Not that every day isn't a good day BUT today was really good because today our Library Team for Community and Service (the student librarians) chose the books and sent them to the Shree Mangal Dvip School for Himalayan Children. This school has an Amazon wishlist and we chose the books from their list together. The students chose books they had enjoyed themselves or ones they thought the students in Nepal would enjoy.
That was really good and then the r-e-a-l-l-y good thing happened - as we asked our students to write messages to attach to the children receiving the books our students started to ask so many questions. How old are these children? Why are they at boarding school? How often do they see their parents? Why do you (Ms Zaza) go there every summer to teach art? Question after question about this country Nepal and these children, who like them are learning in English language but that is not their first language.
So today our students sent 10 brand new books to a school in Nepal which has a small library run by students.
Today our students spent 30 minutes asking about and thinking about children on the other side of the world who have a very different set of life circumstances to them.
Today was a really good day in our Inquiry library. Thanks Ms Zaza. Thanks student librarians.
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