September 30th is Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day is the day we honour the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada and learn more about the history of those schools. We read stories, watched videos and did some writing on this topic. Every Child Matters is the motto of this day. We used this opportunity to talk about inclusion and equality and how we all want to be treated. Each student wrote reasons why they matter on a traced arm and displayed it in the hallway.