This was an exciting time for Division 3 since they have not been able to experience Sports Day since they were in Grades 2 and 3! (And the weather couldn’t have been better! 🌞) We had a lot of fun participating in all the amazing games and activities organized by the Grade 7s from Division 1 and 2.
Division 3, comment below: what was your favourite activity or the highlight of Sports Day 2022?
Today Division 3 learned a bit about the history of the Métis sash, or ceinture fléchée. We tried our hand (or rather our fingers) at a textile technique called “finger weaving,” used by Indigenous peoples all over North America.
There are different styles of finger weaving, and some can be very complex, so we started simply with using five loops (check out the instruction video here).
Students worked in pairs to help each other learn the process. One student held the yarn while the other did the weaving. Weaving was like learning some new dance steps, but once we understood the pattern we were flying!
We only started with two colours, and some people tried three or four colours for their second try, but I wonder how it will look with five different colours? More experimentation to come! We will also try some other methods of finger weaving.
They look amazing! We all used the same yarn–can you think of why some weaving might be wider than others?
Do you know what Pink Shirt Day is REALLY about? It’s more than just wearing a pink shirt! It started as an act of kindness combatting homophobia.
Here is some more information about the day and its origins:
What is something you do to spread kindness? How can you be an advocate for others?
Also, here is the short video we watched in class:
This video has lots of layers. Use your On/Between/Beyond the Line reading skills to unpack what this video is about:
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