Mrs Begg     English / Guidance

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Several books. I read few chapters, get bored then move on to another, then go back to the first!

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

The Narnia Stories

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Laurell K. Hamilton

 

What is your favourite book now?

Any by the above author

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film? Who would play the main character?

Remake of Robin Hood with Johnny Depp as Robin

 

 

Mrs Beggs Home Economics

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

The Historian

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

The Little Princess

 

 

Dr Campbell SMT

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Karin Sluughter Indelible

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Wuthering heights/Bronte

 

 

What is your favourite book now?

Wuthering heights/Bronte

 

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Brontes/ Evelyn Waugh

 

Mrs Ewen                   SEN 

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

“The Crow Road”, Ian Banks.

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Any of the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. I read all of them lots of times.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Nevil Shute.

 

What is your favourite book now?

A town like Alice.

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film?

 The Curious incident of the dog in the night time – Mark Haddon

David Tenent (He plays Dr.Who)

 

Mrs Farquhar  Science

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Murder Mystery

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Goodnight Mr Tom

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Ian Rankin

 

What is your favourite book now?

Davinci Code

 

Miss Foreman           English

What book are you reading at the moment?

Santa Evita by Tomas Martinez

Good Night Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Devil on my back by Monica Hughes

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Lots! Jane Austen,  Nick Hornby

 

What is your favourite book now?

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film? Who would play the main character?

I hope they make more of the Narnia books into films.

Sir Ian McKellan would make a good professor

 

Miss Hall Modern Languages

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

The house of the spirits by Isabel Allencle

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Anne Of Green Gables

 

Who is your favourite author now?

I don’t have a favourite author- I like lots of different ones!

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Miss McCracken  Art

  

What book are you reading at the moment?

Lots of books for a course I am doing, but for relaxation, I’m reading a biography-“As old as the century” about a swiss  mountain guide who lived in Zermatt.  Its about his life when was young, and how he got into climbing.

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

I Didn’t have a favourite book. I liked swallows and Amasons by Arther Ransome, secret seven series by Enid Blyton and Judy Blume.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

J.K Rowling – I like the Harry potter series.

 

What is your favourite book now?

knitting with wire”-got this to find more ideas for my INT2 class (S4 pupils)-for their jewellery project.

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film?  Who would play the main character?

One fine day in the middle of the night”-by Christopher Brockmyre.  I would like Ewan McGregor as the main actor as his accent would be perfect.

 

 

 

 

Mrs Matthew  Science

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Memoirs of a Geisha

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Enid Blyton Fairy Stories

 

Who is your favourite author now?

J.K Rowling

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film? Who would play the main character?

A child called IT

Need several to play child and adult-perhaps Tom Hanks as adult

 

 

Miss May        SFL 

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

My favourite books were all from the ‘point horror’ series by RL Stine and especially  ‘The fun fair’ and ‘The Date’

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Mark Haddon.

 

What is your favourite book now?

The curious incident of the dog in The Night time – Mark Haddon

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film?  As above

 

Mr Middleton    SVS

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

The Wasp Factor.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

James Paterson.

 

What is your favourite book now?

Cat and Mouse, James Paterson

 

 

Mrs Muncer    Head Teacher

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

I reading 3 books at the moment Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. What’s worth fighting for in Headship by Michael Fullen and Francesco’s Italy by Francesco Da  Mosto

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Home at Pooh corner and Swallows and Amazons. I love both just as much now but for different reasons.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Don’t have one; in the limited time that I have to read for pleasure I tend to choose books that look interesting.

 

What is your favourite book now?

I don’t have a favourite novel but enjoy books with good photographs of people, places and buildings-Just to look at the pictures and see how other people live. I also like cookery books of Vanas Kinds.

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film? Who would play the main character?

I don’t know I don’t watch many films so probably wouldn’t watch it anyway. A story that is easy to watch with no violence and set in a exotic or beautiful scenery would be most likely to gain my interest. Not sure about the main character either

 

Mr O ‘Neill    English

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Charlie and Lola. I will not ever go to sleep by Lauren Childs [with my children]

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis

 

 What is your favourite book now?

A long way by Sebastian Barry

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Sebastian Barry

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film?

That summer by Andrew Greig

 

Miss Tait          Personal support

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

Inside Little Britain.

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

Anything by Roal Dahl.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Ben Elton /Ian Rankin.

 

What is your favourite book now?

I mostly read Autobiographies

 

Mr Will                        SMT

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

The Munros.

 

What is your favourite book now?

Hillwalking books/Magazines

Books about school/education developments.

 

 

Mrs Wilson     Home Economics

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

“Saturday”      Ian McEwen.

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

This Rough majic – Mary Stewart

 

Who is your favourite author now?

Marry Higgins Clark

 

 

Mrs Wilson    School Librarian

 

What book are you reading at the moment?

The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

 

When you were young, what was your favourite book?

I loved all the Enid Blyton books – especially the famous five books.

 

Who is your favourite author now?

 I have lots – Ian Rankin, Bill Bryson,

 

What is your favourite book now?

A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson

 

What book would you most like to be made into a film?  Who would play the main character?

The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

David Tennant could play the lead character.