Feb 26

For Pink T-shirt day, we each picked a slip of paper from a bag that contained one of three roles : bully, bullied or bystander. We got into groups of three and discussed how people feel in each role when bullying is involved. We had some powerful reflections:

" Sad, scared, small and alone"

" I'd feel brave as a bystander. You have to say something"

" Even if you don't feel brave enough to say something to the bully, say something to an adult"

" I might be angry or sad. Something might be going on at home and I could be taking it out on the people around me. You never know what is going on in someone's life"

" You could try and reach out. Just saying "hello" could make someone's day"

We then designed our own T-shirts.

In French we worked in groups to review question words and then wrote some questions for a special guest in the afternoon. We then watched a video on ' Why we shear sheep' and used our whiteboards to try and write a summary of the video. We chose 3-4 important or interesting pieces of information to note down and checked our summary against the summary at the end of the video. 

In the afternoon we FaceTimed ( in French and English) with Dr. Jasmine Hasselback, who works as a public health doctor. This was in response to some comments students had made about coronavirus.

Dr Hasselback answered our questions about coronavirus and explained what Canada is doing to ensure the public stay fit and healthy. She told us what quarantine was, how her job is different to other doctors and how she works with many different groups such as firefighters, schools and police.

Before we packed up, we read from a book of Greek mythology about the Titans.

We also had P.E and Math where we had a multiplication assessment.

Ask me: 

Why do we shear sheep?

What happens if a sheep gets too hot?

What should we do if we cough?

Why did Cronus attack his father?

What did Cronus do to his children?

What happened when Uranus' blood hit the sea?