Spring is underway!

For the Day of Sucwentwecw on April 6, we engaged in many activities to acknowledge each other and Indigenous Peoples of our lands. We learned the story of how Turtle Island, present-day North America, came to be. Then students drew what they see on the lands where they live on the backs of turtles. Artist Michelle Stoney graciously shared her drawing of a turtle with students to use for their drawings.

Students also created representations of tipis with the four colours of the medicine wheel and a holistic version of human health.

Lastly, in math, we explored traditional Haida shapes in art and heard the story of Killer Whale Eyes. Students are working on their own whale drawings using Indigenous shapes.

In math, we continue to work with 2-digit numbers and have begun a unit on shapes. Our focus this week is on 2-D shapes.

In French, we are sharing our own fairy tales in groups. Students will hold on to stories for buddy reading with classmates and big buddies. Then, stories will come home. We are reading stories about water.