This morning the students heard a little bit about Orange Shirt Day over the public address system. I encourage everyone to participate by wearing an orange shirt or wearing something orange.
The 3rd Annual Orange Shirt Day to commemorate the Indian Residential School experience is Wednesday, September 30th.
Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. It’s a day for survivors to be reaffirmed that they matter and so do those that have been affected.
Every Child Matters. Wear something orange to show that you care.
Source: North Vancouver School District’s website
As a school, we want to honour First Nations traditions, cultures and traditional teachings and education. As we move forward in education our future teachings and learning will include the First Peoples Principles of Learning.
It will be a great journey. Come along.
Take care
Image: Male Hummingbird in Yellow Cedar by Chris Joseph (1998)
I spent some time today hanging around our lower playground. Well, I wasn’t really hanging around like the children in the picture. I was just spending time on the adventure playground.
According to the students, it is “Great!” and “Awesome!” and they love to play on it. There were soccer games around the structure, and many multi-aged games happening. I think the grade 7 girls were keeping up with the Kindergarten students in tag.