl.com/TWJShow.
We arealso working with Fun Kids onanew daily
podcast,Stuck at Home, which ispacked with fun
activities and quirky newsstories from around theworld.
Youcan find itby visiting tinyurl.com/TWJ-SaH.The
podcastwas cr eate dtomakelifealittle lessdullunder
the newrules introduced to tackle thecoronavirus
outbreak–wehope youlikeit.
As youcan see, thisweek’s frontcoverisfor youto
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We’d lo ve tosee your finished creations, eitherby
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The Week Junior• 28 March 2020

“

Idokartracing atRye HouseinHoddesdon,

Hertfordshire.Ihave autism anditr eally helps me

with myconfidenceand with making new friends.

Ihavejustcompleted my firstrookiechampionship

and am now goinginto the premier championship.

I’ve also taken part in endurancerace saspartof

Team Brit and organiseda100-lap challengeto

raise over £500 foracharity helpingpeople with

disabilities.Ithink thatkarting is awesome and

Ican’twait to keep learning and

gettingfaster!

”

“Go-k

challenging”

Name:Jenson

JOK

THE WEEKEOF

“Why did the actress go

to the planetarium?

Tosee the

real stars!”

Abigail

Junior

Roving Reporter

Jenson’scertificate

and trophies.