Orange Shirt Day
Today we wear orange shirts and promote the slogan, Every Child Matters, as an affirmation of our commitment to raise awareness of the Residential School experience and to ensure that every child matters as we focus on our hope for a better future in which children are empowered to help each other.
We read a few books and talked about Residential School at a very basic level – about how we would miss our families and how we are so lucky to go to a school near our homes and to see our families every day! We discussed what we love about coming to school. Together we brainstormed words expressing how WE feel when we’re at school. The children each made a paper feather and then they chose a word to describe how they feel when they’re here.