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Jul 2021
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Summer jobs, butterfly counting, and the...

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On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show we’ll be talking about the start of the Olympic Games, the Big Butterfly Count and the funniest class in the UK. Plus, we’ll have a debate all about whether young people should have summer jobs.

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