This week was dedicated to Truth and Reconciliation at Senator Patrick Burns. The focus for this year was set by the CBE: Remembering the Lost Children. At SPB we approached this topic through a lens of empathy and understanding. Across the school, students engaged in meaningful lessons, conversations and reflections. Thursday was marked as Orange Shirt Day with a multitude of activities across the school, e.g. Indigenous Games in PE, making bannock in CTF, and students creating a artistic response which is currently on display in front of our school. Three of our classes were visited by Elder Ii'pum'saii'pi'aki, Barbara Scout, who is the great-grandmother of two of our students and herself a residential school survivor. Students in these classrooms were able to listen to a first-hand account about what it meant to lose one's name in residential school and simply becoming a number. We would like to thank Elder Ii'pum'saii'pi'aki, Barbara Scout, for spending the day with us and sharing her experiences and stories with some of our students
