Emma Skinner, who teaches Year Three and Four classes at the school, said the pupils all felt “incredibly lucky” to have adopted Julie, but it had been hard for them to comprehend just how long she had spent in captivity.
“So we’ve had to explain how that looks and what the time looks like – the fact that she was five, and then in captivity for 40 years and how long that’s been,” she said.
“We’ve talked a lot about how long elephants live in captivity.
“They’re just completely in love with the fact that she’s been released and is in a wonderful place, doing all these wonderful things that she’s not been able to do for such a long time.”
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