Paddington Bear Party

Sixty years ago, a hat-wearing, marmalade-loving bear from Peru was launched upon the world with the publication of A Bear Called Paddington. Created by Michael Bond, he became a much-loved character all around the world, starring in over twenty books and two movies.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Paddington and introduce a new generation to the loveable bear, Pacific Lutheran College Library invited our Year 2 students to a Paddington Party. Students brought their teddy bears and library staff dressed up as Paddington, Aunt Lucy, Mrs Brown and Mrs Bird.

The library was decorated with a London theme, with students presenting their railway tickets to get into Paddington Station.

To start the party, Year 4 students Summer-Rose Roberts-Burton and Maddy Walsh put on a short performance of the scene where Paddington first meets Mrs Brown. This gave those students who weren’t familiar with the story the chance to get some background.

Students then worked their way around four activity stations: making their own suitcase out of paper; decorating bear biscuits; creating a cardboard tube Paddington and playing pin the label on Paddington.

We finished the morning with a wonderful morning tea, provided by Mrs Colleen Beattie and Mrs Rhana Holt, including Paddington bear cupcakes, jars of gummi bears and a beautiful train made of cake and lollies.

Thanks, must also go to our Year 6 library monitors Kirrily Petfield, Ayrisa Jones, Kyla Chirgwin and Priya Miles for their invaluable assistance on the day.

Ms Nell Keen, Head of Library