243. Henry's New Playroom - Christina Sinclair: Salty Sam's Fun Blog for Children

October 11th, 2019

Salty Sam’s Fun Blog for Children

Number 243

Henry’s Playroom

Hello Everyone

Well, last week l told you l was off to see Bill and Bob because they had some exciting news they wanted to tell me.

And now l know all about it, l can tell you.

But let me start at the beginning of the story…

The tourist season is well and truly over here in Rocky Bay.

The businesses in town that rely on tourists for most of their yearly income have a chance to tidy up and recover from the hundreds of summer visitors they have welcomed over the summer months.

And then they need to get ready for the Christmas shoppers and visitors that come in from the surrounding countryside.

Henry’s mum and dad are no exception.

Their chip shop did a roaring trade this summer and now they have a chance to catch up with themselves.

They had a lot of tidying up to do and in the process went up into the attic to see how much storage space they had up there.

lt really turned out to be an enormous space indeed – and it got Henry’s dad thinking about an idea.

After he had discussed it with Henry’s mum they both discussed it with Henry.

Then Henry went rushing down the back lane to tell Bill and Bob his good news. He could hardly contain his excitement.

Henry has a very small bedroom. He has had it since his family moved into the Rocky Bay Chip Shop.

Because the room is so small, it is easier for him to go to Bill and Bob’s house to play than it is for them to go to his.

But now Henry’s parents have decided to turn the large attic space they have into a playroom for Henry and his friends.

They said that when he is older he can have his bed up there and turn it into a teenage pad. Then they might be able to use Henry’s bedroom as a home office or spare bedroom for when relatives come to stay.

Henry’s mum and dad are often busy working so they told him he can take on the job of designing the new room and deciding what he would want it to look like.

Henry is just so excited he has been talking about nothing else since the decision was made!

When he has decided what he wants to do with his new room, his parents will contact Reckitt and Stackett the Rocky Bay builders so that they can get to work on the renovations.

The first thing Henry did was draw the dimensions of the room out onto squared paper. His dad had given him the measurements.

Then he cut out little paper shapes representing the furniture he would like to have in the room so that he can plan where he would like to put everything. lt is easier to move round paper shapes than furniture!

He decided that he would need a table and chairs to sit with his friends and perhaps a large table as well to set models up on. He would need a soft colourful rug put in the middle of the floor and he would definitely need loads of cupboard space for toys.

Then he thought that maybe he should take up a musical instrument like the guitar or drums so that he can have jamming sessions up there when he was older.

His parents were not so sure.

He got some large metal tins from the kitchen and turned them upside down to make a makeshift drum kit.

He wanted to see if he had the natural rhythm needed to become a drummer.

His parents were not so impressed.

They said he should probably just concentrate on his plans for the playroom for now.

Work has already started as l write.

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Bill: Did you hear about the silly boy who bought himself a set of tools because everyone kept telling him that he had a screw loose?

Bob: Tee hee hee!

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desk THE SALTY SAM NEWS DESK

This week Bill and Bob’s mum made a puzzle for them. They found it stuck on their bedroom door when they came home from Henry’s house.

If you do this puzzle, you will see what the message was…

Draw a column of boxes – it should be three boxes across and twenty-six boxes down.

Answer the questions and put one letter in each box.

an animal that lives in a sty
the past tense of the verb to lie
part of a grain stalk
stands for ‘also known as’
juice in a plant
a tall tree that is now rarely seen after it was struck by disease in the 1970s
to wear under a shirt collar
a plant that creeps up walls
a substance to colour cloth
still/however
to agree, to affirm
a long serious poem
to employ for a purpose
the edge of something
to decay
the part of a word that means eight
opposite to on
a chart to help to find your way around
a piece of advice
between you waist and legs
opposite to subtract
scold
short sleep
a wild shaggy-haired ox
a tree whose Latin name is Quercus
a part of a word that means one

Meanwhile at Emily’s house, she was busy making her doll a new sweater. Auntie Alice had given her some yarn left over from knitting her a jumper and Emily wanted her doll to have one in the same yarn.

Auntie Alice made the doll sweater pattern up for her so that she would not go wrong.

You need to be able to do the knit stitch and the purl stitch to be able to make this sweater.

NEWSDESK MINIMAKE

A RED SWEATER FOR A 12” DOLL

BACK AND FRONT (KNIT TWO)

Using 4mm knitting needles and red dk yarn cast on 14 stitches

Purl 1 row

Knit 1 row

Knit 20 rows of stocking stitch

Purl 1 row

Knit 1 row

Cast off

SLEEVES (KNIT TWO)

Using 4mm knitting needles and red dk yarn cast on 12 stitches

Purl 1 row

Knit 1 row

Knit 20 rows of stocking stitch

Cast off

TO MAKE UP

With right sides together and using over-sew stitching
Sew up just the ends of the tops of the front and back with one stitch to create small shoulder seams so that you can create a scoop neck
Sew the tops of the sleeves to the shoulders
Sew under arm and side seams

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Quick Quiz

What do these expressions mean?

To play it safe
To play your cards right
Child’s play
Won’t play ball
A level playing field

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lt’s the Weekend!

HOW TO MAKE A RECTANGULAR KNlTTED BASKET

This basket is useful for holding a few little things that you want to put on a shelf or in a drawer.

SIDES (KNIT TWO)

Using 4mm knitting needles and yellow DK yarn cast on 30 stitches

Knit 2 rows (garter stitch)

K1 p1 to end of row

Repeat this rib row 19 times (20 rows of 1 x 1 rib)

K1 row, p 1 row (this is the top end)

Cast off

BASE (KNIT ONE)

Using 4mm knitting needles and yellow DK yarn cast on 30 stitches

Knit 2 rows (garter stitch)

K1 p1 to end of row

Repeat this rib row 19 times (20 rows of 1 x 1 rib)

Knit 2 rows (garter stitch)

Cast off

ENDS (KNIT TWO)

Using 4mm knitting needles and yellow DK yarn cast on 22 stitches

Knit 2 rows (garter stitch)

K1 p1 to end of row

Repeat this rib row 19 times (20 rows of 1 x 1 rib)

K1 row, p 1 row (this is the top end)

Cast off

TO MAKE UP

Sew the bottom of each side to the base and then sew up the corners

Use over-sew stitch and sew wrong sides together

Please note that the material on this blog is for personal use and for use in classrooms only.

It is a copyright infringement and, therefore, illegal under international law to sell items made with these patterns.

Use of the toys and projects is at your own risk.

Answers to the News Desk Quiz

Quick Quiz Answers

To play it safe – to be careful
To play your cards right – to do the right thing to obtain an outcome that you want
Child’s play – something that is very easy to do
Won’t play ball – won’t get involved with a project
A level playing field – a situation where two opponents have the same opportunity to win in a situation