Questions And Remembrance

This afternoon we began our discussions about Remembrance Day with the reading of an amazing book called Rose Blanche. The book focusses on the experience of a Germany or French child and her interaction with children in a concentration camp.  As you can imagine, the students had many questions, and thanks to the knowledgeable, insightful, and empathetic students in our class our discussion was frank and truthful.  They made connections to Reconciliation and residential schools, to current conflicts, refugees, and even to tactics of warfare and power.  Our discussions and explorations/inquiry about this topic will continue over the next weeks, with a special focus on the different perspectives of warfare.  Your child may have questions, connections, or ideas they want to share.  Check in with them! 

On the flip side, Division 3 is doing good this month!  We are encouraging each other to do random acts of kindness.  In fact, we’d like to do a random act for everyone in the school (about 450 students and grown ups), so if your child unloads the dishwasher without being asked or helps his/her sibling with their homework - acknowledge it and spread it to someone else! With all this talk of war, we are spreading the love! 

Mrs. Soper & Miss Kelly