Travelling Mascot Chicao, Brazil.

The Learn-Now welcomes Chicão from Brazil. From a class in Colégio São José, Santos, São Paulo, Portuguese speaking students sent Chicão to New Zealand for a holiday.

Hosting Chicão, is Team Solway, the Gifted & Talented Students at Solway Primary, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Their mission? To beam Chicão's kiwi experiences back to Brazil as learning bites for his class.

Team Solway's learning the art of character role-play digital photography, third-person speak, blogging, rostering, sales pitching and strategic planning. One student's Chicão's Mascot Manager and when the team's not working with Chicão, they're discovering more about finance in Brazil, international communication and working with the media - as close to home as school newsletters and perhaps even the local newspaper.

The beauty of this experience so far? Grins from ear to ear, a real 'touch' of something international and country that feels 'real' to the students. With such a positive experience as this, we're planning to foster this nature of programming on a much grandier scale. Schools around the world can join and be actual hosts of international characters, mutual learning experiences and a year-long project that could virtually take students to at least 10-12 countries in a year. All we need are hosts, tour guides (students/schools) and exchangable mascots.

Interested? Contact us to enrol!
For more on Chicão, see his Learn-Now site
...and the Solway School bubbleshare movie.