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🗓️ 27 June 2025
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In a week where world leaders met for a NATO summit in the Netherlands and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia disrupted flights, we’re going to be discussing some of the other stories, events and people that inspired The Week Junior team.
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0:00.0 | Never find yourself wondering who invented that or who discovered this again. |
0:05.9 | Discover the hidden heroes that contributed to our world's most important science. |
0:11.2 | From Imatep's pyramids to Hedy Lamar and Bluetooth technology, written in partnership with the Royal Institution, |
0:18.7 | The Hidden Heroes of Science is out on the 5th of June and available for pre-order now everywhere books are sold. |
0:28.0 | Hello and welcome to The Week Junior show. I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Eve and Joe from the Week Junior, the magazine Making Sense of the World for 8 to 14 year olds. |
0:37.7 | Now in a week where world leaders met for a NATO summit in the Netherlands |
0:41.2 | and a volcanic eruption in Indonesia disrupted flights, |
0:45.2 | we're going to be discussing some of the other stories, events and people that inspired the |
0:49.1 | Week Junior team. Make sure you're listening closely because at the end of the episode, |
0:53.1 | we'll be asking a question about what you've heard. if you answer it correctly you could win a prize but first before all of that uh joe and eve there is something i want to talk to you about please on this week's well-being page there's some top tips for preparing for a school residential trip which lots of pupils i think will be going on in the next few So it got me thinking, what is the best school trip you've ever been on? Joe, how about you? |
1:16.1 | Well, at senior school, I went to the Isle of White for a few days on a geography trip. |
1:21.0 | We stayed at a PGL Centre, and I had a look this morning, and they do still exist. |
1:24.9 | We did some outdoor adventure activities, climb things, jumped off |
1:28.5 | things. And I remember us taking the trip out to see the needles too, which for anyone who doesn't |
1:34.0 | know, are famous lumps of rock that stick out from the sea and they're quite spectacular. |
1:38.2 | And that was that was really fun. It was a really fun few days. I didn't know what the needles |
1:42.7 | were. That was interesting to know. Thank you. |
1:45.1 | Eve, how about you? |
1:47.5 | So I was quite lucky when I was at primary school. |
1:49.4 | We had a residential in year five and in year six. |
1:51.8 | So we got to go to Dorset and then we got to go to France, which were both really fun. |
1:55.9 | But I remember very vividly when I went to Dorset, we got to go to Monkey World. And after looking at all the |
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