Mrs Gidden's cool reader's club - Jasper

Here's what our Cool Readers Club is all about...

These are our reading stars put forward by their English teacher.  We interview them about their current book, what they like reading about and what they like to do when they’re not reading.  Introducing Jasper...

Jasper is enjoying the book ‘Rick’ by Alex Gino.

“It’s about a boy called Rick who just tags along with his best friend Jeff even though he isn’t really the best friend to have. 

“Rick joins a club, the Rainbow Spectrum Club, and ditches his friend. It’s about Rick finding himself, finding who is really is and his own place in the world,” said Jasper. 

“I like a variety of books. I picked this one up and thought it sounded interesting and it is. My favourite author is Jeff Kinney, who wrote ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid.’ 

“I like his style, it’s quite bold, it’s easy to read, there aren’t a lot of words like in Harry Potter where you can lose your place. The illustrations are really good too.” 

In school, Jasper enjoys History and PE. 

“I like PE as it’s a change from sitting down and I enjoy History as we have a really good teacher in Miss Ackers who makes classes fun! 

“At home, I play video games and things like that. I would like to be a policeman in the future so I am going to try and do things like public speaking in college and hopefully I will get an apprenticeship in the police force.” 

Jasper's AR teacher, Miss Ackers, added, "Jasper has been working so hard in his reading lessons this year and has banked an impressive number of words read already; 442,792 words read over 23 books! He is willing to share his favourite books with other students and is an integral part of the class. I’m so proud of Jasper this year, both in reading and History and I can’t wait to hear about his next read."