Special Mail Delivery!

Kohara was very excited today when we received some mail. Inside the package were two very special friends - Olly the Orangutan who joins us from Borneo, and Gary the Gorilla who has flown all the way from Africa. They tell us that they have some good friends who live at Orana Park here in Christchurch and that they are looking forward to learning lots with our Kohara children and exploring Christchurch with them.

Each night someone in Kohara gets to take them home for the night to write a short story about their adventures at home and maybe add a photo or two, or the children can draw a picture. Olly and Gary need to be returned the next day for sharing and so that the other children also get to have a turn with him. This term you can earn a time with Gary or Olly by doing the right thing (having courteous manners on the mat, being a kind friend or by working really hard on your learning). If they come to stay at your house they will bring their own book bag and diary home with them.

We are super excited to have them in Kohara. Today Olly loved having a book read to him by Sarah, Gary enjoyed being part of a reading group who had a story about chimps and Gary also helped Atlas and Mikey make a really cool maths pattern. We wonder what they'll learn tomorrow?