{"id":5471,"date":"2022-10-01T17:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/chanl\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2022-12-03T23:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T07:37:56","slug":"another-great-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/chanl\/another-great-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Great Week #3"},"content":{"rendered":"Dear Division 11 families,\r\n\r\nAlthough it was a short school week, we still fit in a LOT of learning and we had a FANTASTIC week! One of the sweetest comments from one of your children this past week really touched my heart. She said, “We have the sweetest class.” Every time I think of her comment, my heart was tickled with warmth and love. This lovely thought has visited numerous times since she said it! We DO have the sweetest class! \ud83d\ude42\r\n

Names are important.<\/h3>\r\nOur names are a very important and significant part of who we are. They have power. They can have deep personal, cultural, and historical connections too. <\/span>It is a part of our identity, may be a part of the communities we belong, and our place in the world.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe learned that many Indigenous peoples are gifted a traditional name or names that carry deep cultural meaning. We listened to a story called Thunder Boy Jr<\/a>. Feel free to listen to the story again at home by clicking the image below. Then we did some writing about our own names and will be doing more activities with our names. These activities are meant to help each child learn more about themselves, their family, and each other as we share.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBecause names are a person’s greatest connection to their own identity and individuality, it might be the most important word to them.<\/span><\/span> This is one way that children are seen as a part of our\u00a0 classroom community. This is the reason why your child is greeted by name each and every morning when I pick them up outside. Then during Community Circle, they are greeted by the person to their right so before recess, they would have heard their sweet name at least twice already!\u00a0<\/span> \r\n\r\n