Arts!!



This week has been filled with arts. Many thanks to parents and students for their participation in Music Monday. I can still remember songs I learned in elementary school so I'm confident these songs will live in the hearts of the kids for many years. A special thank you to Darcy Turning Rope from Siksika Nation for visiting our class on Music Monday and sharing his stories and song with us!

In our study of Acadian culture, we have learned: Acadian's came from France and speak French. When Acadians arrives they met people from the Mi'kmaq Nation and began trading with them. We looked at some traditional Mi'kmaq designs that were made from porcupine quills. Then we tried to make our own using small wooden sticks to represent the quills.

Finally, I was so happy to do an encore performance of the Gingerbread Man so that all the students could see the hard work and creativity of their peers.

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