Wednesday was "Pink Shirt" day! We began with a primary Zoom assembly about kindness in which we practiced singing the Canadian National Anthem calmly and respectfully in French and in English. We got to watch some different classes perform poems about kindness and enjoyed seeing some video clips about how kindness can have such an impact on the people around us. We have continued to practice being kind in class by filling each other's "buckets" with kind deeds and words. Whenever someone fills our bucket, we tell Madame about it and that person gets to put a sticker on our very own paper bucket. Fitting in well with our focus on kindness has been a spotlight on Black History Month and how we shouldn't treat people differently just because of the colour of their skin. We've been learning about a lot of famous and influential black people throughout history. We were particularly fascinated by the story of Harriett Tubman and how she freed so many slaves! From Martin Luther King Jr, we learned to stand up for what is right. From Maya Angelou, we learned that we can do hard things! (We practiced yelling, "I can do hard things!" while flexing our muscles). We also talked about some of the biggest names in jazz music - Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis (who happen to be the reason Madame named her kids "Ella" and "Miles"!), as well as the very influential Canadian jazz singer, Eleanor Collins. As it turns out, Eleanor Collins is a distant relative of a student in our class! We enjoyed listening to some of Eleanor Collins' music on YouTube and learned that there are even some commemorative stamps made in her honour. And speaking of jazz, Madame has been pulling out her trumpet lately whenever we sing "Bonne Fête" to a student in our class. This week she let us each have a turn trying to blow into it! (...making sure to disinfect the mouthpiece after each use!) Getting a sound out of it was harder than we thought it would be, but there are a few of us who may be destined to become trumpet players! With "Family Day" this past Monday, we listened to Todd Parr's book about how there are lots of different ways to be a family, and families are special no matter what they look like. We had fun picking out sticks in Hoffman Park for a special family portrait project. We were quite excited on Thursday to get to spend some time with Mme Towne's class in the courtyard. Since none of us were in school pre-COVID, we don't remember a time when classes used to get together often like this to play. With restrictions easing and the beautiful weather on the way, we are hoping to interact with other classes more often so that we can get to know some more of our peers. Discovering sap... Extra pics...
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