Welcome to The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Year 5 will immerse themselves this term in the rich and vivid world of the Amazon.  The Explorer by Katherine Rundell is a beautifully written text which the children will read and explore within our reading lessons.  

Using our reading domains, see attached document, we support the children to delve into our rich text and see events from different viewpoints.  

We hope the children will share this exciting reading journey with you!

At Poulner Junior School we really value reading...

READING IS A CATALYST
Reading for pleasure is associated with higher levels of literacy
achievement. There is also a relationship between cognition
and motivation, proficiency and motivation in reading. Those
who are good at reading do more of it: they learn more and
expand their vocabulary and knowledge. This enables them to
understand more of what they read. For those who read less, or
who find reading difficult, the opposite is true. Reading more
makes children more academically able.