It was a busy short week as there is no school on Thursday and Friday due to Teacher Convention. Paper copies of report cards went home on Monday and the signed envelope should be returned to school. Students enjoyed the dance/activity afternoon on Wednesday, and decorating pysanky eggs in the morning! In humanities, students continued reading our novel study “Owls in the Family” and only have two chapters left. We can’t wait to see how the story of Wol and Weeps will end, as it has been a funny & heartwarming journey so far! We also looked at ways First Nations groups used pictures and images to communicate their way of life and major events in their past. We learned that Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park contains 90% petroglyphs (stone carvings) and 10% pictographs (painted images). Visual pictures were also displayed on story robes and on teepees. These images and oral stories were the main ways First Nations culture was passed down from generation to generation. We viewed some of these pictures and were able to see animals, teepees & weapons depicting hunts and battles. Students were shown some additional images and what they meant, and then tried “writing” their own story using these symbols. They were to imagine they went out on a successful buffalo hunt and to retell what happened through just pictures. Students shared their stories with one another, and they were very successful in being able to decode the story events! We also used pictures and images to decorate our pysanky eggs on Wednesday morning. Students learned about the meaning of specific images and what they represented. For example, flowers symbolize love, charity & good will; deer and horses symbolize a wish for good health, wealth & prosperity; and the sun and stars symbolize life itself, growth & good fortune. Our guest speaker Jean also showed us a set of eggs decorated with NHL logos! Students decided what image they wanted to draw on one side of their egg, and then used a kistka instrument and beeswax to trace them. Multiple layers of dye and beeswax were used to create a colourful design! Jean will be soaking off the beeswax and varnishing the eggs this weekend and will be returning them to us after the long weekend. Please bring in a container to transport your egg safely home on Tuesday. A big thank-you to all the parent volunteers who were able to help us out in the classroom!
Have a great long weekend!! —Ms. Jagger
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June 2019
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