It was First Peoples In Residence week – a week that involves the sharing of Indigenous knowledge and traditions. In our week’s opening ceremony, we watched Pow-Wow dancer Shyama-Priya perform the jingle dance and a few of our students and teachers volunteered to learn! She shared the significance of the jingle dress itself, regalia that includes layers of metal cones that are stitched to the dress and make a jingling sound as the dancer moves. We had lots of fun learning the steps of the jingle dance as a class.
Our last week before spring break… and a busy one it was!! It was First Peoples In Residence week – a week that involves the sharing of Indigenous knowledge and traditions. In our week’s opening ceremony, we watched Pow-Wow dancer Shyama-Priya perform the jingle dance and a few of our students and teachers volunteered to learn! She shared the significance of the jingle dress itself, regalia that includes layers of metal cones that are stitched to the dress and make a jingling sound as the dancer moves. We had lots of fun learning the steps of the jingle dance as a class. Another highlight of our week were the music and stories shared by Chandra, one of the cultural facilitators. She told stories, sang songs and taught us how to drum. We loved that! She also taught us about the importance of the symbols and colours while we made traditional button blankets. A big thank you to our cultural facilitators for an amazing week of learning. Huy ch q’a. We put finishing touches on our Rube Goldberg machines and recorded observations and the changes that we made along the way. Lots of great learning. We then captured our machines in action! This week also included Jump Rope for Heart!! We had great fun being active and supporting the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Happy Spring Break! Wishing everyone a wonderfully relaxing and rejuvenating time away from school. See you on April 1…no joke!! 😉
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