Scoop is a magazine for 7 to 12 year olds that publishes all forms of story, told by world renonwed authors and illustrators including Raymond Briggs, Catherine Johnson, Tom Whipple, Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Priestley, Nicholas Bowling, Laura Dockrill, Emerald Fennell, Celia Rees, Joan Aiken, Tom Stoppard, MG Leonard, Michael Foreman, Piers Torday, Cathy Brett, Neil Gaiman, AF Harrold and John Agard.

Each issue includes short stories, non-fiction, poetry, comics, interviews, reviews, activities and quizzes. We explore everything from punk to painting, from science to poetry, from super-natural phenomena to playwriting!

Dear Scoopsters,

Rupert Skelton

WEST BOURNE HOUSE SCHOOL • Westbourne House School is a day and boarding school for girls and boys aged two to thirteen. Based in Chichester, West Sussex, and close to the seaside and South Downs countryside, the school has 348 pupils. Scoop asked them about their favourite things and how they see the future …

‘THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS.’

Future Evolutions

Future Timeline • We never really know what the future will hold. But if we look at clues in the research and technology being developed today we can make good guesses. Here are some of our best ideas for how our lives will change in the future.

Moon Landings

SIX SHEROES WHO SHAPED THE FUTURE • OFTEN WOMEN FROM THE PAST DON’T MAKE IT INTO THE STORIES OF THE FUTURE, EVEN IF THEY HELPED TO WRITE IT! THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, SO LET’S START WITH THESE SIX SHEROES WHO CHANGED THE FUTURE.

FORTUNE TELLING THROUGH TIME • Across the world, for thousands of years, people have been trying all sorts of techniques to answer a burning question: what might the future hold?

GHOST MONTH IN TAIWAN

A VERY LONG WALK HOME • During the pandemic, many of us haven’t been able to see our relatives who live far away. Ten-year-old Romeo, who lives in Sicily, Italy, was missing his granny, who lives in London. With great determination and positivity, Romeo planned his own way to get to visit his granny: by walking! Let’s meet Romeo ...

Future Quiz

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT • YOU CHOOSE HOW THS STORY GOES- AND SEE HOW EACH DECISION CAN AFFECT THE FUTURE!

TUESDAY’S CHILDREN

I KNOW EVERYTHING!

Life Beyond Zoom

PAPER PLANES “futureproof ”

THE SCOOP PODCAST

SMOG FILLED SKIES AND POISON CARS • A Poem by Elizabeth, age eleven, Westbourne House School

CH-CH-CH- CH-CHANGES

WEIRD FUTURE

Are You Wild About Wildness? • Not many humans enjoyed the first COVID-19 lockdown. We got fed up with being cooped up, and only allowed out for an hour’s exercise each day. Wildlife, however, loved the peace.

GROW YOUR OWN • Our future challenges brought on by climate change could be helped by looking back at the Second World War …

HOPE FOR GORILLAS IS HOP FOR US ALL

Meet Scoop super fan ROMY

Through the Window to the Future

LONDON UK

DEBATE ROBOTS ARE DANGEROUS AND ARE BECOMING TOO INTELLIGENT: WE SHOULD STOP PRODUCTION OF ROBOTS IMMEDIATELY • Year Eight pupils at Westbourne House School debate the idea of robots in the future. One team came up with arguments for stopping the production of robots immediately, while the other team came up with arguments against stopping production. Which side of the debate do you agree with?

SCOOP CLUB • At Scoop Club, we publish your drawings, letters, stories and poems in every issue. Here is some fantastic work from our readers.

OUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

WHAT'S CHANGED?

GARETH’S JOKE BATTLES • Hi, Gareth P Jones here, welcoming you to a future-themed round of JOKES BATTLES! Today, competing for the trophy, we have five fantastically funny authors in a...