Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Monday, September 30th is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. We are wearing our orange shirts today at Willow Park School to honour this important day in Canada. 

What is Reconciliation?

From CBC Kids

What is Orange Shirt Day?

From CBC Kids

Orange Shirt Day Discussion : Reconciliation in the Classroom

From CBC Kids

What does it mean to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples?

From CBC Kids

Want to read a book with Indigenous characters or written by an Indigenous author?

In the Learning Commons

Happy September!

A new school year always feels so exciting! There is so much potential and optimism!

The Learning Commons was painted over the summer! It is looking fresh and clean!

We are busy putting more than 50 bookcases back into place against the walls. We need to hang our big art and make our bulletin board. We need to tidy our shelves and display some books. I need to get ready to welcome each class in to the Learning Commons for orientation in a couple of weeks. 

I am also busy helping students with their passwords. I am labelling chromebooks and we are assembling technology carts. The Learning Commons a busy place!

So please be patient as we work hard to get everything ready for you to visit. I am anxious to have students borrow books but we need time to get the space set up and organised. 

I look forward to seeing your smiling faces soon!