Our exploration of Pakistan continued this week as we gathered facts about Pakistani culture from a website called Super Urdu Mom. Super Urdu Mom is a Canadian blogger from a Pakistani-Canadian family who shares her Urdu life adventures. We had fun learning about popular cartoons for kids, traditional clothing (such as the shalwar) and religion holidays (including Eid). We also got to Skype with a friend of Ms. Clackson’s who lives in Pakistan. Before Skyping we worked in groups to come up with questions to ask. We were curious to find out if boys and girls go to the same school, when Pakistan became a country and whether Pakistanis like pizza. We had fun asking our questions...and learning about a country that many of us didn’t know much about. Our next step: create a digital travel guide using Book Creator to help someone better understand the country. (Oh, and by the way, Pakistanis love pizza!!) September 30 is Orange Shirt Day. To honour children and families impacted by residential schools, we wore orange, discussed the significance of the orange shirt with Phyllis Webstad’s Orange Shirt Day Presentation, read When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margret Pokiak-Fenton and had meaningful discussions about the importance of reconciliation. We need to make sure that every child knows that they matter. We've had an enjoyable few weeks of learning and are looking forward to many more....as the calendar flips to October :)
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