Please Mr Panda

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Panda has a tray of doughnuts. Animal after animal tells him the one they want, but it’s only when Lemur says ‘please’ politely that Panda will give any out!

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

English

• Write a recipe to teach others how to make doughnuts.
• Write a letter to Mr. Panda asking if he will let you have a doughnut.
• Retell the story from Mr. Panda’s point of view.
• Act out the story and perform it to an audience.
• Could you write a similar story about an animal that rewards somebody else for being polite?
• What is the moral of this story? Can you think of other stories that have morals?
• Write a prequel to this story. Where did Mr. Panda get the doughnuts from (considering that he doesn’t like them)?
• Imagine that you bought this book at an online bookstore. Could you write a review of it for the shop?
• Could you record your own retelling of this story? Watch this example:

Maths

• Conduct a survey to find out the favourite doughnut flavours of your friends. Use this information to create a tally chart or a bar graph.
• Find out the sizes of the animals in the story. Which is tallest / smallest? Can you make a graph to compare their sizes?

Science

• Find out about pandas. Where do they live? What do they eat? Could you write a report about them?
• Plan a healthy set of balanced meals for a day. Will doughnuts be included in your meal plan?

Computing

• Use publishing software to create a poster that advertises Mr. Panda’s delicious doughnuts.
• Use animation software to make an animated version of the story. Look at these examples for inspiration:

Design Technology

• Can you cook some healthy treats of your own?

Art

• Look at the pictures of the doughnuts on the inside front cover. Can you make repeating patterns using different coloured circles?
• Create your own illustrations of Mr. Panda.

Geography

• Make a list of the animals in the story. Can you find out where they live in the wild? Can you plot their locations on a map?

PSHE

• Why does Mr. Panda give the doughnuts to the lemur (and not to the other animals)?
• What does it mean to be polite? Why is it important to be polite to others?
• Can you make a list of ways that people can be polite to each other?