Mister Maker ready to read a story to school winner
Maidstone schools involved with Buster’s Book Club have a double chance to meet Phil Gallagher, who plays the role of Mister Maker.
The CBeebies star has agreed to read a story to the school winning one of the challenges due to be staged early next year. Classes can win the visit by coming top or most improved with their reading.
Busters’s Book Club is run by the KM Charity Team in collaboration with local councils and provides reading challenges giving pupils the chance to win tickets to major Kent attractions.
Last academic year more than 2.8 million minutes of reading were achieved by the 11,000 pupils involved.
Mr Gallagher will also be attending the Kent Literacy Awards in June when schools involved with the scheme will celebrate their success and the child devising the best book review will be announced, giving the winning pupil an exclusive chance to spend time with the star.
Mr Gallagher, also an honorary patron of the KM Charity Team, said: “I have worked alongside the charity and seen how Buster’s Book Club has developed. Last year we were so close to hitting the three million minutes of reading achieved, so I know we can pass that figure in 2017 and make even more children members of the millionaire reading club.”
Schools have until Friday, December 16, to sign up to the book club. See www. bustersbookclub.co.uk for an information pack.
To submit a book review for the literacy awards, see www.kmcharityteam.co.uk/ bookreview