Junior School Magazine - Edition 5 (June 2018)

A ll C hildren S hould R ead B ooks

Swords clashed, and drums banged but he was safe, he was flying through the air, feeling the mighty dragon’s wings beating against his thighs, up up over mountains and valleys away from all the fighting and into another world. Therefore, all children should read books. So, if you want to be that boy riding on the back of a magnificent and marvellous dragon go and by a portal into another world, it’s called a book. The time has arrived to show all children how to escape their lives and to have fun, but to do that they need to read books. When a child reads a book, they are no longer in this world but in this world but in their own imaginary one where they can fulfil their greatest dreams and do whatever they like. Books also help kids discover new places that they couldn’t find before, things like a safe spot to sit and relax, a new type of animal or a undiscovered land mark. So, read books, escape and have fun. Books are perfect for helping children learn new things. If you read stories, then you learn how to write them. Children discover new and amazing words and they learn how to spell them. Last but not least the most important of all, something that in my opinion is 100% necessary for a growing child to have is imagination. If there are any teachers reading this I know you will be thinking well yeah, books are help with all these life skills, but do they help education? The answer is yes. Books help students get outstanding marks when it comes to school work. They help kids think outside the box, this makes it easier to solve difficult questions. I know the students reading this will be thinking, “well I don’t want to do hard maths questions. Maths is already totally and utterly tedious as it is.” Don’t worry, students, books also give you a different perspective on things, so you have a 50% chance of liking maths. This will also benefit your teachers as you will not have to put up with as much of the extremely annoying moaning and groaning when you announce that your doing a maths lesson. Now it is totally and utterly obvious that all children should read books. They can escape into a new world and have lots of fun. They learn lots of new things, and books definitely improve your education. So, if you want to be riding a dragon over mountains and valleys, going through the barrier to another world, then read a book!

Sophia Ahern Year 5P

JSM Edition 5

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