Farewell Koko and Kev

Six Team in Hastings, New Zealand were a bit sad today. They had to say goodbye to their buddies, Koko and Kev. Koko and Kev have been hanging out in our classroom for about a month now.

They are our favourite Read to Someone buddies, and have loved learning about us, our class and our school. We have written reports so that we can share this information with the other children that are reading this blog. Some of these will be published here soon!

Today, Koko and Kev have been helping us with our Reader's Theatre. They are able to read with great expression.

I wonder where Koko and Kev will turn up next.

Haere Ra
Six Team

Bye Bye Koko and Kev

So far Koko the Koala has travelled from Sydney to NZ where he met his stowaway friend Kev the Kiwi. they then travelled to London to visit the Queen! After this they made the long this home back to Sydney. now they are heading west to South Australia.

It has been so much fun getting to know them and learning about their adventures. We look forward to following them in the future. 

Koko and the Cow!

Koko the Koala has been helping Year 1 learn all about the Dairy industry. Today we learnt all that calcium, vitamin D and exercise can help us develop strong bones. We discovered that boys need to eat 2 serves of dairy each day and that girls only need to eat 1 1/2 serves. An example of a serve is a glass of milk or two pieces of cheese or a tub of yoghurt. Thanks Koko for your willingness to be the jockey and tame our dairy cow.

Koko Tells the Story of His Travels

Today Koko shared some time with us helping to discover all about his travels to London. We enjoyed him helped us with completing our maths tasks. We loved being able to read Charlie and Lola with him. While Kev has spent the day helping Year 1.

Koko the Koala and Kev the Kiwi hit Inaburra School Sydney

Our Stage 1 students at Inaburra School Sydney were very excited today with the introduction of our transport unit. In this they were introduced to two new friends Koko the Koala and Kev the Kiwi. They are part of the PLC school's travelling buddies project. They have been globe trotting and arrived today from the Faraday School in London.

Over the next week students in Stage 1 will be conducting a lot of activities that look at the journey these two have been on and explore where they will be heading next. We were also blessed with a copy of Charlie and Lola's: We Completely Must go to London.

 Thank You Mrs Ramage and her class in London.

  

Bye Luna and Hazelnut. Welcome Koko and Kev.

Today was Luna and Hazelnut's last day at Faraday School. We have had such a great time with them and reception will miss them a lot but we are very happy to be sending them to Rowandale School in Auckland NZ. We hope they continue to have lots of fun adventures at lots of different schools around the world.

Today Koko the Koala arrived and she had a surprise visitor with her…Kev the Kiwi stowaway who wanted to keep Koko company on her journey. Thank you to the children from Clyde School for sharing Koko with us. We have lots more exciting learning to share with them both this week.

Last few days at Clyde School

Click on the picture below to see what Koko has been getting up to.


Koko went for a walk to the Clyde bridge which is about 500 metres from our school.

Koko Exploring Clyde School

Today we took Koko around our school and when we got back to class we wrote about where we had taken him.  Click on the book below to see some photos and read our stories.

Ice Skating - Sunday 24th May

It was Tahlia's 7th Birthday party today and Koko joined the celebrations. Bridey took Koko for a skate around the rink. We wonder if it is Koko's first time ice skating?

Koko's Adventures - Saturday 23rd May

Koko went for a walk to explore Central Otago. She walked along the Central Otago Rail Trail and then visited the Monorburn dam, which is an irrigation dam that often freezes over in the heart of winter and you are able to skate on it.

Koko the Koala arrives safely at Clyde School

The Clyde School Junior Rooms were very excited to receive a surprise visitor on Thursday. 

We are looking forward to having Koko spend a week with us before heading away on more exciting adventures.

Koko helping with a word building game during reading time.

Meet 2S at PLC Sydney

Koko the Koala is cute and furry, she has white ears and grey fur. She loves to eat gum leaves, climb trees and rest. She sits in our classroom all day watching us learn from her spot on Miss Scandrett’s desk.

Her favourite subject is Science and she loves learning about all the different types of likely and unlikely pets. Koko is one of five unlikely pets in our classroom. In 2S we have Todo our class pet, aqua dragons, hermit crabs and Fang the Venus Fly Trap. And Koko the Koala of course!

2S are a fantastic and lovely class of 20 hardworking girls. We will miss Koko while she is on her adventure and feel that she will be gone for a long time. But we are looking forward to following her adventures and sharing in what she learns. We can’t wait to see them on the blog.

Please take care of her and we hope you enjoy her.

Love
2S