Orange Shirt Day

Today we learned about Orange Shirt Day and the message 

"Every Child Matters".

We learned about what residential school were like for children through Phyllis's story as a child

in the storybook 

"Orange Shirt Day Story".

Here is some of the facts students learned and their feelings on 

Phyllis's experience.

Orange shirt is about the First Nation children who went to Residential School.

The children never got to see their parents for 300 sleeps.

The children only were home for 56 days.

Orange Shirt Day’s message is Every Child Matters.

The nuns did not care about the children.

The nuns were not nice to the children.

The children did not get food they liked.

The nuns took away their clothes and cut their hair.

The nuns told the children what to do.

The children could only speak English and French. Not their home language.

I would want to leave the school.

I would feel sad to be at a Residential School.

I would feel dreadful at a Residential School.

Here is a link we also looked at if you are interested in reading more about Orange Shirt Day or talking further with your child:

https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-is-orange-shirt-day