Focus: Creating a tri-lingual community collaborated Indigenous-like story-telling book (French, English, Secwepemc).
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Focus: To continue our journey focusing on how increasing Indigenous cultural awareness and understandings at Ballenas contribute to holistic reconciliation and the TRC’s calls to action for education.
Focus: How can we deepen our understanding and appreciation of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language with our learning spaces and our school communities?
Focus: To support students in finding connections with others and develop a deeper sense of self.
Focus: To begin a journey in becoming more knowledgeable about Aboriginal Education and protocols, while incorporating Aboriginal Education into all areas of the curriculum — with a focus on Social Studies.
Focus: On numeracy, specifically how we can promote flexible and deeper thinking in math.
Focus: It has been our inquiry work for the past two years to develop an outdoor learning space in which students and educators can explore a hands on approach to storytelling and sharing that engages all learners.
Focus: How does place-based learning support the development of personal awareness and responsibility?
Focus: Will undertaking professional learning about reconciliation and First Nations perspectives and culture deepen staff understanding and help staff feel more confident in facilitating learning though a local indigenous lens?
Focus: Will weaving Witsuwi’ten Traditional Ecological Knowledge school-wide throughout the year increase indigenous students’ achievement?
Focus: To develop a better way to foster engagement in a rural multi-grade, multi-subject class and preventing learners from falling behind in both subjects.
Focus: To increase sense of belonging/school connectedness for disconnected students.
Focus: To enrich our students’ creative writing, scientific learning and their development of oral language vocabulary in French and English and Carrier.
Focus: How might the use of structured, learner centered conversations with parents, teachers and students, through celebration of learning events, improve how we all communicate about and understand student learning and contribute to a positive school culture?
Focus: To increase motivation to succeed through several growth mindset initiatives and experiences.
Focus: To find ways to access Aboriginal knowledge in order to enrich our school community and Aboriginal learners.
Focus: To work with our Indigenous communities to provide learning opportunities that reflect our local culture, history, and language.
Focus: How does the implementation of a targeted, differentiated, word study program impact reading fluency and spelling skills?
Focus: On student strengths by being responsive and teaching specific/key reading strategies to develop proficient readers.
Focus: To create confident engaged writers by taking them into nature and utilizing nature and story workshop.