Monday, September 28th

Reminders:

EHS Terry Fox Run: Friday, October 2

Wear you Eric Harvie School colours (blue & orange) on Friday, October 2.  This year is the 40th Anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope and Eric Harvie School is proud to be continuing the legacy of one of our greatest heroes. Please join us and support this wonderful cause by donating to: http://www.terryfox.ca/EricHarvieSchool. Together, we can all make a difference! #terryfoxschoolruns @terryfoxfoundation

 

Bring you ‘toonies for Terry’ and drop them off at your school entrance door every morning during the week.  Eric Harvie School raised over 4000.00 last year and even more in previous years.  Let’s reach for that again this year!

 

This Wednesday - Orange Shirt Day:

Orange Shirt Day is on September 30 annually. It began in 2013 when residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad shared how her orange shirt was taken away on her first day at residential school. This story is an opportunity for students and staff to reflect on history, legacy and implications, to discuss stories of survival and strength and to share ways we can work together toward truth and reconciliation. It is an opportunity to commit to commemorating the children who attended residential schools, recognizing their experiences, honoring them and sharing a collective commitment to ensure that every child matters and that each student is welcome, safe, respected and cared for in their learning community every day. ~Taken from CBE Learning Resource on Orange Shirt Day: Indigenous Education

On September 30th, 2020 Eric Harvie School will demonstrate our commitment to reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day. We invite our staff, students and community to wear an Orange Shirt showing your dedication to open and continue the dialogue about residential schooling. Teachers will acknowledge this significant day through rich learning opportunities related through the disciplines. Please see your child’s blog for more details about how the class explores the slogan “Every Child Matters” what it means to matter and how children matter in our communities.

Our Day:

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today we began by switching up our Friendship Journal routine. Instead of transcribing complete sentences, we wrote our Friendship Journals by filling keywords into sentence prompts. This is one of our strategies to slowly pull back the scaffolding as we become more confident writers! 

Ask you child which sentence they chose to write! 

In preparation for Orange Shirt Day, we read "Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox" and wrote some reader's responses in our writing journals. We wrote which animals we sometimes feel like and why.

Ask you child which animal they sometimes feel like.

In Math, Ms. Wauthier's group worked on number lines. Mr. Kai's and Mrs. Campbell's groups calculated the value of their names using base ten blocks! Just another step on our journey to understanding how to represent numbers...

What's next? Stay tuned to find out!