Read together

Aimed at pupils between the ages of five and nine, learndirect* has produced a book, “Where did the river go?”, written by BAFTA award winning writer Peter Corey, to encourage parents to read with their children. The book is fun and engaging and features puzzles and clues to challenge and interest children throughout. In addition, the book will help parents understand if they have a literacy or numeracy need and provide sensitive encouragement for them to think about acting on this.

National Schools Partnership has also created curriculum linked activities to use in class to accompany the book to engage the children with "Where did the river go?" and its characters - so that they want to read it at home too.

Downloadable resources

Download the lesson notes and activity sheets below to help engage pupils with “Where did the river go?” and its characters. The ‘Ideas sheet’ will also provide you with different ways to communicate with parents about the book.