This past Tuesday, we came together to participate in Orange Shirt Day. This day is an annual event held on each September 30th in remembrance of the Canadian Residential School system and the impact of this government policy on First Nations.
To learn a little bit about Orange Shirt Day, the students in the Busy Bee class read this story as an introduction.
Based on a true story, it provides an introduction to the stories of the negative experiences of the First Nations, Metis and Inuit attending residential schools for younger students.
We learned about the history behind Orange Shirt Day to honour just some of these stories of residential schools and watched this short clip about why we wear an orange shirt today.
The following day, we read this story to refresh our memories before we created our own Orange Shirts with our own message:
Afterwards, we wrote a message on our orange shirt posters about how we show empathy for their experiences.
We are listening, honouring and respecting.
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