Today was Orange Shirt Day and we learned about Phyllis' story.
LINK IS HERE for the official page. I have read the students stories about residential schools, today we read Not My Girl a continuation of When I was Eight I read last week. We have had beginning discussions about what a community would be like with out children or how we would feel lost without our families. With the help of 4 amazing volunteers we learned the blanket stitch and sewed orange Attachment Hearts from fuzzy felt and aromatie/healing sage. We are lucky to have our student teacher Ms. Treena, who travels from Siksika Nation daily to attend MRU and to be our student teacher. She brought us traditional healing sage. She also has shared the challenges of residential schools and the trauma that has impacted her family. Students are making connections about the basic needs of humans and how we should always feel like we are important and are connected. The Attachment Hearts our students sewed are meant to be given to someone who needs connection, kindness, a little love or to cheer up someone who might be having a really hard day. Here are some photos of us trying our best to sew these special hearts:
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| Thanks for your help Karen! |
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| Thanks for helping Ms. S! |
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| Ms. Treena gifted us with some Sage and shared it with each student. |
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| It smells so soothing. |
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| Thanks for your help Brianne! |
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| You are awesome Tamara! |
Pictures from our assembly where Logan Gr was an MC and our students played the recorder:
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| A student in grade two doing a Fancy Dance. |
Snow on the LAST DAY of September! Who would have guessed? We had our afternoon recess in the great outdoors, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. Everyone worked together so well. Look at our life sized snow people - some are bigger than us and required many lifters!
