New home for John Lewis Watford’s Monty the Penguin

Abbots Langley primary school has this week become the new home of John Lewis Watford’s Monty the penguin.

At the beginning of December the department store launched a competition, encouraging people to write in with a reason why their local community could benefit from having the fibreglass Monty model.

The schools head teacher, Roger Billing, told Vibe “when I saw the tweet about Monty needing a new home, I knew that we would be the right place for him. Our school is a lovely place and I had the ideal location for him in mind, our library bus. So, I emailed Pearl, at John Lewis, offering Monty a home and explained that our children would be over the moon to have him at Abbots.”

A few days before Christmas Abbots Langley Primary School heard they were the lucky winners.  “He has settled in nicely and is looking forward to the children coming back to school.”