We commemorated Orange Shirt Day today (and earlier this week as well) to remember and recognize children who were affected by residential schools in Canada's past. The students showed great compassion and respect, and we had excellent conversations about how we can ensure that children are never treated like that again in our country. We spent the week reading Indigenous stories, listening to Elders, hearing the perspectives of Indigenous students in our class, and working on a special activity with our grade one buddies to honour Indigenous people impacted by the tragedy of residential schools. You can watch the videos below to learn more about Orange Shirt Day. |
We ran our annual Terry Fox run today and Millgrove had already achieved our fundraising goal of $1000! The students were very inspired by the story of Terry and how he put others first. They ran hard in the run, and showed great concern for the people they were running for. It was a special Terry Fox assembly because some students from 3SB had the important job of helping to host and speak during the gathering, and they all did an incredible job. We sure felt inspired today by Canadian hero Terry Fox!
We got to take part in a Google Meet with schools from across Canada this morning hosted by the Terry Fox Foundation. The hosts taught us all about Terry's life, noble dream, and legacy. Our favourite part was probably when we got to unmute our microphones and do extra loud cheers for Terry with kids from across the country!
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Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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