Friday 4 October 2019

Orange Shirt Day and Apples!





We had a great day at Kennedy Orchards on Monday!  Unfortunately, Mrs. O forgot her camera!  But Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Kutcy had a few great pics for us and I'm very grateful!  Thank you to the Kennedy family for hosting us on this great day and for teaching us so much about the apple harvest!  

Next week, we'll use some of our apples to create apple print art!



Monday was also Orange Shirt Day!  Students learned about a little girl, years ago, who entered a residential school in a shiny, orange shirt.  Her beautiful shirt was taken from her and thus began a childhood of unhappiness.  The empathy shown by our students while learning her story was very moving for me as their teacher.  Way to show heart, Nottawa :)  



We had fun doing "apple math" this week!  We counted apple Cheerios and represented our numbers in many ways.  







Stay tuned next week for lots of "turkey time"!   See next blog for the video that wouldn't load up above!  

More Stella adventures and green pancakes too!

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