Project Stay At Home Even before COVID19, Penelope Kingston liked all her old teddies to be facing the same direction – towards the window, where she secretly thought they enjoyed the view. But since so many people had been stuck at home, loads of kids (and probably quite a few grown-ups) had started putting bears in their windows too. Penelope loved going for bear-hunt walks with her mum. She actually didn’t even mind (very much) if people put other toys in the window with the bears. Obviously, it was a bit annoying (and dangerous) if they hadn’t thought things through and put a fox next to a chicken. Penelope had come across that very window just last week and had to go back and leave a note. Can you write a note to the person who put a fox and a chicken next to each other in their window? What will it say? (It can be funny or serious).
wandering duckling would be okay. In fact, this window made her giggle quite a lot Can you make a creative window display in your house? Which toys will you choose? Penelope had heard that it wouldn’t be very long now before school went back. She couldn’t wait to play with her best friend, Bob. She looked forward to chatting with Oscar before school each day and was excited to see her lovely teacher, Ms Pike, in person instead of on a screen. And honestly, as much as Penelope loved her mum and brother, they were terribly messy, even in a pandemic! For instance (and there were a lot of instances to choose from) when it was Harry’s turn to pack up the Monopoly set, he just threw all of the notes in together at the bottom of the box! It was Truly Terrible to see.
Mostly, though, people were (quite) responsible about their window dressing choices. Penelope ADORED the one with a mother duck followed by her ducklings. Of course, it was a bit worrying that one of the little ducklings was upside down and going in the wrong direction. But the way mother duck was craning her neck to look back reassured Penelope that the 10
Yes, Penelope Kingston was very much looking forward to getting back to school. Can you write a list of the things you’re most looking forward to when school goes back?
