Focus: Having our students, individually and collectively, understand that all of nature is interconnected (humans too) from a very local perspective, and a bit more practically, a great deal of learning can happen outdoors.
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Focus: We wrote personalized land acknowledgements so that each student and staff member had a better understanding of the purpose behind the land acknowledgement.
Focus: For students to be more comfortable in nature, to connect with the land, and to gain tools to help them regulate their social-emotional health.
Focus: To take time to listen to the stories that the living beings in our place are telling, as well as consider how this helps us self regulate.
Focus: How can our school community continue to deepen our understanding of the history and culture of this place, through an exploration of traditional Indigenous drum making and cultural teachings associated with drums?
Focus: How does our history (past experiences, culture, family) impact our sense of identity, and specifically that of Indigenous peoples?
Focus: To increase Indigenous learners’ connection to the school community and increase knowledge and understanding of Indigenous history, traditions and cultures.
Focus: On exploring identity, strengthening community connections, and increasing knowledge of local Coast Salish First Nations’ tradition and culture through story and a house post project with an Indigenous artist from the Squamish Nation.
Focus: To build a deeper understanding of the diversity of Indigenous nations and communities in Canada, through an exploration of traditional and contemporary Indigenous music and musicians.
Focus: On building connections among the school community members and increasing our understanding of local Indigenous traditional practices by creating a whole school Coast Salish style legacy weaving project.
