Mrs Gidden's Cool Readers Club - Grace

Priory’s Head of English, Mrs Gidden, has been really impressed with many of our multi-talented pupils and wanted to highlight their love of reading while excelling at other pursuits.

This week we interviewed Year 7 pupil, Grace.

Grace admits she gets ‘absorbed’ by books and is currently reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

“I think I have read the full series about ten times. I like chunky books,” said Grace.  “I enjoy them as you get sucked into another world, I can’t really describe it but you become absorbed by it and it seems an escape from normal life.

“I prefer the books to the Harry Potter films just because some things were changed for the films and there is more detail in the books.”

Grace is currently preparing for a pantomime Aladdin with St James’ Players at St James Church Hall which will be on in January.

“I have been in Cinderella as well. I have to act, sing and dance and I am in the chorus for Aladdin. Rehearsals are two hours every Friday night and Sunday afternoons so it is busy.

“I want to be an actress when I am older, I like being the good guy!”

Grace is the first Year 7 to become a millionaire reader in the Accelerated Reader scheme that pupils in Years 7-10 follow.  Her English teacher, Mrs Isherwood tells us, “Reading at least a chapter every night, Grace has already read a number of books this half term.  As at 10 October, Grace has read 1,084,625 words.  Well done Grace!“