{"id":2026,"date":"2023-09-30T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:31:48","slug":"laity-view-elementary-transforms-hallway-into-gallery-to-teach-about-residential-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementary.sd42.ca\/laityview\/laity-view-elementary-transforms-hallway-into-gallery-to-teach-about-residential-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Laity View Elementary transforms hallway into gallery to teach about residential schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HPvzXq-UpY?si=nfmV9iIngOU8K4xV\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Walking down Laity View Elementary\u2019s intermediate classes hallway is a learning experience this Truth and Reconciliation week.<\/p>\n<p>The bulletin boards lining the walls on either side are full of art, text, and a common theme: Injustices Indigenous communities have faced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initial idea came from an intermediate teachers\u2019 meeting that we had,\u201d said Sara Maher, a Grade 6\/7 teacher at Laity View. \u201cWe were discussing ways to honour the week for truth and reconciliation. We wanted to find a way to collaborate as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teachers decided to create bulletin boards for each of their classes as a way to showcase what the students were learning about. Each board was different and would teach the students something new.<\/p>\n<p>Some teachers read their classes storybooks by Indigenous authors and then had their students create art or poetry based on what they learned.<\/p>\n<p>After the boards were completed, the intermediate students, ranging from Grades 3 to 7, were able to walk through and look at the different displays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom there, we asked primary classes to come down and do what we\u2019re calling a gallery walk,\u201d Maher said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re just hoping that when they come down with their teachers, it\u2019ll spur more discussion, more questions around truth and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grade 6\/7 students Khushi and Della created flowers for their bulletin boards with each petal listing a right that was taken from children who attended residential school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote, the right not to be bullied. The right to have fun and play, the right to live in a safe space, the right to live with your family, and the right to have good health care,\u201d Khushi said.<\/p>\n<p>Kelechi, whose Grade 5\/6 class featured the medicine wheel on their display board, said it\u2019s important to learn about the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did do something really wrong to torture those kids, tell them to cut their hair and not speak their own language,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Grade 5 student Brady also stressed the importance of knowing the history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if we didn\u2019t know it, nothing would change,\u201d he explained. \u201cBecause the more we know, the more change we can give.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking down Laity View Elementary\u2019s intermediate classes hallway is a learning experience this Truth and Reconciliation week. 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