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 Naomi Read 

Naomi Read, was born on 21 March 2004 in Reading Hospital. She grew up in Twyford, later, aged 2, moving to basingstoke. She attended Four Lanes infant and junior school saying she “made many fond memories there”, one of her favourites being the PGL trip to Calshot as a year six residential to celebrate the ending of her SATs examinations

Once leaving the school she went on to attend secondary school near her current place of residence. In year 9 she moved to “be closer to [her] friends and school” but also due to her now family of 6 (7 including dog, Bertie) “outgrowing the house in Basingstoke”.

Birtie (Birts) ”Woofter” Read, named after Bertie Wooster from the Jeeves and Wooster stories by the British author P. G. Wodehouse loved by Naomi’s father and grandfather.

However, Birts didn’t stay a “only dog” for much longer as the black Working Cocker Spaniel was about to gain a brother in the form of a bouncy Bearded Collie named Jasper.

Jasper’s breeder named the new puppies after the colour according to their collar. Jasper was formerly known therefore as Mr Red. Naomi’s parents decided on Jasper as the rock, Jasper (disambiguation), can have a distinctive red colour to it.

 Hobbies 

Since Naomi was 4 years old she has loved to dance. She has been attending her current school for 12 years as of 2020. She takes many classes these are: Ballet, Tap, Modern, Commercial Jazz, and Musical Theatre. Naomi also completed the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Jazz awards, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Along with her classes she also competes in a song and dance group and the dance schools “company”. Naomi was also planning to compete in Rome for the 2020 Dance World Cup, which was posted due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

Another extra curricular activity of Naomi’s was attending a Theatre group learning acting and singing and vital confidence skills. She also took on singing lessons achieving Grades 2-5 with Distinctions for all. Naomi is currently planning to take her Grade 6 however the exam was postponed due to the outbreak of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

Naomi not only has taken grades in her singing and dancing but also in her music. Naomi took her Grade one piano exam and was planning on taking her Grade two in 2020 how ever due to schools shutting on March 20th her lessons were unattainable. Naomi also studied Violin up to a Grade 4/5 standard however she never officially took a examination. “I believe that your love of music shouldn’t be made to be assessed by a stranger you'll only know for 20 minutes...I just want to have fun and play the music without the stress of a ultimate end goal”. Naomi also taught herself how to play a few other instruments including her two favourite the guitar and ukulele. Shes also proud to say she taught herself “the whole C Major scale on the flute...in one day”.

Aside from Naomi’s musical talents she also shares her fathers love of rugby, joining the local girls rugby team at age 14 in the February of 2019. She says “I just want people to know that just because I love to play rugby doesn’t mean I’m any good, please keep your expectations low”. Naomi plays mainly second row in the Scrum being number 4 or 5.

When Naomi was young she also loved to swim attending private lessons once a week. However she never went into competitions as her love of dancing took over.

 School life 

Naomi attended a private school nursery where she was taught German and her teachers said she had a “good ear” for the language. She didn’t stay at the school for primary school and moved to the infant and junior school near her. She says her time there flew by especially as she missed her last day of year 6 due to a tap exam.

Naomi’s favourite school years were at her secondary school as this is where she can “safely say shes made her friends for life”.

Naomi had many achievement here such as: Tutor representative, Peer Mentor, and Senior Prefect. She also ran for head girl getting through to the last six or so girls in her year.

During her time at the school she went on many trips to different countries: Malta (Music trip), Italy (ski trip), Austria (ski trip), Poland (RS trip), and, France (French trip.

She took part in two school productions. The first being a remake of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by author Lewis Carroll to Alice through the broken lens, where Naomi played Tweedle Dum and a production of Bugsy Malone a film by Allan Parker staring as the American News reporter.

 Tiktok 

A new found love of Naomi’s is the new app Tiktok. She currently has 299 followers as of Friday 24th April 2020. Posing videos of lip-sinking to songs or even dancing following the trends.